Physics and Physical Chemistry

The stream leaders for this combination are:

Physics	Dr Pavlo Zubko	p.zubko@ucl.ac.uk
Physical Chemistry	Prof Alethea Tabor	a.b.tabor@ucl.ac.uk

Year 1

Term 1

Core modules

PHAS0011	Modern Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology	15 credits	T1
CHEM0005	Chemical Foundations	15 credits	T1~3
NSCI0010	Science and Society	0 credits	T1
NSCI0005	Mathematics for Natural Sciences A	15 credits	T1

Choose an additional foundation module

BIOS0019	Life Sciences Foundation	15 credits	T1
HPSC0009	Introduction to History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science	15 credits	T1
GEOL0007	The Earth	15 credits	T1
STAT0002	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	15 credits	T1

Term 2

Core modules

PHAS0006	Thermal Physics and the Properties of Matter	15 credits	T2
NSCI0027	Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus	15 credits	T2
CHEM0009	Basic Physical Chemistry	15 credits	T2

Choose 1 module

CHEM0013	Basic Inorganic Chemistry	15 credits	T2
CHEM0008	Basic Organic Chemistry	15 credits	T2

Year 2

Choose one module

NSCI0036	Programming for Scientists	15 credits	T2
NSCI0039	Science Communication	15 credits	T1
NSCI0038	Science for All	15 credits	T2

(Physics)
Choose at least 45 credits

Core modules

PHAS0022	Quantum Physics	15 credits	T1
PHAS0025	Mathematical Methods III	15 credits	T1

Choose one module

PHAS0023	Atomic and Molecular Physics	15 credits	T2
PHAS0024	Statistical Physics of Matter	15 credits	T2

Choose 0-15 credits

PHAS0021	Electricity and Magnetism	15 credits	T1
NSCI0033	Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism	15 credits	T2

(Physical Chemistry)
Choose at least 45 credits

Core modules

CHEM0019	Physical Chemistry	30 credits	T1~3
CHEM0021	Chemical Dynamics	15 credits	T2

Choose 0-15 credits

CHEM0015	Inorganic Chemistry for Physical Science !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0012	Chemistry of Materials !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1
CHEM0017	Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry !Pre-requisites: CHEM0008	15 credits	T1&2

Year 3

Core modules

NSCI0004	Literature Project for Natural Sciences BSc/MSci Programme	15 credits	T1&2

(Physics)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Core modules

PHAS0042	Quantum Mechanics	15 credits	T1

Core for major stream

PHAS0054	Practical Physics 3 (For Natural Sciences)	15 credits	T2

Choose one module

PHAS0040	Nuclear and Particle Physics !Pre-requisites: PHAS0023	15 credits	T2
PHAS0041	Solid State Physics !Pre-requisites: PHAS0024	15 credits	T2

Choose 0-30 credits

PHAS0038	Electromagnetic Theory	15 credits	T1
PHAS0049	Theory of Dynamical Systems	15 credits	T1
PHAS0050	Climate and Energy	15 credits	T2
PHAS0053	Lasers and Modern Optics	15 credits	T2
PHAS0055	Materials and Energy Materials	15 credits	T2
PHAS0056	Practical Machine Learning for Physicists	15 credits	T2
PHAS0057	Physics of the Earth	15 credits	T1

(Physical Chemistry)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Core modules

CHEM0037	Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0028	Concepts in Computational Chemistry	15 credits	T1

Core for for major stream

CHEM0025	Instrumental and Computational Techniques in Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2

Option modules

Major stream choose 15-30 credits; Minor stream choose 0-15 credits

CHEM0039	New Directions in Materials Chemistry !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1
CHEM0031	Inorganic Rings, Chains and Clusters	15 credits	T2	[*]

[*] CHEM0013 is a pre-requisite however it is fine to take this module without as long as you do some self-study
Contact natsci if you wish to look at other modules

Year 4

Choose the relevant research project

PHAS0097	Physics and Astrophysics project	45 credits	T1&2
CHEM0080	Advanced Chemical Research Project	75 credits	T1~3

(Physics)
Major stream select 45-75 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option Modules

PHAS0105	Atom and Photon Physics	15 credits	T1
PHAS0069	Advanced Quantum Theory	15 credits	T1
PHAS0072	Particle Physics	15 credits	T1
PHAS0061	Advanced Topics in Statistical Mechanics	15 credits	T2
PHAS0070	Quantum Computation and Communication !Pre-requisites: PHAS0069	15 credits	T2
PHAS0058	Physics of Advanced Materials	15 credits	T2
PHAS0059	Theoretical Condensed Matter	15 credits	T1
PHAS0099	Molecular Physics	15 credits	T2
PHAS0073	Quantum Field Theory !Pre-requisites: PHAS0069	15 credits	T2
PHAS0075	Symmetry and Phase Transitions	15 credits	T2
PHAS0102	Techniques of High-Performance Computing	15 credits	T1

(Physical Chemistry)
Major stream select 15-45 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option Modules

CHEM0077	Topics in Modern Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0078	Topics in Modern Chemistry	30 credits	T1&2
CHEM0079	Topics in Modern Chemistry	45 credits	T1&2

Topics to be taught in term one and assessed by end of first week of term 2.