Physics

Course summary

Physics is the study of how our universe works, its rules and mechanics and the scientific discoveries which lie behind great discoveries. It is a fundamentally practical subject with experimental work at the core of the course. You will learn to manipulate more advanced equipment and analyse data to work out relationships between physical quantities. The AQA course is built around practical work and students should expect to be completing several practical lessons each week. There are 9 modules in this course: • Measurements and their errors • Particles and radiation • Waves • Mechanics and materials • Electricity • Further mechanics and thermal physics • Fields and their consequences • Nuclear physics • Option module: either Astrophysics or Medical Physics The study of this course involves the use of maths for calculations, including basic algebra and trigonometry, logs and exponential functions. However, it is not necessary to study A Level Mathematics.