Physics

Course summary

Throughout their study of Physics at this level, you will develop your knowledge and understanding of what it means to work scientifically. You will also develop your competence in manipulating quantities and their units, including making estimates and calculating uncertainties. You will gain experience of a wide variety of practical work that gives you the opportunities to develop your practical and investigative skills by planning, carrying out and evaluating experiments. Through studying a range of examples, contexts and applications of Physics, you will become increasingly knowledgeable of the ways in which the scientific community and society as a whole use scientific ideas and methods, and how the professional scientific community functions.