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Degree Programme Table: Chemical Physics (BSc Hons) (UTCHPHB)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

Notes:
Please ensure you meet with your Personal Tutor in Welcome 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: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
Please ensure you meet with your Personal Tutor in Welcome 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
Experimental Physics 2
PHYS08056 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: 2020/21, 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 Welcome 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 Full Year

PHYS09057 10 credits
Quantum Mechanics

Must be taken during Full Year

PHYS09053 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
Progression to year 4 requires, at first sitting: a pass in both CP3 Physical Chemistry Laboratory (CHPH09005) and Computer Modelling (PHYS09057), with an average of at least 40% in all the other examined courses.

You should meet with your Personal Tutor during Welcome week.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS10099 10 credits
Group Project

Must be taken during Full Year

PHYS11011 10 credits
Physics Skills

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS10042 10 credits
Advanced Physical Chemistry

Must be taken during Semester 1

CHEM10056 20 credits
Advanced Materials Chemistry

Must be taken during Semester 2

CHEM10058 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 50 credits in this group.

Course options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Full Year
Science Education Placement: Chemistry (40 credits)
CHEM10044 40 credits
BSc ChemPhys Research Project/Transferable Skills Course
CHPH10004 40 credits
AND

Course options

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
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