📖Program Curriculum
You will follow a degree path of the following compulsory and optional 10 and 20 credit modules.
BSc 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Dynamics, Oscillations and Waves September-January 20 PH-100
Astronomy and Cosmology September-January 10 PH-104
Essential Skills for Physicists September-June 10 PH-113
Mathematics for Physicists I September-January 20 PH-132
Physics of Fields and Matter January-June 20 PH-112
Quantum World I January-June 10 PH-127
Mathematics for Physicists II January-June 20 PH-133
Optional Modules
Physics English or Welsh
Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select at least one module
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Laboratory Physics I September-June 10 PH-129 This is the English Language version of PH-129 and should be selected if you do not wish to study a minimum of 5 credits of the module through the medium of Welsh.
Ffiseg Labordy I September-June 10 PH-129C Mae hon fersiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg o fodiwl PH-129, a ddylai gael ei ddewis os ydych yn dymuno astudio lleiafswm o 5 credyd o’r modiwl hon drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Statistical Physics September-January 10 PH-203
Physics Simulation September-January 10 PH-204
Quantum World II September-January 10 PH-205
Mathematical Methods in Physics I September-January 10 PH-206
Electromagnetism and Special Relativity I September-January 10 PH-221
Condensed Matter Physics I January-June 10 PH-207
Electromagnetism II January-June 10 PH-222
Mathematical Methods in Physics II January-June 10 PH-227
Particle Physics I January-June 10 PH-229
Optional Modules
Physics English or Welsh
Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select at least one module
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Laboratory Physics 2 and Group Projects September-January 10 PH-210 This is the English Language version of PH-210, and should be selected if you do not wish to study a minimum of 5 credits of the module through the medium of Welsh.
Ffiseg Labordy 2 a Phrosiectau Grwp September-January 10 PH-210C Mae hon fersiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg o fodiwl PH-210, a ddylai gael ei ddewis os ydych yn dymuno astudio lleiafswm o 5 credyd o’r modiwl hon drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.
AND
Physics English or Welsh
Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Laboratory Physics 2 and Group Projects January-June 10 PH-211 This is the English Language version of PH-210, and should be selected if you do not wish to study a minimum of 5 credits of the module through the medium of Welsh.
Ffiseg Labordy 2 a Phrosiectau Grwp January-June 10 PH-211C Mae hon fersiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg o fodiwl PH-210, a ddylai gael ei ddewis os ydych yn dymuno astudio lleiafswm o 5 credyd o’r modiwl hon drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.
AND
Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Professional Development and Career Planning September-January 0 PH-216
Foundations of Astrophysics January-June 10 PH-320
Probing the nano-scale January-June 10 PH-361
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Quantum World III September-January 10 PH-302
Atomic Physics I September-January 10 PH-306
Condensed Matter Physics II September-January 10 PH-307
Advanced Research in Physics September-January 10 PH-312
Particle Physics II September-January 10 PH-335
Frontiers of Nuclear Physics September-January 10 PH-338
Semiconductor Device Physics January-June 10 PH-300
Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics II January-June 10 PH-333
Optional Modules
Physics English or Welsh
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Project January-June 20 PH-311 This is the English Language version of PH-311 and should be selected if you do not wish to study a minimum of 5 credits of the module through the medium of Welsh.
Prosiect January-June 20 PH-311C Mae hon fersiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg o fodiwl PH-311, a ddylai gael ei ddewis os ydych yn dymuno astudio lleiafswm o 5 credyd o’r modiwl hon drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.
AND
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Gravity January-June 10 PH-321 This module is a pre-requisite for PH-322 and MUST be selected if you wish to study Cosmology in Teaching Block 2 (please note you may select PH-321 without PH-322 in the next section).
Cosmology January-June 10 PH-322 PH-321 is a pre-requisite for this module and MUST be selected in Teaching Block 1 if you wish to study this module in Teaching Block 2.
OR
Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Gravity January-June 10 PH-321
Quantum Information Processing January-June 10 PH-329 Available to students with a level 2 average greater than 70%. Class size is limited to 10 students as it works alongside the level M module (PH-M32).
AND
Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Foundations of Astrophysics January-June 10 PH-320 Not available if already studied at Level 2.
Teaching Physics via a School Placement January-June 10 PH-325 Positions may be reduced and the module may not run if school partners withdraw due to pandemic conditions. There will be a selection process. Please have a reserve module in mind.
Addysgu ffiseg trwy leoliad mewn ysgol January-June 10 PH-325C Gellir lleihau swyddi ac efallai na fydd y modiwl yn rhedeg os bydd partneriaid ysgol yn tynnu'n ôl oherwydd cyflyrau pandemig. Bydd proses ddethol. Os gwelwch yn dda cofiwch fodiwl wrth gefn.
Probing the nano-scale January-June 10 PH-361
