Physicist

Learning path

Take these courses in order, from beginner to mid-level.

1. 1

   Step 1: STEM Foundations: The Universal Skill Stack

   The shared base every STEM career uses: working with numbers and units, testing ideas fairly, handling data and code, and explaining your work.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 12 lessons · 7h 18mAlso used in 34 other careers
2. 2

   Step 2: Foundations for Physical Science & Materials Careers

   How chemists, physicists and materials scientists work: the science and math core, units and estimation, the research path, and how to read and record science.

   Level: Beginner3 modules · 9 lessons · 4h 35mAlso used in 2 other careers
3. 3

   Step 3: Digital Literacy for Tech & STEM Work

   The everyday computer, internet, safety and AI skills every tech and STEM job assumes you already have.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 12 lessons · 6h 8mAlso used in 34 other careers
4. 4

   Step 4: Professional Communication & Teamwork

   Write clear emails and documents, present and run meetings, work well on teams, and navigate résumés, interviews and networking.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 12 lessons · 7h 24mAlso used in 34 other careers
5. 5

   Step 5: Math for Tech & STEM

   The practical math behind tech and STEM work: numbers, algebra, functions, geometry, logic and counting, with short code exercises.

   Level: Beginner5 modules · 15 lessons · 7h 32mAlso used in 34 other careers
6. 6

   Step 6: Python Fundamentals

   Learn to program in Python from zero: values, decisions, loops, functions, data structures, files, modules and a small data project.

   Level: Beginner5 modules · 15 lessons · 9h 53mAlso used in 22 other careers
7. 7

   Step 7: Statistics Fundamentals

   Describe data, reason with probability, and draw honest conclusions from samples, with short fill-in-the-blank Python exercises.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 12 lessons · 6h 50mAlso used in 14 other careers
8. 8

   Step 8: Lab Safety Fundamentals

   Recognise lab hazards, read GHS labels and Safety Data Sheets, choose PPE, and understand the training and records that keep labs safe.

   Level: Beginner3 modules · 9 lessons · 5h 10mAlso used in 5 other careers
9. 9

   Step 9: Calculus & Linear Algebra for STEM

   The calculus and linear algebra behind science, engineering and machine learning: derivatives, integrals, vectors, matrices, gradients and eigenvalues, with Python exercises.

   Level: Intermediate4 modules · 12 lessons · 7h 48mAlso used in 11 other careers
10. 10

    Step 10: Physics for Engineering & Science

    The physics behind engineering and the physical sciences: motion, forces, energy, momentum, torque, circuits, induction, waves and heat, with Python exercises and a home pendulum lab.

    Level: Intermediate4 modules · 12 lessons · 7h 17mAlso used in 5 other careers
11. 11

    Step 11: Scientific Python

    Use NumPy arrays, plots, fitting, numerical methods, units and instrument data files to do real engineering and science calculations in Python.

    Level: Intermediate4 modules · 12 lessons · 12h 58mAlso used in 6 other careers
12. 12

    Step 12: Electrical Circuits

    Learn DC and AC circuit analysis, power factor and three-phase basics, safe measurement on battery circuits, simulation, transformers, motors and systematic troubleshooting.

    Level: Intermediate4 modules · 12 lessons · 8h 43mAlso used in 3 other careers
13. 13

    Step 13: Computational & Modern Physics

    Special relativity, quantum and nuclear physics, Monte Carlo, orbit and PDE solvers, fitting with uncertainties, data acquisition and research computing, all in Python.

    Level: Mid-level3 modules · 9 lessons · 5h 24m

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