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 5
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 |
|
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PHYS08021
|
Musical Acoustics |
Semester 1 |
20 |
|
|
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 the following list of courses, during Semester 2
| Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
MUSI08068
|
Music 1B: Instruments, Culture and Technology
|
20
|
|
MUSI08067
|
Composition 1
|
20
|
Notes: Composition 1 is available to students with Higher or A Level Music, or equivalent.
A pass in one of these courses is compulsory for progression to Year 2.
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Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August
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
COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 5
compulsory course(s).
|
Code |
Course Name |
Period |
Credits |
|
PHYS08045
|
Modern Physics |
Semester 1 |
10 |
|
|
PHYS08042
|
Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus |
Semester 1 |
10 |
|
|
PHYS08046
|
Physics of Fields and Matter |
Semester 2 |
20 |
|
|
PHYS08043
|
Dynamics and Vector Calculus |
Semester 2 |
20 |
|
|
PHYS08048
|
Practical Physics |
Full Year |
20 |
|
COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 1
set(s) of course options with the following rules.
Select
exactly 40 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
| Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
MUSI08060
|
Music 2A: Music and Ideas from the Middle Ages to Viennese Classicism
|
20
|
|
MUSI08061
|
Music 2B: Music and Ideas from Romanticism to the Late Twentieth Century
|
20
|
|
MUSI08053
|
Music 2D: Theory and Practice of Music Technology
|
20
|
|
MUSI08030
|
Composition 2
|
20
|
|
MUSI08029
|
Style Studies 2
|
20
|
Notes: Passes in two of these courses are compulsory for progression to Year 3.
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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 making your course choices, 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 5
compulsory course(s).
|
Code |
Course Name |
Period |
Credits |
|
PHYS09054
|
Fourier Analysis |
Semester 1 |
10 |
|
|
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 |
|
COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 1
set(s) of course options with the following rules.
Select
exactly 40 credits
from Music Level 9 and 10 courses, as available
Notes: The Programme Guide gives details and constraints on choice of courses, to facilitate advance planning.
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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
COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 2
compulsory course(s).
|
Code |
Course Name |
Period |
Credits |
|
PHYS10046
|
Team Review Project |
Full Year |
10 |
|
|
MUSI10055
|
Musical Applications of Fourier Theory and Digital Signal Processing |
Semester 1 |
20 |
|
COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 5
set(s) of course options with the following rules.
Overarching rule collection group: A
Select exactly 90 credits
from these collections:
Select
a minimum of 30 credits and maximum of 50 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
Notes: Students taking a Senior Honours project in Physics are recommended to follow PHYS10096 (Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics) and PHYS10099 (Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics). Note that this combination of courses also satisifies the accreditation requirements of the Institute of Physics.
AND
Select
a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 40 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
| Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
MUSI10016
|
Dissertation in Music
|
40
|
|
PHYS10086
|
Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 1
|
20
|
|
PHYS10087
|
Senior Honours Project (Physics & Astronomy) Semester 2
|
20
|
|
PHYS10084
|
Science Education Placement: Physics
|
20
|
AND
Select
a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 40 credits
from Music Level 10 and 11 courses, as available
Notes: MUSI11047 (Acoustics) is a suitable choice for Physics and Music students. Despite the "postgraduates only" label, the course organiser will permit Physics and Music students to follow this course.
AND
Select
a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
Notes: Level 10 options for SH/IM students in Physics and Astronomy
AND
Select
a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits
from the following list of courses, as available
Notes: Level 11 options for SH/IM students in Physics and Astronomy
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