Bachelor's Degree in Physics
The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.
Common Core
| Course unit title | Year | Regime | Type | Subject area | ECTS credits |
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| General Chemistry I | 1 | 1st Semester | Compulsory | CHE | 6.0 |
| General Physics I | 1 | 1st Semester | Compulsory | PHY | 6.0 |
| Laboratory Technics for Physics | 1 | 1st Semester | Compulsory | PHY | 4.5 |
| Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry | 1 | 1st Semester | Compulsory | MATH | 6.0 |
| Mathematical Analysis I | 1 | 1st Semester | Compulsory | MATH | 7.5 |
| Chemistry Laboratory Techniques | 1 | 2nd Semester | Compulsory | CHE | 3.0 |
| Foundations of Modern Physics | 1 | 2nd Semester | Compulsory | PHY | 4.5 |
| General Chemistry II | 1 | 2nd Semester | Compulsory | CHE | 6.0 |
| General Physics II | 1 | 2nd Semester | Compulsory | PHY | 6.0 |
| Laboratory Physics I | 1 | 2nd Semester | Compulsory | PHY | 3.0 |
| Mathematical Analysis II | 1 | 2nd Semester | Compulsory | MATH | 7.5 |
Areas of expertise
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits Classical Mechanics I 2 01002764 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Computers and Programming 2 01002770 1st Semester Compulsory COMP 4.5 Electromagnetism I 2 01002618 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Mathematical Analysis III 2 01001945 1st Semester Compulsory MATH 7.5 Thermodynamics 2 01002629 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Classical Mechanics II 2 01002781 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Electronics 2 01002660 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Laboratory Physics II 2 01002792 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Quantum Mechanics I 2 01002646 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Waves and Optics 2 01002654 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits Atomic and Molecular Physics 3 01002671 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Statistical Physics 3 01003200 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Computational Physics 3 01002874 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Condensed Matter Physics 3 01002708 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 7.5 Nuclear and Particle Physics 3 01003199 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 7.5 Quantum Mechanics II 3 01002863 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Rules - One of the optional curricular units, up to 6 ECTS, may be chosen from any one lected at the University of Coimbra, subject to approval by the Bachelor’s Coordinator.
Grupo: Options Group 1 (min ECTS 12.0)
Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits Chemistry Laboratories I 3 01005125 1st Semester Elective * CHE 6.0 Complex and Dynamical Systems 3 01002852 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Electromagnetism II 3 01002826 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Elements of Biophysics 3 01002506 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Introduction to Astrophysics 3 01002837 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Mathematical Methods of Physics 3 01002815 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Physics of Music 3 01008470 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Grupo: Options Group 2 (min ECTS 3.0)
Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits History of Physics 3 01002880 2nd Semester Elective * CC 3.0 Introduction to the Physics of Music 3 01016051 2nd Semester Elective * CC 3.0 Scientific and Technical Communication 3 01002498 2nd Semester Elective * CC 3.0
Physics
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits Classical Mechanics I 2 01002764 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Computers and Programming 2 01002770 1st Semester Compulsory COMP 4.5 Electromagnetism I 2 01002618 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Mathematical Analysis III 2 01001945 1st Semester Compulsory MATH 7.5 Thermodynamics 2 01002629 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Electronics 2 01002660 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Laboratory Physics II 2 01002792 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Quantum Mechanics I 2 01002646 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Waves and Optics 2 01002654 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits Atomic and Molecular Physics 3 01002671 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Statistical Physics 3 01003200 1st Semester Compulsory PHY 6.0 Condensed Matter Physics 3 01002708 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 7.5 Nuclear and Particle Physics 3 01003199 2nd Semester Compulsory PHY 7.5 Grupo: Options Group 1 (min ECTS 6.0)
Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits Chemistry Laboratories I 3 01005125 1st Semester Elective * CHE 6.0 Complex and Dynamical Systems 3 01002852 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Electromagnetism II 3 01002826 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Elements of Biophysics 3 01002506 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Introduction to Astrophysics 3 01002837 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Mathematical Methods of Physics 3 01002815 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Physics of Music 3 01008470 1st Semester Elective * PHY 6.0 Grupo: Options Group 2 (min ECTS 3.0)
Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type Subject area ECTS credits History of Physics 3 01002880 2nd Semester Elective * CC 3.0 Introduction to the Physics of Music 3 01016051 2nd Semester Elective * CC 3.0 Scientific and Technical Communication 3 01002498 2nd Semester Elective * CC 3.0
Physics with Minor
Minors
- Minor in Anthropology
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Anthropology of Performance 01002342 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Anthropology of Religion 01015733 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Anthropology of the Body 01002375 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Behavioural Biology 01002268 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Culture and Cognition 01002358 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Ethnography and Fieldwork 01002178 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Evolutionary Anthropology 01002221 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Human Ecology and Adaptation 01002257 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Human Populations Genetics 01002303 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Introduction to Biological Anthropology 01002111 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology 01002386 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Introduction to Social Anthropology 01002133 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Kinship, Gender and Ethnicity 01002243 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Material Culture and Museology 01002167 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Paleoanthropology 01002195 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Primatology 01002156 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Social Evolution 01002320 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Theory and History of Anthropology I 01015767 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Biochemistry
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Biochemistry I 01004468 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biochemistry II 01004485 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biochemistry of Metabolism 01015235 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biochenistry of Proteins, Nucleic Acids and Lipids 01015207 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biomolecular Spectroscopy 01004552 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Cellular Biophysics 01004580 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Inorganic Biochemistry 01004496 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Introduction to Structural Biochemistry 01004574 Semestrial Elective 3.0 Laboratories of Biochemistry II 01004479 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Laboratories of Enzymology and Chemistry of Proteins 01004605 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Laboratories of Physiology and Cell Biophysics 01004591 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Physical Biochemistry 01004548 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Practical classes of Molecular Biology 01004563 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Biology
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Algae and Fungi 01000615 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Animal Physiology 01000872 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Applied Ecology 01000749 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biology II 01000738 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biology of Conservation 01000663 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biostatistics 01000626 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Cell and Molecular Biology 01000861 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Cellular Phisiology 01000883 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Functional Ecology 01000839 Semestrial Elective 6.0 General Ecology 01000727 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Genetics 01000929 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Limnology 01000971 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Marine Biology and Ecology 01000691 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Metabolism 01000993 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Microbiology 01001033 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Oncobiology 01001044 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Palinology 01001078 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Physiological and Environmental Toxicology 01000894 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Plant Biotecnology 01000751 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Plant Development 01000773 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Plant Diversity 01000806 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Plant Physiology 01000918 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Biophysics
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Biochemistry I 01004468 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biomolecular Spectroscopy 01004552 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biophysics 01003155 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Cellular Biology of the Human Development 01003645 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Cellular Biophysics 01004580 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Complements of Physics 01002528 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Electromagnetism I 01002618 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Modern Physics 01003134 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Optics 01003140 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Physical Biochemistry 01004548 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Thermodynamics 01002629 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Chemistry
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Bioelectrochemistry 01004882 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Biological Chemistry 01004818 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Chemistry Lab 01005207 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Inorganic Chemistry 01004846 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Organic Chemistry I 01004854 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Organic Chemistry II 01004860 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Physical Chemistry I 01005218 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Treatment of Water and Wastewater 01005091 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Computation
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Analysis of Algorithms 01001387 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Computational Visualization 02021960 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Computational Visualization 01002066 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Data Structures and Algorithms 01000197 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Databases 01001330 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Mathematical Logic 01001324 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Object-Oriented Programming 01001412 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Entrepreneurship
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Enterprises Accounting and Management 01006219 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Financial Management 01006225 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Information Systems 01000298 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Inovation and Entrepreneurship 01006038 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Organizational behaviour and management 01006247 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Geographical Engineering
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Applied topography 01001507 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Geodesy 01001466 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Mapping and geographic information systems 01001477 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Photogrammetry 01001488 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Register 01001499 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Topography 01001692 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Geological Engineering and Mines
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits General Geology 01003694 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Geological Mapping 01002424 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Geophysical Prospecting 01002441 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Metallic Mineral Resources 01003864 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Mineralogy and petrology 01002402 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Non-Metallic Minerals Resources 01003825 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Rock mechanics 01002430 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Geology
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Environmental Geology and Natural Risks 01003892 Semestrial Elective 6.0 General Geology 01003694 Semestrial Elective 6.0 General Mineralogy and Petrology 01003937 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Geological Mapping I 01003746 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Geology of Portugal 01004003 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Geomorphology 01003782 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Hydrogeology 01003881 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Paleontology 01003735 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Sedimentology 01003754 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Stratigraphy 01003793 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Tectonics 01003853 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Information and Decision
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Combinatorial Optimisation 01001401 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Enterprises Accounting and Management 01006219 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Financial Management 01006225 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Game Theory 01001423 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Linear Programming 01001313 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Sampling and Surveys 01001376 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Mathematics
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Commutative Algebra 01001297 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Complements of Mathematics 01001455 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Complex Analysis 01001359 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Curves and Surfaces 01001242 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Differentiable Manifolds 01001434 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Differential Equations and Modelling 01001203 Semestrial Elective 7.5 Mathematical Logic 01001324 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Numerical Mathematics I 01001275 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Numerical Mathematics II 01001341 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Topology and Linear Analysis 01001302 Semestrial Elective 6.0
- Minor in Sciences of the Space
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Course unit title Year Course unit code Duration Type ECTS credits Astronomy Elements 01002088 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Celestial Mechanics 01001398 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Geophysics 01003836 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Geosystems 01003948 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Introduction to Astrophysics 01002837 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Introduction to Physics 01002916 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Modern Physics 01003134 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Optics 01003140 Semestrial Elective 6.0 Spatial Systems of Positioning and Navigation 01002077 Semestrial Elective 6.0
The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit