DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

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Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)

SCQF Level 08 (21 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS08041	SV1	Algebra and Calculus	Semester 1	20
PHYS08051	SV1	Astrobiology	Semester 1	20
PHYS08055	SS1	Classical Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS08044	SV1	Classical and Modern Physics	Semester 1	20
PHYS08026	SV1	Computer Simulation	Semester 2	20
PHYS08039	SV1	Discovering Astronomy	Semester 1	20
PHYS08043	SV1	Dynamics and Vector Calculus	Semester 2	20
PHYS08050	SV1	Introductory Astrophysics	Semester 2	20
PHYS08052	SV1	Introductory Dynamics	Semester 1	10
PHYS08053	SV1	Introductory Fields and Waves	Semester 2	20
PHYS08042	SV1	Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus	Semester 1	10
PHYS08035	SV1	Mathematics for Physics 1	Semester 1	20
PHYS08036	SV1	Mathematics for Physics 2	Semester 2	20
PHYS08045	SV1	Modern Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS08021	SV1	Musical Acoustics	Semester 1	20
PHYS08016	SV1	Physics 1A: Foundations	Semester 1	20
PHYS08017	SV1	Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe	Semester 2	20
PHYS08046	SV1	Physics of Fields and Matter	Semester 2	20
PHYS08054	SV1	Physics of Matter	Semester 2	10
PHYS08048	SV1	Practical Physics	Full Year	20
PHYS08049	SV1	Programming and Data Analysis	Semester 1	10

SCQF Level 09 (14 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS09057	SV1	Computer Modelling	Semester 1	10
PHYS09060	SV1	Electromagnetism	Full Year	20
PHYS09049	SV1	Experimental Physics	Full Year	20
PHYS09050	SV1	Foundations of Electromagnetism	Semester 1	10
PHYS09050	VV1	Foundations of Electromagnetism	Semester 1	10
PHYS09051	VV1	Foundations of Quantum Mechanics	Semester 1	10
PHYS09054	SV1	Fourier Analysis	Semester 1	10
PHYS09055	SV1	Fourier Analysis and Statistics	Semester 1	20
PHYS09059	SV1	Observational Astronomy	Full Year	20
PHYS09058	SV1	Quantum Computing Project	Semester 2	10
PHYS09053	SV1	Quantum Mechanics	Full Year	20
PHYS09056	SS1	Research Methods in Physics	Full Year	10
PHYS09019	SV1	Statistical Mechanics	Semester 2	10
PHYS09061	SV1	Thermal Physics	Full Year	20
PHYS09021	SV1	Thermodynamics	Semester 1	10

SCQF Level 10 (28 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS10102	SV1	Astrophysics	Semester 1	20
PHYS10026	SV1	Atomic and Molecular Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS10098	SV1	Classical Electrodynamics	Semester 2	10
PHYS10091	SV1	Complex Analysis	Semester 2	10
PHYS10101	SV1	Cosmology	Semester 2	10
PHYS10100	SS1	Data Acquisition and Handling	Semester 1	10
PHYS10093	SV1	Electromagnetism and Relativity	Full Year	20
PHYS10099	SS1	Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS10015	SV1	Lagrangian Dynamics	Semester 1	10
PHYS10015	VV1	Lagrangian Dynamics	Semester 1	10
PHYS10033	SV1	Mathematics Skills	Semester 1	10
PHYS10034	SV1	Methods of Mathematical Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS10035	SV1	Modelling and Visualisation in Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS10090	SV1	Numerical Recipes	Semester 1	10
PHYS10090	SV1	Numerical Recipes	Semester 2	10
PHYS10103		Physics Non-compulsory year abroad (full year) - Level 10, 30 Credits	Not delivered this year	30
PHYS10104		Physics Non-compulsory year abroad (full year) - Level 10, 60 Credits	Not delivered this year	60
PHYS10042	SV1	Physics Skills	Semester 2	10
PHYS10094	SV1	Principles of Quantum Mechanics	Full Year	20
PHYS10043	SV1	Quantum Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS10096	SV1	Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics	Semester 1	20
PHYS10084	SS1	Science Education Placement: Physics	Full Year	20
PHYS10086	SV1	Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 1	Semester 1	20
PHYS10087	SV1	Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 2	Semester 2	20
PHYS10097	SV1	Soft Condensed Matter Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS10095	SV1	Solid State Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS10045	SV1	Stellar Evolution	Semester 2	10
PHYS10088	SV1	Symmetries of Classical Mechanics	Semester 2	10
PHYS10083	SV1	Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics	Semester 2	10
PHYS10046	SS1	Team Review Project	Full Year	10

SCQF Level 11 (30 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS11035	SS1	Advanced Cosmology	Semester 1	10
PHYS11035	SS1	Advanced Cosmology	Semester 2	10
PHYS11054	SV1	Advanced Materials Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11007	SV1	Advanced Statistical Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11007	VV1	Advanced Statistical Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11040	SV1	Biological Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11045		Classical Electrodynamics	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS11037	SV1	Computational Astrophysics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11056	SV1	Galaxies	Semester 2	10
PHYS11010	SV1	General Relativity	Semester 2	10
PHYS11055	SV1	Geometry and Physics of Soft Condensed Matter	Semester 1	10
PHYS11011	SS1	Group Project	Full Year	10
PHYS11012	SV1	Hamiltonian Dynamics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11013		High Energy Astrophysics	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS11044	SV1	Lasers and Applications	Semester 1	10
PHYS11016	SS1	MPhys Project	Full Year	40
PHYS11049	SS1	MPhys Project Presentation	Semester 2	10
PHYS11050		MPhys Project for Year Abroad	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS11014		Macromolecular Physics	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS11047	SV1	Modern Quantum Field Theory	Semester 2	10
PHYS11053	SV1	Nuclear Astrophysics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11041	SV1	Nuclear Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11042	SV1	Particle Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11057		Physics Non-compulsory year abroad (full year) - Level 11, 60 Credits	Not delivered this year	60
PHYS11058		Physics Non-compulsory year abroad (full year) - Level 11, 90 Credits	Not delivered this year	90
PHYS11018	SV1	Physics Skills (MPhys 5)	Semester 1	10
PHYS11052	SV1	Quantum Condensed Matter Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11019	SV1	Quantum Theory	Semester 1	10
PHYS11019	VV1	Quantum Theory	Semester 1	10
PHYS11020	SV1	Radiation and Matter	Semester 1	10
PHYS11020	SV1	Radiation and Matter	Semester 2	10
PHYS11021	SV1	Relativistic Quantum Field Theory	Semester 1	10
PHYS11021	VV1	Relativistic Quantum Field Theory	Semester 1	10
PHYS11024	SV1	Statistical Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11036	SV1	The Standard Model	Semester 2	10