Our undergraduate courses and programmes

Undergraduate courses provide an overview and foundation in Physics, and prepare you for further study opportunities.

Stage one Physics courses

Course code Course title Semester offered Coordinator
TFCPHYS 91F Foundation Physics S1 Anna Yang
TFCPHYS 92F Foundation Physics 2 S2 Tristan O'Hanlon
ASTRO 100 Planets, Stars and Galaxies S1 / S2

Nick Rattenbury

Larissa Markwardt
 

ASTRO 100G Planets, Stars and Galaxies S1 / S2

Nick Rattenbury

Larissa Markwardt

ENVPHYS 100 Sun, Sand, Surf: Science of Aotearoa S1  Tra Dinh
David Noone
ENVPHYS 100G Sun, Sand, Surf: Science of Aotearoa S1 Kasper van Wijk
PHYSICS 102 Basic Concepts of Physics SS / S1 Tristan O'Hanlon
PHYSICS 120 Advancing Physics 1 S1 / S2

Maarten Hoogerland

Anna Yang

PHYSICS 121 Advancing Physics 2 S1 / S2

Anna Yang

Elke Pahl

PHYSICS 140 Digital Fundamentals S1 / S2

Mark Conway

David Krofcheck

PHYSICS 160 Physics for the Life Sciences S2 Mark Conway
PHYSICS 160 Laboratories
S2 Tristan O'Hanlon

Stage two Physics courses

Course code Course title Semester offered Coordinator
ASTRO200 Astrobiology S2 Nick Rattenbury
ENVPHYS 200 Earth Observations and Models S2 Evert Duran
PHYSICS 201 Classical and Thermal Physics S1 Jan Eldridge
PHYSICS 202 Electromagnetism S2 Claude Aguergaray
PHYSICS 203 Relativity and Quantum Physics S2 David Krofcheck
PHYSICS 244 Electronics and Imaging S1 Mark Conway
GEOPHYS 213 The Geophysical Environment Not offered  

Stage three Physics courses

Course code Course title Semester offered Coordinator
ENVPHYS 300
Atmosphere, Ocean and Earth Physics S1 Ludmila Adam
ENVPHYS 301  Special topic TBC  
ENVPHYS 380 Directed Study TBC  
ENVPHYS 399 Capstone: Environmental Physics Not offered in 2024  
PHYSICS 331 Classical Mechanics and
Electrodynamics
S1 Stephane Coen
PHYSICS 332 Fluid Mechanics S1 Geoff Willmott
PHYSICS 333 Lasers and Electromagnetic Waves S2 Stuart Murdoch
PHYSICS 334 Statistical Physics and Condensed Matter S1 Elke Pahl
PHYSICS 335 Quantum Mechanics S2 Maarten Hoogerland
PHYSICS 340 Electronics and Signal Processing S1 Stuart Murdoch
PHYSICS 356 Particle Physics and Astrophysics S2 Nick Rattenbury
PHYSICS 390 Experimental Physics S1 / S2 Stephane Coen
Ben Pollard
PHYSICS 390b Advanced Lab Capstone S2 Ben Pollard
PHYSICS 399 Capstone: Physics S1 / S2 Ben Pollard
GEOPHYS 310 Physics of the Earth Not offered  
GEOPHYS 311 Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Physics Not offered

GEOPHYS 399 Capstone: Geophysics Not offered  

Choosing your Physics courses