BSc (Hons) Physics with Space Sciences
Course Overview
This Physics with Space Science degree provides a comprehensive foundation in core physics principles while offering specialized modules in the rapidly growing field of space technology and exploration. The program leverages the university's significant research strengths and state-of-the-art facilities, including the Bayfordbury Observatory, to deliver a hands-on, industry-relevant education. Students can further enhance their experience through an optional placement or study abroad year, preparing them for exciting careers in the space sector.
Key Program Highlights
- Full Institute of Physics (IOP) accredited core physics curriculum
- Specialized space modules in propulsion, orbital mechanics, and spacecraft systems
- Hands-on access to the professional instrumentation at Bayfordbury Observatory
- Teaching informed by active research in astrophysics, remote sensing, and instrumentation
- Opportunity for an industrial placement or a year studying abroad
Course Overview
This Physics with Space Science degree provides a comprehensive foundation in core physics principles while offering specialized modules in the rapidly growing field of space technology and exploration. The program leverages the university's significant research strengths and state-of-the-art facilities, including the Bayfordbury Observatory, to deliver a hands-on, industry-relevant education. Students can further enhance their experience through an optional placement or study abroad year, preparing them for exciting careers in the space sector.
Key Program Highlights
- Full Institute of Physics (IOP) accredited core physics curriculum
- Specialized space modules in propulsion, orbital mechanics, and spacecraft systems
- Hands-on access to the professional instrumentation at Bayfordbury Observatory
- Teaching informed by active research in astrophysics, remote sensing, and instrumentation
- Opportunity for an industrial placement or a year studying abroad
Requirements
Modules
- Special Relativity and Quantum Physics
- Experimental Physics
- Small Group Tutorial (Level 4)
- Mathematical Methods
- Applications of Calculus
- Computational Modelling
- The Physical Universe
- Electromagnetism
- Optics and Lasers
- Thermodynamics
- Small Group Tutorial (Level 5)
- Physics of the Solar System
- Space Science and Systems
- Multivariable Calculus
- Quantum Mechanics
- Career Planning and Development
- Plasma Physics and Fusion Reactors
- Differential Equations
- Motion and Tensors
- Introduction to Machine Learning and Neural Networks
- Rocket Performance and Propulsion
- Condensed States of Matter
- The Physics of Elementary Particles
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- Space Science and Physics Project and Investigative Skills
- Space Dynamics
- Satellite Communications
- Computational Physics
- Star Formation and Evolution
- Foundations of Cosmology
- The Physics of Astronomical Spectra
- Partial Differential Equations
- Lagrangian Dynamics
- Nonlinear Systems
- Further Numerical Methods
