The course aims to equip students with a wide variety of skills essential in experimental physics, with particular focus on electronics, computer programming, and computerbased instrumentation and interfacing.
Key features of this course are its hands-on nature, its emphasis on applied project work and extensive staff input to individual students. It puts strong emphasis on skills that are transferable within the wider science-based industry and academia, including: computer programming, electronics design, prototyping and testing, instrumentation and computer interfacing, modelling, data analysis and presentation.