📖Program Curriculum
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
Foundations of Astrophysics January-June 10 PH-320
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
Professional Development and Career Planning September-January 0 PH-216
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.
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
Cosmology January-June 10 PH-322
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.