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2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

MPhys, BSc Physics

Programme code:MPBS-PHYSUCAS code:F302
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr A M Voice Contact address:a.m.voice@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 485

Entry requirements:

Integrated MPhys AAA (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, 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:

PHYS1000Year One Physics Tutorials5 creditsNot running until 202122
PHYS1001Introduction to Experimental Physics20 creditsNot running until 202021
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 all pass for progress (PFP) modules as well as the required number of level 1 credits.
- 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.

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)
SOEE1281Atmosphere10 creditsNot running until 201920
SOEE1401Weather10 creditsNot running until 201920
SOEE1434Water10 creditsNot running until 201920

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.


Year2 - View timetable

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

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

PHYS2001Experimental Physics30 creditsNot running until 202021
PHYS2300Physics 3- Fields and Energy25 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2311Physics 4- Quantum Phenomena25 creditsNot running until 202122
PHYS2320Computing 2- Computational Physics10 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS2370Maths 3- Matrices and Operators10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

- To progress to Year 3, students must pass all pass for progress (PFP) modules as well as the required number of level 2 credits.
- Students intending to do a BSc Year Abroad in Year 3 may be required to study an appropriate language as a supernumerary module.
- 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.

EDUC2107Science Education: Issues and Challenges10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDP2002Introduction to Medical Physics10 creditsNot running until 202021
PHYS2015High Energy Astrophysics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS2150Stellar Structure and Evolution10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2331Nanophysics and Small Systems10 creditsNot running until 201920
PHYS2380Maths 4- Transforms and Partial Differential Equations10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2092Meteorology10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2210Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Suggested discovery module:

MATH2625Fluid Dynamics15 creditsNot running until 202122


Year3 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

PHYS3777Advanced Experimental Techniques and Analysis30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 90 credits of optional modules (including Discovery modules).

Students must have taken 120 credits at level M by the end of the 4th year and must pass 100 credits.

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

PHYS3382Advanced Quantum Mechanics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3394Quantum Matter15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3441Statistical Mechanics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3511Advanced Mechanics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3543Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study at least 30 credits from the following optional modules in addition to those chosen in section A :

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)
PHYS3505Professional Skills in Physics5 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS3522Bionanophysics 1
Pre-requisite for: 5116M
15 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 up to 15 credits of discovery modules.


Year4 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module::

PHYS5014MResearch Project60 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules:

Students must have taken 120 credits at level M by the end of the 4th year and must pass 100 Level M credits.

MATH5452MAdvanced Polymeric Fluids20 creditsNot running in 201718
PHYS5016MSoft Matter Physics: Liquid Crystals15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS5017MQuantum Many-Body Physics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS5100MWinds, Bubbles and Explosions15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS5116MBionanophysics 2: Advanced Bionanophysics Research15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS5182MAdvanced Group Industrial Project15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS5300MSuperconductivity15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS5342MSoft Matter Physics: Polymers, Colloids and Glasses15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS5360MQuantum Transport in Nanostructures15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS5380MQuantum Field Theory15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS5390MGeneral Relativity15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS5411MQuantum Information Science and Technology15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS5431MCurrent Research Topics in Physics15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS5440MAdvanced Physics in Schools15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Last updated: 26/04/2017

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