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Degree Programme Table: Chemical Physics (MChemPhys) (UTCHPHYMCHEM)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5

Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

Notes:
Please ensure you meet with your Personal Tutor in Freshers' week.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Chemistry 1A

Must be taken during Semester 1

CHEM08016 20 credits
Chemistry 1B

Must be taken during Semester 2

CHEM08017 20 credits
Physics 1A: Foundations

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08016 20 credits
Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08017 20 credits
Mathematics for Physics 1

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08035 20 credits
Mathematics for Physics 2

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08036 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
Please ensure you meet with your Personal Tutor in Freshers' week.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Chemistry 2

Must be taken during Full Year

CHEM08019 40 credits
Physics of Fields and Matter

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08046 20 credits
Dynamics and Vector Calculus

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08043 20 credits

Course options

Courses from School(s) L - ChemPhysY2forContinuing - Level(s) 8

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
This set of course options is for Chemical Physics students continuing from Year 1.
Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus
PHYS08042 10 credits
Modern Physics
PHYS08045 10 credits
Practical Physics
PHYS08048 20 credits
OR

Courses from School(s) L - ChemPhysY2DirectEntry - Level(s) 8

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
This set of course options is for Direct Entry Chemical Physics students only.
Algebra and Calculus
PHYS08041 20 credits
Classical and Modern Physics
PHYS08044 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
Progression is not permitted into Year 3 of the programme with less than 220 credits, irrespective of satisfying other progression criteria.

You should meet with your Personal Tutor during Freshers' week.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Chemical Physics 3S1

Must be taken during Semester 1

CHPH09007 20 credits
Chemical Physics 3S2

Must be taken during Semester 2

CHPH09006 20 credits
CP3 Physical Chemistry Laboratory

Must be taken during Full Year

CHPH09005 10 credits
Fourier Analysis

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS09054 10 credits
Statistical Mechanics

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS09019 10 credits
Electromagnetism

Must be taken during Full Year

PHYS09060 20 credits
Computer Modelling

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS09057 10 credits
Quantum Mechanics

Must be taken during Full Year

PHYS09053 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
You should meet with your Personal Tutor in Freshers' week.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Chemical Physics 4P
CHPH10005 20 credits
Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS10099 10 credits
Quantum Physics

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS10043 10 credits
Statistical Physics

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS11024 10 credits
Properties and Reactions of Matter Level 11

Must be taken during Semester 1

CHEM11023 20 credits
Advanced Topics in Chemical Physics

Must be taken during Full Year

CHPH11004 20 credits

Course options

Optional courses

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Solid State Physics
PHYS10095 10 credits
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
PHYS10097 10 credits
Biological Physics
PHYS11040 10 credits
AND

Optional

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Chemistry of Functional Materials Level 11
CHEM11037 20 credits
Lasers and Applications
PHYS11044 10 credits
Electronic Structure Theory
PHYS11061 10 credits

Year 5 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
You should meet with your Personal Tutor in Freshers' week.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

course choices

Select exactly 120 credits of the following courses
Chemistry/Chemical Physics International Research Project
CHEM11054 120 credits
Chemistry/Chemical Physics Research Project
CHEM11055 120 credits
Chemistry/Chemical Physics Industrial Research Project
CHEM11056 120 credits
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