Course Content
Year 1
- Beginning Philosophy
- Classical Mechanics and Relativity with Professional Skills
- Electromagnetism, Waves and Optics
- Introduction to Thermal and Quantum Physics
- Mathematics I
- Reason and Argument
Year 2
- Electromagnetism and Optics
- Mathematics II
- Quantum Physics II
- Thermodynamics and Solid State II
- Philosophy of Science
Year 3
- Quantum Physics III
- Statistical Mechanics and Solid State II
- Statistical Mechanics and Solid State II
Year 4
- Reading Philosophy
- MPhys Project
Option modules
Year 1
- Ancient Philosophy
- Metaphysics
Year 2
- Ethical Theory
- Philosophy of Language
- Intermediate Logic
- Religious Ethics
- Hume's Empiricism
- Rationalism: Spinoza and Leibniz
- Nietzsche
- Kant’s Copernican Revolution (Short)
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mind
Year 3
Philosophy
You will choose from a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
- German Idealism
- Philosophy of Art: Hume to Tolstoy
- Philosophy of Christianity
- Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
- Foundations of Maths
- The Value and Meaning of Life
- Philosophy of Physics Advanced
Please note that some combinations of modules are not permitted. For more information please contact our admissions tutor.
Physics
You will choose from a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
- Advanced Theoretical Techniques
- Atomic Physics and Lasers
- Cosmology *
- Galaxies and the Interstellar Medium and Cosmology *
- Introduction to Plasma Science and Technology
- Introduction to Quantum Computing
- Magnetic Materials and Technology
- Medical Physics
- Modern Optics
- Nanoscale
- Particle Physics
- Relativity
- The Physics of Stars
Year 4
Philosophy
You will choose from a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
- The Phenomenon of Loneliness
- Property, Privacy, and Consent
- Non-Classical Logic
- Time, Tense, and Existence
- Advanced Topics in Buddhist Philosophy
- Science-Engaged Analytic Theology
- Advanced Topics in Ethics
- Social Justice and Political Economy
- The Nature of Grief
- Topics in Consciousness and Representation
Please note that some combinations of modules are not permitted. For more information please contact our admissions tutor.
Physics
You will choose from a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
- Advanced High Performance Computing
- Advanced Plasma Physics
- Advanced Quantum Mechanics
- Biophysics
- From Subatomic Physics to Astrophysics
- Further Quantum Mechanics
- High Performance Computing
- Laser and Atom-light Interactions
- Nanomaterials: from Graphene to Spintronics
- Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Devices
