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	Semester 1	20
PHYS08055		Classical Physics	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS08044		Classical and Modern Physics	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS08026	SV1	Computer Simulation	Semester 2	20
PHYS08039	SV1	Discovering Astronomy	Semester 1	20
PHYS08043	SV1	Dynamics and Vector Calculus	Semester 2	20
PHYS08056		Experimental Physics 2	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS08058	SV1	Experimental Physics 2	Semester 2	10
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
PHYS08057	SS1	Physics and Mathematics for Direct Entry	Semester 1	20
PHYS08046	SV1	Physics of Fields and Matter	Semester 2	20
PHYS08054	SV1	Physics of Matter	Semester 2	10
PHYS08049	SV1	Programming and Data Analysis	Semester 1	10

SCQF Level 09 (15 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS09057	SV1	Computer Modelling	Full Year	10
PHYS09060	SV1	Electromagnetism	Full Year	20
PHYS09049		Experimental Physics	Not delivered this year	20
PHYS09063	SS1	Experimental Physics 3	Full Year	20
PHYS09062	SV1	Experimental Physics 3 (CP10)	Full Year	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
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 (31 courses)

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

SCQF Level 11 (34 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PHYS11035	SV1	Advanced Cosmology	Semester 1	10
PHYS11068		Advanced Physics Year Abroad level 11	Not delivered this year	60
PHYS11007	SV1	Advanced Statistical Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11007	VV1	Advanced Statistical Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11040	SV1	Biological Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11045	SV1	Classical Electrodynamics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11037	SV1	Computational Astrophysics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11063	SV1	Current Topics in Particle Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11061	SV1	Electronic Structure Theory	Semester 2	10
PHYS11056		Galaxies	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS11070	SV1	Galaxy Evolution	Semester 2	20
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
PHYS11044	SV1	Lasers and Applications	Semester 1	10
PHYS11016	SS1	MPhys Project	Full Year	40
PHYS11049	SS1	MPhys Project Presentation	Semester 2	10
PHYS11050	SS1	MPhys Project for Year Abroad	Full Year	20
PHYS11064	SV1	Medical Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11053	SV1	Nuclear Astrophysics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11041	SV1	Nuclear Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11042	SV1	Particle Physics	Semester 1	10
PHYS11062	SS1	Physics Non-compulsory year abroad (full year) - Level 11, 30 Credits	Full Year	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	Full Year	60
PHYS11066	SV1	Physics of Extreme Environments	Semester 1	10
PHYS11065	SV1	Quantum Field Theory	Semester 1	20
PHYS11019	SV1	Quantum Theory	Semester 1	10
PHYS11019	VV1	Quantum Theory	Semester 1	10
PHYS11067	SV1	Radiation Processes in Astrophysics	Semester 1	20
PHYS11021		Relativistic Quantum Field Theory	Not delivered this year	10
PHYS11071	SV1	Scientific Image Analysis	Semester 2	20
PHYS11024	SV1	Statistical Physics	Semester 2	10
PHYS11059	SS1	Telescope Group Project	Full Year	20