Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September
Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies and consulted the Programme Guide: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/progguides
For students performing well in the pre-semester diagnostic test, Mathematics for Physics 1 may, by permission by the Director of Teaching, be substituted for 20 points of optional courses.
COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 6
compulsory course(s).
Code |
Course Name |
Period |
Credits |
PHYS08016
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Physics 1A: Foundations |
Semester 1 |
20 |
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MATH08057
|
Introduction to Linear Algebra |
Semester 1 |
20 |
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MATH08058
|
Calculus and its Applications |
Semester 2 |
20 |
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MATH08059
|
Proofs and Problem Solving |
Semester 2 |
20 |
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PHYS08035
|
Mathematics for Physics 1 |
Semester 1 |
20 |
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PHYS08036
|
Mathematics for Physics 2 |
Semester 2 |
20 |
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COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 0
set(s) of course options with the following rules.
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Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August
Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies and consulted the Programme Guide: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/progguides
Physics 2B laboratory is replaced by Physics 2A Java and Data Analysis.
COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 8
compulsory course(s).
Code |
Course Name |
Period |
Credits |
PHYS08023
|
Physics 2B: Waves, Quantum Physics and Materials |
Semester 2 |
20 |
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MATH08005
|
Foundations of Calculus |
Semester 1 |
10 |
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MATH08006
|
Several Variable Calculus |
Semester 1 |
10 |
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MATH08007
|
Linear Algebra |
Semester 2 |
10 |
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MATH08035
|
Methods of Applied Mathematics |
Semester 2 |
10 |
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PHYS08038
|
Mathematics for Physics 4 |
Semester 2 |
20 |
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MATH08008
|
Probability (Year 2) |
Semester 1 |
10 |
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PHYS08040
|
Dynamics |
Semester 1 |
10 |
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COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 2
set(s) of course options with the following rules.
Select
exactly 20 credits
course level 08, during Semester 1
PHYS08022
Physics 2A: Forces, Fields & Potentials
(20 credits)
Notes: Not available to Direct Entry (POE2) students.
Select
exactly 20 credits
course level 08, during Semester 1
MATH08062
Accelerated Algebra and Calculus for Direct Entry
(20 credits)
Notes: Direct Entry to Year 2 students (PO2) must take this option in place of Physics 2A.
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Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August
Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies and consulted the Programme Guide: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/progguides
Progression to Honours requires a minimum average grade of 'C' performance in MP2A: Vectors, Tensors and Fields and MP2B: Dynamics, OR in Foundations of Mathematical Physics.
From 2010/2011, progression to Honours requires a grade 'C' performance in Mathematics for Physics 4 (MfP4).
COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 6
compulsory course(s).
Code |
Course Name |
Period |
Credits |
PHYS09017
|
Quantum Mechanics |
Semester 1 |
10 |
|
PHYS10015
|
Lagrangian Dynamics |
Semester 2 |
10 |
|
PHYS09018
|
Electromagnetism |
Semester 2 |
10 |
|
MATH10033
|
Complex Variable & Differential Equations |
Full Year |
20 |
|
PHYS09016
|
Computational Methods |
Semester 1 |
10 |
|
PHYS10088
|
Symmetries of Classical Mechanics |
Semester 1 |
10 |
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COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 2
set(s) of course options with the following rules.
Select
a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 20 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
PHYS10083
|
Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics
|
10
|
PHYS09019
|
Statistical Mechanics
|
10
|
Notes: Students must take both of these courses in either Junior or Senior Honours
Select
a minimum of 30 credits and maximum of 40 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
Notes: Level 10 courses - the Programme Guide gives details and constraints on choices of courses to facilitate advance planning.
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Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August
Notes: Before making your course choices, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies and consulted the Programme Guide: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/progguides
COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 6
compulsory course(s).
Code |
Course Name |
Period |
Credits |
PHYS10034
|
Methods of Mathematical Physics |
Semester 1 |
10 |
|
PHYS10043
|
Quantum Physics |
Semester 1 |
10 |
|
PHYS11019
|
Quantum Theory |
Semester 1 |
10 |
|
PHYS11012
|
Hamiltonian Dynamics |
As available |
10 |
|
PHYS10046
|
Team Review Project |
Full Year |
10 |
|
PHYS11045
|
Classical Electrodynamics |
Semester 2 |
10 |
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COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 3
set(s) of course options with the following rules.
Select
a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
PHYS10083
|
Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics
|
10
|
PHYS09019
|
Statistical Mechanics
|
10
|
Notes: Students must take both these courses in either Junior or Senior Honours
Overarching rule collection group: A
Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 60 credits
from these collections:
Select
a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
Notes: Level 10 courses - the Programme Guide gives details and constraints on choice of courses to facilitate advance planning.
Select
a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
Notes: Level 11 courses - the Programme Guide gives details and constraints on choice of courses to facilitate advance planning.
NOTE: One 20 point Senior Honours Project may be selected in place of two 10 point courses.
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