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In addition, it is possible to develop industrial careers in defence, micro-electronics, medicine, semi-conductors, communications, research and development, IT, optoelectronics and education.
The professional body of physicists, the Institute of Physics, accredits our physics degrees.
teaching and assessment
Physics at Dundee is comfortably small and friendly with a relaxed atmosphere. Our formal teaching methods involve a combination of traditional lectures and tutorials, together with new and innovative multi-media based activities and practical laboratory sessions. For 2013/14 we revised the whole of the physics curriculum to give a clearer focus on the skills that all physicists need for careers in the modern world, and to introduce new material in contemporary fields such as renewable energy physics and environmental physics. All students are given ‘professional skills’ training that will set you up for a career outside your academic studies – you will learn physical modelling and IT skills, problem solving techniques, report writing, data analysis and how to give presentations.
The Dundee physics degree is structured around an essential core of material that seeks to establish firm foundations in the subject. Here, you will meet subjects such as relativity, mechanics, electro-magnetism, and quantum mechanics, before moving on to the exciting areas of particle physics, environmental physics and photonics. We will also develop your programming skills via modules in computational physics. Several of our modules are taught by staff who are internationally known as authorities in their respective research fields.
Our five (four)-year MSci degrees are designed for students committed to a professional physics career. They provide deep and broad coverage of the core topics at the heart of modern physics, as well as allowing specialist courses across a broad range of subject areas to be taken. They involve problem solving using advanced computational techniques and feature a two-year research project in one of the research groups. We also offer the traditional four (three)- year BSc Honours and joint Honours degree programmes.
programme content • typical degree programme example BSc Honours degree (4 years)
MSci Honours degree (5 years)
Advanced entry BSc Honours degree (3 years) Advanced entry MSci Honours degree (4 years)
Level 1 > Mechanics
> Electricity and Magnetism
> Light, Waves and Matter
> Astronomical Phenomena
> Professional skills (experimental, writing, data analysis and computer modelling)
> Mathematics Level 2
> Electromagnetism and Circuits
> Classical and Quantum Properties of Matter
> Electronics and Instrumentation
> Applied
Mathematics and Optics
> Programming (Students will learn C++ and Matlab related to physical science problem solving)
> Mathematics
Level 3 > Electromagnetism
> Quantum Mechanics
> Mathematical Methods
> Atomic Physics
> Condensed Matter Physics
> Thermal Physics
> Computational Physics
> Physics Lab and Transferable Skills (over both semesters)
Level 4
> Physics Research Project (over both semesters)
> Thermal Physics
> Optics and Photonics
> Nuclear and Particle Physics
> Classical Mechanics and Relativity
> Options from (for example): Environmental Physics, Wind and Marine Energy, Nuclear Energy, Advanced Thermal Physics, and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Please visit our programme webpage for notes on programme progression. Level 5 (MSci only)
> Physics Research Project (both semesters)
> Independent Study Module
> Advanced Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Optics and Photonics, and Computational Physics
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