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Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)

SCQF Level 08 (18 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHYS08028 Astronomy 1G: Galactic and Cosmological Science Not delivered this year 20
PHYS08027 SV1 Astronomy 1S: Stellar and Planetary Science Semester 2 20
PHYS08026 SV1 Computer Simulation Semester 2 20
PHYS08030 SV1 Discovering Astronomy G: Galaxies and Cosmology Semester 1 20
PHYS08029 Discovering Astronomy S: Stars and Planets Not delivered this year 20
PHYS08024 SV1 Foundations of Mathematical Physics Semester 2 20
PHYS08032 SV1 MP2A: Vectors, Tensors and Fields Semester 2 10
PHYS08033 SV1 MP2B: Dynamics Semester 2 10
PHYS08035 SV1 Mathematics for Physics 1 Semester 1 20
PHYS08036 SV1 Mathematics for Physics 2 Semester 2 20
PHYS08037 SV1 Mathematics for Physics 3 Semester 1 20
PHYS08038 SV1 Mathematics for Physics 4 Semester 2 20
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
PHYS08022 SV1 Physics 2A: Forces, Fields & Potentials Semester 1 20
PHYS08023 SV1 Physics 2B: Waves, Quantum Physics and Materials Semester 2 20
PHYS08031 SS1 Problem Solving in Physics Semester 1 20

SCQF Level 09 (15 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHYS09027 SV1 Astrophysics Laboratory Full Year 10
PHYS09027VV1 Astrophysics Laboratory Semester 1 10
PHYS09016 SV1 Computational Methods Semester 1 10
PHYS09016VV1 Computational Methods Semester 1 10
PHYS09048 SV1 Computational Physics Project Semester 2 20
PHYS09047 SV1 Diffraction Physics Semester 2 10
PHYS09014 SV1 Dynamics and Relativity Semester 1 10
PHYS09014VV1 Dynamics and Relativity Semester 1 10
PHYS09018 SV1 Electromagnetism Semester 2 10
PHYS09023 SV1 Electronic Methods in the Physical Laboratory Semester 1 10
PHYS09023VV1 Electronic Methods in the Physical Laboratory Semester 1 10
PHYS09026 Experimental Musical Acoustics A Not delivered this year 10
PHYS09031 Experimental Musical Acoustics B Not delivered this year 10
PHYS09024 SV1 Experimental Physics Semester 2 20
PHYS09025 SV1 Experimental Physics (CP10) Semester 2 10
PHYS09015 SV1 Physical Mathematics Semester 1 10
PHYS09015VV1 Physical Mathematics Semester 1 10
PHYS09017 SV1 Quantum Mechanics Semester 1 10
PHYS09017VV1 Quantum Mechanics Semester 1 10
PHYS09019 SV1 Statistical Mechanics Semester 2 10
PHYS09021 SV1 Thermodynamics Semester 1 10
PHYS09021VV1 Thermodynamics Semester 1 10

SCQF Level 10 (36 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHYS10020 SV1 Acoustics Semester 1 10
PHYS10020VV1 Acoustics Semester 1 10
PHYS10014 SV1 Advanced Computer Simulation Semester 1 10
PHYS10014VV1 Advanced Computer Simulation Semester 1 10
PHYS10080 SV1 Astronomical Statistics and Measurement Semester 1 10
PHYS10080VV1 Astronomical Statistics and Measurement Semester 1 10
PHYS10024 SV1 Astrophysical Cosmology Semester 1 10
PHYS10024VV1 Astrophysical Cosmology Semester 1 10
PHYS10072 SV1 Astrophysics 3 Full Year 20
PHYS10075VV1 Astrophysics 3 (VS1) Semester 1 10
PHYS10076VV1 Astrophysics 3 (VS2) Semester 2 10
PHYS10070 SV1 Astrophysics Honours Project (Semester 1) Semester 1 20
PHYS10071 SV1 Astrophysics Honours Project (Semester 2) Semester 2 20
PHYS10026 SV1 Atomic and Molecular Physics Semester 2 10
PHYS10066 SV1 Computational Physics Honours Project (Semester 1) Semester 1 20
PHYS10067 SV1 Computational Physics Honours Project (Semester 2) Semester 2 20
PHYS10028 SV1 Condensed Matter Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS10028VV1 Condensed Matter Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS10015 SV1 Lagrangian Dynamics Semester 2 10
PHYS10085 Many-Body Quantum Systems Not delivered this year 10
PHYS10033 SV1 Mathematics Skills Semester 1 10
PHYS10034 SV1 Methods of Mathematical Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS10034VV1 Methods of Mathematical Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS10035 SV1 Modelling and Visualisation in Physics Semester 2 10
PHYS10037 SV1 Musical Acoustics Honours Project Full Year 20
PHYS10074 SS1 Musical Instruments Semester 1 20
PHYS10074VV1 Musical Instruments Semester 1 20
PHYS10018 SV1 Musical Instruments A Semester 1 10
PHYS10018VV1 Musical Instruments A Semester 1 10
PHYS10064 SV1 Physics Honours Project (Semester 1) Semester 1 20
PHYS10065 SV1 Physics Honours Project (Semester 2) Semester 2 20
PHYS10042 SV1 Physics Skills (BSc) Semester 1 10
PHYS10068 SV1 Physics with Meteorology Honours Project (Semester 1) Semester 1 20
PHYS10069 SV1 Physics with Meteorology Honours Project (Semester 2) Semester 2 20
PHYS10043 SV1 Quantum Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS10043VV1 Quantum Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS10081 SS1 Research Methods in Physics Full Year 10
PHYS10084 SS1 Science Education Placement: Physics Full Year 20
PHYS10086 Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 1 Not delivered this year 20
PHYS10087 Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 2 Not delivered this year 20
PHYS10045 SV1 Stellar Evolution Semester 2 10
PHYS10082 SV1 Subatomic Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS10082VV1 Subatomic Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS10083 SV1 Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics Semester 2 10
PHYS10046 SS1 Team Review Project Full Year 10
PHYS10016 SV1 Tensors and Fields Semester 1 10
PHYS10016VV1 Tensors and Fields Semester 1 10

SCQF Level 11 (26 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
PHYS11035 SS1 Advanced Cosmology Semester 2 10
PHYS11007 SV1 Advanced Statistical Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS11007VV1 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 1 10
PHYS11037VV1 Computational Astrophysics Semester 1 10
PHYS11039 SV1 Frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics Semester 2 10
PHYS11010 SV1 General Relativity Semester 2 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 2 10
PHYS11016 SS1 MPhys Project Full Year 40
PHYS11043 SS1 MPhys Project Preparation Semester 1 10
PHYS11014 SV1 Macromolecular Physics Semester 2 10
PHYS11047 SV1 Modern Quantum Field Theory Semester 2 10
PHYS11048 Nuclear Astrophysics Not delivered this year 10
PHYS11041 SV1 Nuclear Physics Semester 2 10
PHYS11005 SV1 Parallel Fortran in Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS11005VV1 Parallel Fortran in Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS11042 SV1 Particle Physics Semester 2 10
PHYS11017 SV1 Physics Skills (MPhys 4) Semester 1 10
PHYS11018 SV1 Physics Skills (MPhys 5) Semester 1 10
PHYS11019 SV1 Quantum Theory Semester 1 10
PHYS11019VV1 Quantum Theory Semester 1 10
PHYS11020 SV1 Radiation and Matter Semester 2 10
PHYS11021 SV1 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory Semester 1 10
PHYS11021VV1 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory Semester 1 10
PHYS11024 SV1 Statistical Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS11024VV1 Statistical Physics Semester 1 10
PHYS11036 SV1 The Standard Model Semester 2 10
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