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Stellar structure and evolution (PHY213) is a compulsory first-semester course for second-year undergraduates doing dual honours MPhys or BSc Physics and Astrophysics or Physics and Astrophysics with Study Abroad degrees. It is also an optional course for second-year, single-honours MPhys or BSc students of Physics, Theoretical Physics and Physics with Study in North America/Australasia.

PHY213 is a half-module, worth 10 credits, and is taught by Professor Vik Dhillon. Prior to taking this course, it is a requirement that you have studied and passed PHY104 (Introduction to Astrophysics), and it is recommended (but not compulsory) that you have also studied and passed PHY111 (Our Evolving Universe).

The lecture notes and past exam papers for the PHY213 half-module can be found on the web at: http://www.vikdhillon.staff.shef.ac.uk/teaching.html.
I shall also be handing out a CD-ROM at the beginning of the course which contains a complete set of the lecture notes.


©Vik Dhillon, 25th September 2013