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School of Physics (Schedule Q)
Undergraduate (School of Physics) (117 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U03373
Astronomy 1G: Galactic and Cosmological Science
yes
S2
20
U03371
Astronomy 1S: Stellar and Planetary Science
yes
*
20
U00549
Computer Simulation
yes
S2
20
U03375
Discovering Astronomy G: Galaxies and Cosmology
yes
*
20
U03374
Discovering Astronomy S: Stars and Planets
yes
S1
20
U00547
Foundations of Mathematical Physics
yes
S2
20
U01667
Introductory Musical Acoustics
yes
B1-3
10
U03869
MP2A: Vectors, Tensors and Fields
yes
S2
10
U03870
MP2B: Dynamics
yes
S2
10
U00541
Musical Acoustics
yes
S1
20
U00380
Physics 1A: Foundations
yes
S1
20
U00533
Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe
yes
S2
20
U00545
Physics 2A: Forces, Fields & Potentials
yes
S1
20
U00546
Physics 2B: Waves, Quantum Physics and Materials
yes
S2
20
U03739
Problem Solving in Physics
yes
S1
20
SCQF Level 9
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01365
Astrophysics Laboratory
yes
Y
10
U03102
Astrophysics Laboratory (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01354
Computational Methods
yes
S1
10
U02677
Computational Methods (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01369
Computational Physics Project
yes
S2
10
U03754
Condensed Matter and Optics
yes
S2
10
U03243
Dynamics, Relativity and Electromagnetism
yes
Y
20
U03508
Dynamics, Relativity and Electromagnetism (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01356
Electromagnetism
yes
S2
10
U01361
Electronic Methods in the Physical Laboratory
yes
S1
10
U02679
Electronic Methods in the Physical Laboratory (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01364
Experimental Musical Acoustics A
yes
B3
10
U02100
Experimental Musical Acoustics B
yes
S2
10
U01362
Experimental Physics
yes
S2
20
U01363
Experimental Physics (CP10)
yes
S2
10
U01353
Physical Mathematics
yes
S1
10
U02556
Physical Mathematics (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U03232
Physics 3
yes
S2
20
U01355
Quantum Mechanics
yes
S1
10
U02557
Quantum Mechanics (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01357
Statistical Mechanics
yes
S2
10
U03272
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
yes
Y
20
U03510
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (VS1)
yes
S1
10
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01398
Acoustics
yes
S1
10
U02561
Acoustics (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01368
Advanced Computer Simulation
yes
S1
10
U02680
Advanced Computer Simulation (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U03753
Astronomical Statistics and Measurement
yes
S1
10
U01402
Astrophysical Cosmology
yes
S1
10
U03212
Astrophysics 3
yes
Y
20
U03504
Astrophysics 3 (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U03505
Astrophysics 3 (VS2)
yes
S2
10
U02852
Astrophysics Honours Project (Semester 1)
yes
S1
20
U02853
Astrophysics Honours Project (Semester 2)
yes
S2
20
U01404
Atomic and Molecular Physics
yes
S2
10
U02848
Computational Physics Honours Project (Semester 1)
yes
S1
20
U02849
Computational Physics Honours Project (Semester 2)
yes
S2
20
U01406
Condensed Matter Physics
yes
S1
10
U02586
Condensed Matter Physics (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01409
Groups and Symmetries
yes
S1
10
U01370
Lagrangian Dynamics
yes
S2
10
U01410
Laser Physics
yes
S2
10
U03233
Mathematical Physics 3
yes
Y
20
U03506
Mathematical Physics 3 (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U03507
Mathematical Physics 3 (VS2)
yes
S2
10
U01411
Mathematical Physics Honours Project
yes
Y
10
U01412
Mathematics Skills
yes
S1
10
U01413
Methods of Mathematical Physics
yes
S1
10
U02588
Methods of Mathematical Physics (VS1)
yes
*
10
U01414
Modelling and Visualisation in Physics
yes
S2
10
U01416
Musical Acoustics Honours Project
yes
S1
20
U03424
Musical Instruments
yes
S1
20
U03512
Musical Instruments (VS1)
yes
S1
20
U01373
Musical Instruments A
yes
S1
10
U02681
Musical Instruments A (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01417
Nuclear Physics
yes
S2
10
U01418
Particle Physics
yes
S2
10
U02846
Physics Honours Project (Semester 1)
yes
S1
20
U02847
Physics Honours Project (Semester 2)
yes
S2
20
U01421
Physics Skills (BSc)
yes
S1
10
U02850
Physics with Meteorology Honours Project (Semester 1)
yes
S1
20
U02851
Physics with Meteorology Honours Project (Semester 2)
yes
S2
20
U01422
Quantum Physics
yes
S1
10
U02590
Quantum Physics (VS1)
yes
*
10
U01423
Specialist Topics in Astrophysics
yes
S2
10
U01424
Stellar Evolution
yes
S1
10
U02591
Stellar Evolution (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01425
Team Review Project
yes
S2
10
U01371
Tensors and Fields
yes
S1
10
SCQF Level 11
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U03215
Advanced Cosmology
yes
S2
10
U01426
Advanced Statistical Physics
yes
S1
10
U02592
Advanced Statistical Physics (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U03743
Computational Astrophysics
yes
S1
10
U01427
Digital Image Analysis
yes
S1
10
U02593
Digital Image Analysis (VS1)
yes
*
10
U01428
Fundamental Symmetries
yes
S1
10
U02594
Fundamental Symmetries (VS1)
yes
*
10
U01429
General Relativity
yes
S2
10
U01430
Group Project
yes
S2
10
U01431
Hamiltonian Dynamics
yes
S2
10
U01432
High Energy Astrophysics
yes
S2
10
U01433
Macromolecular Physics
yes
S2
10
U03755
Modern Optics
yes
*
10
U01434
Modern Quantum Field Theory
yes
S2
10
U01435
MPhys Project
yes
Y
40
U00661
Parallel Fortran in Physics
yes
S1
10
U02675
Parallel Fortran in Physics (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01436
Physics Skills (MPhys 4)
yes
S1
10
U01437
Physics Skills (MPhys 5)
yes
S1
10
U01438
Quantum Theory
yes
S2
10
U03082
Quantum Theory (VS1)
yes
*
10
U01439
Radiation and Matter
yes
*
10
U02595
Radiation and Matter (VS1)
yes
*
10
U01407
Relativistic Electrodynamics
yes
S1
10
U02587
Relativistic Electrodynamics (VS1)
yes
*
10
U01440
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
yes
S1
10
U02596
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U01441
Semiconductor Physics
yes
S2
10
U01442
Solid State Physics
yes
S2
10
U01443
Statistical Physics
yes
S1
10
U02597
Statistical Physics (VS1)
yes
S1
10
U03224
The Standard Model
yes
S2
10
Postgraduate (School of Physics) (37 courses)
SCQF Level 11
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
P01255
Acoustics (Level 11)
yes
S1
10
P01421
Acoustics and Music Technology: Final Project
-
B5+
60
P00385
Advanced Topics in HPC and e-Science
yes
S2
10
P01257
Analysis and Perception of Sound (Level 11)
yes
S1
10
P02340
Analysis, Perception and Synthesis of Sound
yes
S1
10
P00361
Applied Numerical Algorithms
yes
S2
10
P01657
Applied Numerical Algorithms
yes
B5+
10
P00374
Core Topics in HPC and e-Science
yes
S1
10
P00363
Dissertation (HPC)
yes
B5+
60
P01343
Distributed Computing for e-Science 1
yes
Y
10
P01346
Distributed Computing for e-Science 2
yes
S2
10
P00377
Exploiting the Computational Grid
yes
*
10
P00391
Fundamental Concepts of High Performance Computing
yes
S1
10
P01652
Fundamental Concepts of High Performance Computing
yes
B5+
10
P00343
Hardware, Compilers and Performance Programming
yes
S2
10
P01293
HPC Techniques in Computational Chemistry
-
S2
10
P01296
HPC Techniques in Computational Engineering
-
S2
10
P01349
Individual Research Project (e-Science)
yes
B5+
60
P01344
Introduction to Scientific Data
yes
S1
10
P00360
Message Passing Programming
yes
S1
10
P01655
Message Passing Programming
yes
B5+
10
P00379
Object Oriented Programming for HPC
yes
S2
10
P00347
Parallel Decomposition
yes
S1
10
P01656
Parallel Decomposition
yes
B5+
10
P01294
Performance Scaling on Modern HPC Architectures
yes
S2
10
P01261
Physics-based Modelling of Musical Instruments
yes
S2
20
P00345
Practical Software Development
yes
S1
10
P01653
Practical Software Development
yes
B5+
10
P01345
Programming for e-Science
-
S1
10
P01347
Project Preparation (e-Science)
-
S2
10
P01695
Project Preparation (HPC)
-
S2
10
P00284
Scientific Visualisation
yes
*
10
P00336
Shared Memory Programming
yes
S1
10
P01654
Shared Memory Programming
yes
B5+
10
P01259
Sound Synthesis (Level 11)
yes
S1
10
P01348
Topics in e-Science
-
S2
10
P01342
Virtual Observatory
yes
S2
10
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