📖Program Curriculum
The module details given below are indicative they are intended to provide you with an idea of the range of subjects that are taught to our current students. The modules that will be available for you to study in future years are prone to change as we regularly review our teaching to ensure that it is up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. The information presented is therefore not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the modules available in any given year.
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Year one modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Mechanics Gravity and Relativity
Nature of matter
Scientific Programming
Scientific Practice
Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Oscillations and Waves
Electricity and Magnetism
Introduction to Astronomy and Stellar Structure
Year two modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Quantum Mechanics
Optics and Thermodynamics
Numerical Methods
Mathematical Physics
Stellar Astrophysics
Statistical Mechanics and Solid State Physics
Galaxies
Applied Physics and Emerging Technologies
Year three modules
COMPULSORY MODULES
Electromagnetism
Astrophysics Group Project and Science Communication - ISP
Dissertation
Cosmology
OPTIONAL MODULES
Polymer Physics
Binary Stars and Extrasolar Planets
Data Analysis and Model Testing
Particle Physics and Accelerators
Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials
The Physics of Interstellar Medium
The Physics of Compact Objects
Life in the Universe
Quantum Mechanics II
Physics of Fluids
Atmospheric Physics
Plasma Physics
General Relativity Black Holes and Gravitational Waves