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2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

MPhys, BSc Physics

Programme code:MPBS-PHYSUCAS code:F302
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Stuart Lumsden Contact address:S.L.Lumsden@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 485

Entry requirements:

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 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS1001Introduction to Experimental Physics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep 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 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 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1401Weather10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE1434Water10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS2300Physics 3- Fields and Energy25 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2311Physics 4- Quantum Phenomena25 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)

- 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 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2015High Energy Astrophysics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS2150Stellar Structure and Evolution10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2331Nanophysics and Small Systems10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS2380Maths 4- Transforms and Partial Differential Equations10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2092Meteorology10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2210Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Suggested discovery module:

MATH2625Fluid Dynamics15 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 module:

PHYS3001Advanced Techniques in Experimental Physics30 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 study at least 15 credits from the following and can chose further options up to a total of 45 credits:

PHYS3383Advanced Quantum Physics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3394Quantum Matter15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr)
PHYS3441Statistical Mechanics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

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

CAPE3331Nuclear Operations20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MEDP3512Magnetic Resonance Imaging10 credits1 Sep to 31 Jan
MEDP3517Radionuclide Imaging10 creditsNot running in 202122
MEDP3531Medical X-ray imaging10 credits1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr)
MEDP3532X-ray Computed Tomography10 credits1 Jan to 30 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 creditsNot running in 202122
PHYS3190Molecular Simulation: Theory and Practice15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3281Star and Planet Formation15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr)
PHYS3390Quantum Photonics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3422Magnetism in Condensed Matter15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS3505Professional Skills in Physics5 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS3511Advanced Mechanics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr)
PHYS3523Bionanophysics15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS3543Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3151Dynamics of Weather Systems10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3190Earth Observations from Space10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3410Atmosphere and Ocean Climate Change Processes10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3535Atmospheric Physics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3610Oceanography in the Earth System10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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)
PHYS3705Physics into Work15 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.

PHYS5016MSoft Matter Physics: Liquid Crystals15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr)
PHYS5017MQuantum Many-Body Physics15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS5100MWinds, Bubbles and Explosions15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS5117MAdvanced 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 creditsNot running in 202122
PHYS5380MQuantum Field Theory15 credits1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHYS5390MGeneral Relativity15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHYS5411MQuantum Information Science and Technology15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr)
PHYS5431MCurrent Research Topics in Physics15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun), 1 Jan to 31 Jan (13mth)
PHYS5440MAdvanced Physics in Schools15 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PHYS5530MPhysics of Biological Systems15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Last updated: 08/07/2021 15:50:58

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