DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2023/2024

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Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)

SCQF Level 08 (23 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS08041		Algebra and Calculus	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS08051	SV1	Astrobiology		20
PHYS08055		Classical Physics	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS08044		Classical and Modern Physics	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS08026	SV1	Computer Simulation		20
PHYS08039	SV1	Discovering Astronomy		20
PHYS08043	SV1	Dynamics and Vector Calculus		20
PHYS08056		Experimental Physics 2	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS08058	SV1	Experimental Physics 2		10
PHYS08050	SV1	Introductory Astrophysics		20
PHYS08052	SV1	Introductory Dynamics		10
PHYS08053	SV1	Introductory Fields and Waves		20
PHYS08042	SV1	Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus		10
PHYS08035	SV1	Mathematics for Physics 1		20
PHYS08036	SV1	Mathematics for Physics 2		20
PHYS08045	SV1	Modern Physics		10
PHYS08021	SV1	Musical Acoustics		20
PHYS08016	SV1	Physics 1A: Foundations		20
PHYS08017	SV1	Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe		20
PHYS08057	SS1	Physics and Mathematics for Direct Entry		20
PHYS08046	SV1	Physics of Fields and Matter		20
PHYS08054	SV1	Physics of Matter		10
PHYS08049	SV1	Programming and Data Analysis		10

SCQF Level 09 (15 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS09057	SV1	Computer Modelling		10
PHYS09060	SV1	Electromagnetism		20
PHYS09049		Experimental Physics	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS09063	SS1	Experimental Physics 3		20
PHYS09062	SV1	Experimental Physics 3 (CP10)		10
PHYS09050	VV1	Foundations of Electromagnetism		10
PHYS09051	VV1	Foundations of Quantum Mechanics		10
PHYS09054	SV1	Fourier Analysis		10
PHYS09055	SV1	Fourier Analysis and Statistics		20
PHYS09059	SV1	Observational Astronomy		20
PHYS09053	SV1	Quantum Mechanics		20
PHYS09056	SS1	Research Methods in Physics		10
PHYS09019	SV1	Statistical Mechanics		10
PHYS09061	SV1	Thermal Physics		20
PHYS09021	SV1	Thermodynamics		10

SCQF Level 10 (31 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS10102		Astrophysics	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS10112	SV1	Astrophysics: Galaxies and Cosmology		20
PHYS10111		Astrophysics: Stars and Planets	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS10026		Atomic and Molecular Physics	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS10101		Cosmology	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS10100	SS1	Data Acquisition and Handling		10
PHYS10093	SV1	Electromagnetism and Relativity		20
PHYS10099	SV1	Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics		10
PHYS10015	SV1	Lagrangian Dynamics		10
PHYS10015	VV1	Lagrangian Dynamics		10
PHYS10107	SS1	Mathematical Physics Honours Project		10
PHYS10034	SV1	Methods of Mathematical Physics		10
PHYS10105	SV1	Methods of Theoretical Physics		20
PHYS10035	SV1	Modelling and Visualisation in Physics		10
PHYS10106	SV1	Nuclear and Particle Physics		10
PHYS10090	SV1	Numerical Recipes		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
PHYS10109	SS1	Physics Non-compulsory year abroad (full year) - Level 10, 90 Credits		90
PHYS10042	SV1	Physics Skills		10
PHYS10092	SS1	Physics Year Abroad level 10		60
PHYS10094	SV1	Principles of Quantum Mechanics		20
PHYS10110	SV1	Quantum Computing Project		10
PHYS10043	SV1	Quantum Physics		10
PHYS10096	SV1	Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics		20
PHYS10084	SS1	Science Education Placement: Physics		20
PHYS10086	SS1	Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 1		20
PHYS10087	SS1	Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 2		20
PHYS10097	SV1	Soft Condensed Matter Physics		10
PHYS10095	SV1	Solid State Physics		10
PHYS10045		Stellar Evolution	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS10083	SV1	Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics		10

SCQF Level 11 (33 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS11035	SV1	Advanced Cosmology		10
PHYS11068	SS1	Advanced Physics Year Abroad level 11		60
PHYS11007	SV1	Advanced Statistical Physics		10
PHYS11007	VV1	Advanced Statistical Physics		10
PHYS11040	SV1	Biological Physics		10
PHYS11045	SV1	Classical Electrodynamics		10
PHYS11037	SV1	Computational Astrophysics		10
PHYS11063	SV1	Current Topics in Particle Physics		10
PHYS11061	SV1	Electronic Structure Theory		10
PHYS11056		Galaxies	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS11070	SV1	Galaxy Evolution		20
PHYS11010	SV1	General Relativity		10
PHYS11055	SV1	Geometry and Physics of Soft Condensed Matter		10
PHYS11055	VV1	Geometry and Physics of Soft Condensed Matter		10
PHYS11011	SS1	Group Project		10
PHYS11012	SV1	Hamiltonian Dynamics		10
PHYS11044	SV1	Lasers and Applications		10
PHYS11016	SS1	MPhys Project		40
PHYS11049	SS1	MPhys Project Presentation		10
PHYS11050	SS1	MPhys Project for Year Abroad		20
PHYS11064	SV1	Medical Physics		10
PHYS11053	SV1	Nuclear Astrophysics		10
PHYS11041	SV1	Nuclear Physics		10
PHYS11042	SV1	Particle Physics		10
PHYS11062	SS1	Physics Non-compulsory year abroad (full year) - Level 11, 30 Credits		30
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
PHYS11051	SS1	Physics Year Abroad level 11		60
PHYS11066	SV1	Physics of Extreme Environments		10
PHYS11066	VV1	Physics of Extreme Environments		10
PHYS11065	SV1	Quantum Field Theory		20
PHYS11019	SV1	Quantum Theory		10
PHYS11019	VV1	Quantum Theory		10
PHYS11067	SV1	Radiation Processes in Astrophysics		20
PHYS11021		Relativistic Quantum Field Theory	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS11024	SV1	Statistical Physics		10
PHYS11059	SS1	Telescope Group Project		20