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2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BSc Physics

Programme code:BS-PHYSUCAS code:F300
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Stuart Lumsden Contact address:S.L.Lumsden@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

AAB (including Physics and Maths and excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking)

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Physics and Astronomy

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Physics and Astronomy

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Programme specification:

The programme will provide students with excellence in teaching and learning opportunities within an environment of internationally competitive Physics research. The programme aims to produce graduates with knowledge of Physics, transferable skills and attitudes, which will enable them to fulfil their career aspirations to the maximum of their ability.

Through a series of lectured modules, practical teaching and learning laboratories, personal tutorials and exercise classes, the programme will provide a stimulating and challenging scheme of work which will achieve its aims.

The programme will provide the students with a range of specialist topics linked to the research interests of the School and give them the opportunity to undertake an independent project or significant piece of research work in an area of interest to allow them to develop an understanding of the scientific research process.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

PHYS1060Physics Laboratory 1- Introduction to Experimental Physics (A)10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS1110Physics Laboratory 2- Introduction to Experimental Physics (B)10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS1200Physics 1- Fundamental Forces25 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS1210Physics 2- Properties of Matter25 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS1220Computing 1- Fundamentals of Programming10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS1290Maths 1- Scalars and Vectors10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS1300Maths 2- Multivariable Calculus10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

- To progress to Year 2, students must pass PHYS 1060 and PHYS 1110.
- Students intending to do a BSc Year Abroad in Year 3 may be required to study an appropriate language as a supernumerary module.

Optional modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of optional modules.

MEDP1001Introduction to Medical Imaging10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS1020Stars and Galaxies10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS1040Planets and the Search for Life10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS1311Introduction to Nanotechnology10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1280The Atmosphere of Planet Earth10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1400Introduction to Meteorology and Weather Forecasting10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1433Water in the Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Suggested Discovery modules include :

MATH1060Introductory Linear Algebra10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

For students on, or considering transferring to, the MPhys programme:
- Students on the MPhys must achieve an average mark of more than 59% in their second year modules to proceed with the MPhys programme of study.
- If a student has an average mark of between 55% and 59% he/she can apply for consideration to continue on the MPhys.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

PHYS2060Physics Laboratory 3- Experimental Physics (A)10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2110Physics Laboratory 4- Experimental Physics (B)10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS2300Physics 3- Fields and Energy25 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2310Physics 4- Quantum and Nuclear Physics25 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS2320Computing 2- Computational Physics10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS2370Maths 3- Matrices and Operators10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2380Maths 4- Transforms and Partial Differential Equations10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

- To progress to Year 3, students must pass PHYS2060 and PHYS2110.
- Students intending to do a BSc Year Abroad in Year 3 may be required to study an appropriage language as a supernumerary module.
- Research Placement Programme: to progress to Year 3, normally students must maintain a first class average.

Optional modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of optional modules.

EDUC2107Science Education: Issues and Challenges10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDP2001Medical Imaging and Cancer10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2015High Energy Astrophysics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS2150Stellar Structure and Evolution10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2330Nanophysics and Nanotechnology10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2092Meteorology10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2210Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2530Atmospheric Physics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Suggested discovery module

MATH2620Fluid Dynamics 110 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules (45 credits):

PHYS3152Project40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS3505Professional Skills in Physics5 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 30 credits from the following optional modules.

Please note that students must PASS 80 credits at Level 3 to be awarded a BSc (Hons) degree or must PASS 60 credits at Level 3 to be awarded a BSc (Ord) degree.

EDUC3808Understanding and Communicating Science10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MATH3451Introduction to Polymeric Fluids15 creditsNot running in 201718
MEDP3001Cardiovascular Medical Imaging10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDP3511Digital Radiography and X-ray Computed Tomography10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDP3512Magnetic Resonance Imaging10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDP3514Ultrasound Imaging10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDP3517Radionuclide Imaging10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDP3518Medical Image Analysis10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3851Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3852Philosophy of Modern Physics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3011Cosmology15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3116Photonics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3190Molecular Simulation: Theory and Practice15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3281Star and Planet Formation15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3382Advanced Quantum Mechanics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3390Quantum Photonics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3394Quantum Matter15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3422Magnetism in Condensed Matter15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3441Statistical Mechanics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3511Advanced Mechanics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3522Bionanophysics 1
Pre-requisite for: PHYS5116M
15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3543Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates may study up to 15 credits from the following optional modules.

PHYS3181Group Industrial Project15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS3605Physics in Schools15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study upto 15 credits of discovery modules.

Last updated: 22/11/2017

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