College of Science and Engineering

School of Physics and Astronomy (Schedule Q)

Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) (115 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U03373	Astronomy 1G: Galactic and Cosmological Science	yes	*	20
U03371	Astronomy 1S: Stellar and Planetary Science	yes	S2	20
U00549	Computer Simulation	yes	S2	20
U03375	Discovering Astronomy G: Galaxies and Cosmology	yes	S1	20
U03374	Discovering Astronomy S: Stars and Planets	yes	*	20
U00547	Foundations of Mathematical Physics	yes	S2	20
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
U04286	Problem Solving in Physics (Semester 2)	yes	S2	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
U04267	Computational Physics Project	yes	S2	20
U04264	Diffraction Physics	yes	S2	10
U01343	Dynamics and Relativity	yes	S1	10
U02549	Dynamics and Relativity (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
U01355	Quantum Mechanics	yes	S1	10
U02557	Quantum Mechanics (VS1)	yes	S1	10
U01357	Statistical Mechanics	yes	S2	10
U01359	Thermodynamics	yes	S1	10
U02558	Thermodynamics (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
U04406	Astronomical Statistics and Measurement (VS1)	yes	S1	10
U01402	Astrophysical Cosmology	yes	S1	10
U04405	Astrophysical Cosmology (VS1)	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
U01370	Lagrangian Dynamics	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	S1	10
U01414	Modelling and Visualisation in Physics	yes	S2	10
U01416	Musical Acoustics Honours Project	yes	Y	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	S1	10
U04263	Research Methods in Physics	yes	Y	10
U01423	Specialist Topics in Astrophysics	yes	S2	10
U01424	Stellar Evolution	yes	S1	10
U02591	Stellar Evolution (VS1)	yes	S1	10
U04265	Subatomic Physics	yes	*	10
U04273	Subatomic Physics (VS1)	yes	*	10
U04266	Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics	yes	S2	10
U01425	Team Review Project	yes	Y	10
U01371	Tensors and Fields	yes	S1	10
U02560	Tensors and Fields (VS1)	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
U04269	Biological Physics	yes	S2	10
U03743	Computational Astrophysics	yes	S1	10
U04268	Frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics	yes	S2	10
U01429	General Relativity	yes	S2	10
U01430	Group Project	yes	Y	10
U01431	Hamiltonian Dynamics	yes	S2	10
U01432	High Energy Astrophysics	yes	*	10
U04274	Lasers and Applications	yes	S2	10
U01433	Macromolecular Physics	yes	S2	10
U01435	MPhys Project	yes	Y	40
U04272	MPhys Project Preparation	yes	*	10
U04270	Nuclear Physics	yes	*	10
U00661	Parallel Fortran in Physics	yes	S1	10
U02675	Parallel Fortran in Physics (VS1)	yes	S1	10
U04271	Particle Physics	yes	*	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	S2	10
U01407	Relativistic Electrodynamics	yes	S1	10
U02587	Relativistic Electrodynamics (VS1)	yes	S1	10
U01440	Relativistic Quantum Field Theory	yes	S1	10
U02596	Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (VS1)	yes	S1	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 and Astronomy) (46 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
P02340	Analysis, Perception and Synthesis of Sound	yes	S1	10
P00361	Applied Numerical Algorithms	yes	S1	10
P01657	Applied Numerical Algorithms	yes	B5+	10
P02769	Computer Simulation using HPC: Techniques and Applications	yes	S2	10
P03113	Computing with Distributed Resources	-	*	10
P00374	Core Topics in HPC and e-Science	yes	*	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
P03119	Individual Research Project (Distributed Scientific Computing)	yes	*	60
P01349	Individual Research Project (e-Science)	yes	B5+	60
P03114	Internet Computing	-	*	10
P03111	Introduction to Java Programming	-	*	10
P01344	Introduction to Scientific Data	yes	S1	10
P03171	Introduction to Scientific Data	yes	*	10
P00360	Message Passing Programming	yes	S1	10
P01655	Message Passing Programming	yes	B5+	10
P02950	MSc Dissertation in Physics Education (180 credits)	yes	Y	180
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	S2	10
P01653	Practical Software Development	yes	B5+	10
P01345	Programming for e-Science	-	S1	10
P03118	Project Preparation (Distributed Scientific Computing)	-	*	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
P02768	Tools and Techniques for HPC Programming	yes	S1	10
P03127	Topics in Distributed Scientific Computing	-	*	10
P01348	Topics in e-Science	-	S2	10
P01342	Virtual Observatory	yes	S2	10
P03112	Web Programming	-	*	10