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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2011/2012
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Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: SeptemberFor 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).
COURSE OPTIONS This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules. |
Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: AugustPhysics 2B laboratory is replaced by Physics 2A Java and Data Analysis. COMPULSORY COURSES This DPT has 8 compulsory course(s).
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. |
Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: AugustProgression 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).
COURSE OPTIONS This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules. Overarching rule collection group: A Select exactly 10 credits from these collections: Select exactly 10 credits course level 09, during Semester 2 PHYS09019 Statistical Mechanics (10 credits) OR Select exactly 10 credits course level 10, during Semester 2 PHYS10083 Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics (10 credits) AND Overarching rule collection group: B Select exactly 40 credits from these collections: OR Select exactly credits from Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Level 9 and 10 courses, as available |
Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: AugustProgression 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 Progression to the final years of the Mphys programme requires no less than 55% overall in Junior Honours. This is in addition to the general progression requirements COMPULSORY COURSES This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).
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
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 that students MUST take 120 credits of level 11 courses over years 4 and 5. NOTE: One 20 point Senior Honours Project may be selected in place of two 10 point courses. |
Year 5, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: AugustProgression 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 Progression to the final years of the Mphys programme requires no less than 55% overall in Junior Honours. This is in addition to the general progression requirements COMPULSORY COURSES This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).
COURSE OPTIONS This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules. Overarching rule collection group: A Select exactly 60 credits from these collections: Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
Notes:All courses in this collection must be taken, either in year 4 or year 5 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 that students MUST take 120 credits of level 11 courses over years 4 and 5. And there must be a maximum of 120 pt at Level 9. |
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