Comments about MPhys Physics with Study in Australasia - At the institution - Sheffield - South Yorkshire
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Objectives
Experience a different country and higher education system by spending the third year of your MPhys at a university in Australia. The international element offers you a wider range of learning and living environments. Our MPhys Physics course provides a broad-based and intellectually demanding education across the whole spectrum of modern physics. It includes all the fundamental knowledge essential to the professional physicist, and will help you to develop the qualities and abilities physicists rely on. The year abroad forms an integral part of your degree, with courses at the Australian university being carefully chosen to replace the Sheffield third year courses. Back in Sheffield, year four will give you greater experience of research work and the opportunity to select some advanced topics to study in greater depth.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements GCE/VCE A Levels - ABB Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AB + BB Scottish Highers - AAAB + AB in Advanced Highers Irish Leaving Cert. - AABBB BTEC Level N - 4 Distinctions and 2 Merits International Baccalaureate - 33 points Core requirements - Grades AB in GCE A Level Physics and Maths, either way. GCE AS Level Maths cannot replace GCE A Level Maths
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Academic title
MPhys Physics with Study in Australasia
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Course description
Our students usually select from a range of compulsory and optional modules to add up to 120 credits.
Some departments offer courses that don't feature optional modules whereas other courses are fully flexible.
Important notice :
This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
This information is provided for illustration only and you should check with the department directly when applying to confirm module options.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Fields, Waves and Quanta 20
Mechanics, Heat and Matter 20
Mathematics for Physicists 10
Introductory Mathematics for Physicists and Astronomers 20
Differential and Difference Equations 10
Further Subsidiary Mathematics 10
Mathematics with Maple 10
Matrices and Geometry 10
Mechanics in Action 10
Practical Calculus 10
Probability, Sets and Complex Numbers 10
Vectors and Motion 10
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Atomic Spectra and Relativity 10
Electromagnetism 10
Experimental Physics I 10
Mathematical Methods for Physics and Astronomy 10
Numerical and Computational Physics 10
Optics 10
Programming in C 10
Quantum Mechanics 10
Solids 10
Thermal Physics 10
Topics In Classical Physics 10
Extra-Solar Planets and Astrobiology 10
Galaxies 10
Introduction to Astrophysics 10
Physics in Medicine 1 10
Physics in Medicine 2 10
Stellar Structure and Evolution 10
The Dynamic Interstellar Medium 10
Vectors and Fluids 10
Typical Third Year ModulesWe do not currently have any module information available for this year of the course.
Typical Fourth Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Research Project in Physics and Astronomy 40
Aspects of Modern Physics (Half Module) 10
Advanced Quantum Mechanics 10
Advanced Radiation Physics 10
Aspects of Modern Physics - A 10
Atomic and Laser Physics 10
Cosmic Origins (Half Module) 10
Dark Matter and the Universe 10
Further Quantum Mechanics 10
High Energy Astrophysics 10
Introduction to Cosmology 10
Literature Search in Physics 10
Magnetism and Superconductivity 10
Mathematical Physics 10
Metals, Semi-conductors and Insulators 10
Nuclear Astrophysics 10
Nuclear Physics 10
Optical Properties of Solids 10
Particle Physics 10
Physics in an Enterprise Culture 10
Physics of Semiconductors 10
Quantum Mechanics for Particle Physics 10
Relativity and Cosmology 10
Statistical Physics 10
The Development of Particle Physics 10
The Physics of Soft Condensed Matter 10
