📖Program Curriculum
You will follow a degree path of the following compulsory and optional 10 and 20 credit modules, with a 60-credit project module in your final year.
MPhys 4 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 January-June 10 PH-211 This is the English Language version of PH-211 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-211, 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 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
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
Gravity January-June 10 PH-321
Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics II January-June 10 PH-333
Computational Physics January-June 10 PH-353
Mathematical Methods in Physics III January-June 10 PH-355
Optional Modules
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.
Cosmology January-June 10 PH-322
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
Year 4 (Level 7)
FHEQ 7 Advanced Honours
Students must choose between 120 and 125 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Quantum Field Theory September-January 10 PH-M03
Advanced Particle Physics September-January 10 PH-M04
Atomic and Quantum Optics III September-January 10 PH-M10
Quantum Information Processing January-June 10 PH-M32
Optional Modules
Choose Maximum Of 25 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Machine Learning January-June 15 MA-M08 This module is taught on the Bay campus (normally) and is subject to timetabling. Please note it is 15 credits and students will thus study 125 credits rather than 120.
Modern Laser Systems January-June 10 PH-M08
Medical Imaging and Spectroscopy: From MRI to photonics January-June 10 PH-M35
AND
Physics English or Welsh
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Research Project September-June 60 PH-M24 This is the English Language version of PH-M24 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 Ymchwil September-June 60 PH-M24C Mae hon fersiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg o fodiwl PH-M24, a ddylai gael ei ddewis os ydych yn dymuno astudio lleiafswm o 5 credyd o’r modiwl hon drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.
