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Physics: a beginners guide to the Galaxy

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Physics: a beginners guide to the Galaxy

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    1. Physics: a beginners guide to the Galaxy What physics is about What skills are developed How physics is studied at University What you can do afterwards

    2. So what is physics about?

    3. Distance Scales

    4. Applied physics

    5. Stealing physics ideas

    6. How physics research is done Design, build and perform experiments Analyse and interpret numerical data Does it fit with current understanding?

    7. What skills are necessary? Logical methodology Analysis and interpretive skills, especially involving numbers Management and group working Problem solving Mathematical and computing skills Communication skills

    8. Physics Degrees in Higher Education Bachelor of Science (BSc) Three-year honours degree Not necessarily going to enter a physics-related career

    9. Physics Degree Programmes

    10. Entry to Degree Programmes in Physics Most common entry is via A-levels Good grade in PHYSICS and MATHS combined with a third subject (not usually General Studies) AVCEs, BTEC, Scottish Highers etc. For details look in departmental prospectuses or in PHYSICS ON COURSE 2006: http://learningphysics.iop.org/beyond_school/ university/index.html Physics without A2 Maths? Bursaries, bonuses and scholarships

    11. Core plus options scheme Core: relativity, quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, particle physics, cosmology…….

    12. Fourth-Year Courses CORE project skills MPHYS projects (lab, theoretical or computing)

    13. Options from other departments Example: School of environmental science meteorology and atmospheric physics, climate and energy, clouds, aerosols and atmospheric chemistry planet earth ….. Other Schools offering courses to physicists: mathematics, biological sciences, computer science, engineering, earth sciences… history and philosophy, languages, economics, music, operational research…

    14. Teaching methods (eg. S1)

    15. How good is a Department? TEACHING (a) accreditation by Institute of Physics (more are!) (b) Quality Assurance Agency marks out of 24, best teaching departments, ten of them, have 24/24 RESEARCH Higher Education Funding Council’s Research Assessment Exercise, best research departments, 27 of them, grade 5 or 5*

    16. Careers after physics: scientific, computing and technical

    17. One Hundred Jobs After Physics

    18. Recent Graduate Destinations

    19. Physics covers all aspects of the physical world. All branches of science borrow its ideas and principles. Modern technology has its roots in physics.

    20. Physics Beyond School http://learningphysics.iop.org Careers in Physics http://careers.iop.org

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