Physics is the most fundamental of the sciences and this course is for those who want to know just how and why the natural world works as it does. The course covers a wide range of physics topics from the tiniest scale of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the cosmos.

Particles and Quantum Phenomena:

• Wave-particle duality

Quantisation

• The standard model of particle physics

Electricity:

• Basic electrical properties
• Electrical components and circuits

Mechanics and Energy:

• Forces and motion (including Newton’s laws and projectile motion)

Waves and Oscillations:

• The basic properties of waves
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference

Fields: 

• Investigates the similarities and differences between gravitational and electric fields

Capacitance:

• The effect of capacitance
• The use and operation of capacitors

Electromagnetism:

• Investigates the magnetic fields produced by the flow of a current

Nuclear Physics:

• The structure of the nucleus
• Radioactivity
• Nuclear instability
• Nuclear energy

Thermal Physics: 

• The thermal properties of materials
• Ideal gases
• The kinetic theory of gases

Astrophysics:

• The physics of stars and cosmology