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Degree Programme Table: Computational Physics (BSc Hons) (UTCOPHB)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor and consulted the Programme Guide: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/progguides

    As an alternative to the mathematics courses, students may take the School of Mathematics courses prescribed for the Year 1 programme of the Theoretical Physics BSc degree.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHYS08016 Physics 1A: Foundations Semester 1 20
    PHYS08017 Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe Semester 2 20
    INFR08012 Informatics 1 - Computation and Logic Semester 1 10
    INFR08013 Informatics 1 - Functional Programming Semester 1 10
    PHYS08035 Mathematics for Physics 1 Semester 1 20
    PHYS08036 Mathematics for Physics 2 Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Progression to second year requires passes in all first year specified compulsory courses or, for Direct Entry, award of 120 credits by prior learning. This is in addition to the general progression requirement.

    Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor and consulted the Programme Guide: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/progguides


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHYS08046 Physics of Fields and Matter Semester 2 20
    PHYS08043 Dynamics and Vector Calculus Semester 2 20
    PHYS08048 Practical Physics Full Year 20
    PHYS08026 Computer Simulation Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHYS08044    Classical and Modern Physics   20  
    PHYS08045    Modern Physics   10  

    Notes:Direct Entry (PoE2) students must take "Classical and Modern Physics". Continuing students should take "Modern Physics".
    A pass in one of these courses is compulsory for progression to Year 3.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHYS08042    Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus   10  
    PHYS08041    Algebra and Calculus   20  

    Notes:Direct Entry (PoE2) students must take "Algebra and Calculus". Continuing students should take "Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus".
    A pass in one of these courses is compulsory for progression to Year 3.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Students wishing to take Informatics (Schedule O) courses in later years will need to take further Informatics courses here.
     




    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Progression to third year requires passes in all second year specified compulsory courses. This is in addition to the general progression requirement.

    Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor and consulted the Programme Guide: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/progguides


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 8 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHYS09055 Fourier Analysis and Statistics Semester 1 20
    PHYS09053 Quantum Mechanics Full Year 20
    PHYS09061 Thermal Physics Full Year 20
    PHYS09060 Electromagnetism Full Year 20
    PHYS09056 Research Methods in Physics Full Year 10
    PHYS10090 Numerical Recipes As available 10
    PHYS09058 Quantum Computing Project Semester 2 10
    PHYS09057 Computer Modelling Semester 1 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.




    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Before making your course choices, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor and consulted the Programme Guide: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/progguides. The Programme Guide gives details and constraints on choice of courses to facilitate advance planning.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PHYS10035 Modelling and Visualisation in Physics Semester 2 10
    PHYS10046 Team Review Project Full Year 10
    PHYS10096 Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics Semester 1 20
    PHYS10099 Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics Semester 1 10
    PHYS10042 Physics Skills Semester 2 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHYS10086    Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 1   20  
    PHYS10087    Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 2   20  
    PHYS10084    Science Education Placement: Physics   20  

    Notes:You must select a project from the Computational Physics list (or the Science Education Placement) in accordance with the Senior Honours Project Booklet.
     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHYS10015    Lagrangian Dynamics   10  
    PHYS10034    Methods of Mathematical Physics   10  
    PHYS10035    Modelling and Visualisation in Physics   10  
    PHYS10043    Quantum Physics   10  
    PHYS10045    Stellar Evolution   10  
    PHYS10083    Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics   10  
    METE10001    Atmospheric Dynamics   10  
    METE10002    Atmospheric Physics   10  
    METE10003    Physics of Climate   10  
    EASC10036    Geomagnetism   10  
    MECE10004    Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical) 4   10  
    PHYS10042    Physics Skills   10  
    PHYS10033    Mathematics Skills   10  
    PHYS10090    Numerical Recipes   10  
    PHYS10102    Astrophysics   20  
    PHYS10101    Cosmology   10  
    PHYS10100    Data Acquisition and Handling   10  
    PHYS10099    Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics   10  
    PHYS10097    Soft Condensed Matter Physics   10  
    PHYS10095    Solid State Physics   10  
    PHYS10084    Science Education Placement: Physics   20  
    PHYS10105    Methods of Theoretical Physics   20  
    EASC10102    Earth's Atmospheric Composition   20  

    Notes:Level 10 options for SH/IM students in Physics and Astronomy.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHYS11035    Advanced Cosmology   10  
    PHYS11007    Advanced Statistical Physics   10  
    PHYS11040    Biological Physics   10  
    PHYS11037    Computational Astrophysics   10  
    PHYS11010    General Relativity   10  
    PHYS11012    Hamiltonian Dynamics   10  
    PHYS11013    High Energy Astrophysics   10  
    PHYS11044    Lasers and Applications   10  
    PHYS11019    Quantum Theory   10  
    PHYS11020    Radiation and Matter   10  
    PHYS11021    Relativistic Quantum Field Theory   10  
    PHYS11024    Statistical Physics   10  
    PHYS11041    Nuclear Physics   10  
    PHYS11042    Particle Physics   10  
    PHYS11056    Galaxies   10  
    PHYS11053    Nuclear Astrophysics   10  
    ENVI11002    Introduction to Three Dimensional Climate Modelling   10  
    PGPH11094    Modern Quantum Field Theory   10  
    PGPH11097    Symmetries of Particles and Fields   10  
    PHYS11045    Classical Electrodynamics   10  
    PHYS11052    Quantum Condensed Matter Physics   10  
    PHYS11054    Advanced Materials Physics   10  
    PHYS11055    Geometry and Physics of Soft Condensed Matter   10  
    PHYS11061    Electronic Structure Theory   10  
    PGPH11099    Gauge Theories in Particle Physics   20  

    Notes:Level 11 options for SH/IM students in Physics and Astronomy.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGPH11080    HPC Architectures   10  
    PGPH11079    Programming Skills   10  
    PGPH11078    Message-Passing Programming   10  
    PGPH11077    Threaded Programming   10  
    PGPH11081    Software Development   10  
    PGPH11076    Parallel Numerical Algorithms   10  
    PGPH11072    Parallel Programming Languages   10  
    PGPH11074    Advanced Parallel Programming   10  
    PGPH11071    Parallel Design Patterns   10  
    PGPH11082    Performance Programming   10  
    PGPH11073    HPC Ecosystem   10  
    PGPH11088    Fundamentals of Data Management   10  
    PGPH11089    Data Analytics with High Performance Computing   10  

    Notes:Level 11 options from the High Performance Computing MSc.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedule O, as available

    Notes:School of Informatics level 10 courses.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedule O, as available

    Notes:School of Informatics level 11 courses.
     



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