BSC Physics [F301]
- Academic Year
- 2025/2026
- Campus
- Aberystwyth
- Single Honours
- scheme - available from 2000/2001
- Duration (studying Full-Time)
- 4 years
- Award Eligiblity
- Standard Awards
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (110 Credits)
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Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Introduction to Laboratory for Physicists and Engineers |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
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Introduction to Laboratory for Physicists and Engineers |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
Introduction to Mathematical Methods 1 |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
|
Introduction to Fundamentals of Physics I |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
|
Introduction to Fundamentals of Physics II |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Introduction to Mathematical Methods 2 |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
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Introduction to Laboratory for Physicists and Engineers |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Energy and the Environment |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
|
Introduction to Laboratory for Physicists and Engineers |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
Part 2 Rules
Year 2
Core (110 Credits)
|
Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Laboratory Techniques for Experimental Physicists and Engineers (20 Credits) |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
Calculus |
Module in Welsh |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
Algebra and Differential Equations |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
|
Laboratory Techniques for Experimental Physicists and Engineers (20 Credits) |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
Dynamics, Waves and Heat |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
Laboratory Techniques for Experimental Physicists and Engineers (20 Credits) |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Electricity, Magnetism and Matter |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Laboratory Techniques for Experimental Physicists and Engineers (20 Credits) |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Further Algebra and Calculus |
Module in Welsh |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
Electricity, Magnetism and Matter |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Physics Career Planning and Skills Development |
Module in Welsh |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
Modern Physics |
10 |
Semester 2 |
Part 2 Rules
Year 3
Core (120 Credits)
|
Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thermodynamics |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Mathematical Physics |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
Numerical Techniques for Physicists |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Sensors, Electronics & Instrumentation |
20 |
Semester 1 |
|
|
Practical Research Skills |
Module in Welsh |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
Numerical Techniques for Physicists |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
|
Principles of Quantum Mechanics |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
|
Electricity and Magnetism |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
|
Optics |
10 |
Semester 2 |
Final Year
Core (100 Credits)
|
Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lasers and Photonics |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Particles, Quanta and Fields |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
|
Project (40 Credits) |
Module in Welsh |
0 |
Semester 1 |
|
Concepts in Condensed Matter Physics |
10 |
Semester 1 |
|
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Particles, Quanta and Fields |
20 |
Semester 2 |
|
|
Project (40 Credits) |
Module in Welsh |
40 |
Semester 2 |
|
Semiconductor Technology |
10 |
Semester 2 |
|
|
Materials Physics |
10 |
Semester 2 |
(20 credits)
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Module Name |
Module Code |
Credit Value |
Semester |
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