BSc Physics – UCAS Code F300
This is a comprehensive degree providing students with a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of physics. During the final year of the course, students can select optional classes from a range of diverse topics from theoretical physics through plasma physics to photonics.
MPhys – UCAS Code F303
This is a broad-based degree with an emphasis on modern physical principles. The final two years of this course differ from those of the BSc Physics degree in that students encounter classes on subjects that are necessary to produce a graduate physicist capable of working in a research environment in either industry or academia. As with the BSc degree, students can choose optional classes in Year 4 and then extend the depth of coverage of these subjects through Year 5.
Within the MPhys degree structure, there is the opportunity for students to tailor their classes in the final two years to a give specialisation in a particular subject area. This is done by choosing selected classes relating to a certain area of expertise offered by the department and pursuing a final-year project in that area. Students who are interested in following such a path enter the university initially as MPhys students and make their choice of specialisation at the beginning of Year 4.
BSc Physics with Teaching – UCAS Code F3XC
This degree is offered in conjunction with the Faculty of Education and is a qualification that is designed to prepare graduates to be teachers of physics in secondary schools. This degree not only covers the same core syllabus of the BSc Physics degree but also allows students the time to acquire the educational theory and classroom practice necessary for registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland. All the courses are accredited by the Institute of Physics, the body that represents the physics profession.
