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BSc Philosophy and Physics

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

You’ll have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and be able to interpret complex quantitative and qualitative data. You’ll be confident working independently or in a team and have good research skills. In addition, you’ll be able to communicate and defend your views clearly, both verbally and in writing – and you’ll have the organisational skills needed to manage two very different subjects.

Graduates have gone on to succeed in a range of careers that reflect the diversity of this degree. They’ve gone into science, education, business and finance, law, sales and marketing, the media, the civil service and charity sector. Many have also progressed to postgraduate study.

General Eligibility

A-level: AAB to include Mathematics and Physics

Other course specific tests:

Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level including Mathematics and Physics and grade A in the EPQ.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • How to Think Clearly and Argue Well

  • Physics 1- Fundamental Forces

  • Vibrations and Waves (Geophysics)

  • Laboratory 1a (Joint Honours and Geophysics)

  • Maths 1- Scalars and Vectors

  • Maths 2- Multivariable Calculus

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Quantum Mechanics (Joint Honours)

  • Maths 3- Matrices and Operators

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Formal Logic

  • Ancient Philosophy

  • Ethics of Life and Death

  • Moral Philosophy

  • Philosophy of Religion

  • Philosophical Issues in Biology

  • Experimental Physics (For NatSci & Joint Honours)

  • Physics 3- Fields and Energy

  • Maths 4- Transforms and Partial Differential Equations

  • Thinking About Race

3 Year 3

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics

  • Metaethics

  • Philosophy of Mind

  • War, Terror and Justice

  • Philosophy of Modern Physics

  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences

  • Photonics

  • Project

  • Molecular Simulation: Theory and Practice

  • Advanced Quantum Physics

  • Statistical Mechanics

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic or IELTS for UKVI (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration) (Academic) or IELTS Online at 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each component skill. Please note that we cannot accept results from these tests that are over two years old at the start date of the course you intend to study.

TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) or TOEFL iBT Home Edition at 80 overall with no less than 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 19 in writing. Please note that we do not accept TOEFL My Best scores and we expect candidates to have met the relevant requirements from a single TOEFL test.

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