Teaching and assessment for Physics with Renewable Energy Science BSc (Hons)

This module helps you develop the practical skills needed as a physics student and future professional physicist. It also provides an insight into cutting-edge research problems and the industrial value of physics. It explores the definition of physics itself, and what makes science distinct from opinion.

This module introduces the nature of light as both waves and particles, which form the foundations of quantum mechanics and special relativity.

Electromagnetism and light describes the physics of electric and magnetic fields and how they they are connected. This module explores electricity, electromagnetism, and light to provide you with an understanding of the physics underpinning most technology.

The microscopic and sub-atomic world is described by quantum mechanics, and nuclear and particle physics.

This module explores how materials behave in thermal physics and condensed matter physics.

This module allows you to test theories of the physical world around us, from the sub-atomic structure to universe scale effects. You will learn by different methods, including lab work, critically reviewing academic work, and learning how to complete a competitive CV.

This module explores recent photonic innovations, as well as the physics underpinning them. It covers lasers, nonlinear optics, optical imaging, optical microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy.

Scotland has a thriving optics and photonics industry, and this module provides a solid basis to enter the industry or do your own PhD research.