Programme structure: Physics and Philosophy (MSci) - what's running in 2018/19

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

PHYS32011, PHYS30021 and PHYS39010 are must pass units. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/esu/assessment/annex/glossary.html

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Quantum Physics 301	PHYS32011	10	Mandatory	TB-1
Solid State Physics 3021	PHYS30021	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Practical Physics 301	PHYS39010	10	Mandatory	TB-4
Philosophy of Science	PHIL30049	20	Mandatory	TB-2
20 CP of level H/6 Physics optional units from:
Air Water Fire Earth 301	PHYS31010	10	Optional	TB-2
Analytical Mechanics	PHYS30008	10	Optional	TB-2
Biophysics 321	PHYS31211	10	Optional	TB-1
Condensed Matter Physics 311	PHYS31111	10	Optional	TB-2
Galaxies 301	PHYS34011	10	Optional	TB-2
High Energy Astrophysics 301	PHYS34012	10	Optional	TB-1
Introduction to Computational Physics	PHYS30009	10	Optional	TB-4
Methods of Theoretical Physics 3	PHYS30015	10	Optional	TB-2
Nanophysics	PHYS32600	10	Optional	TB-2
Particle Physics	PHYS32012	10	Optional	TB-1
Stellar Structure and Evolution 301	PHYS34013	10	Optional	TB-2
Materials Physics	PHYS30025	10	Optional	TB-2
40 cp level H/6 Philosophy units from:
Philosophy of Biology	PHIL30063	20	Optional	TB-2
Probability and Rationality	PHIL30078	20	Optional	TB-1
The Philosophy and History of Medicine	PHIL30082	20	Optional	TB-1
Philosophy and the Environment	PHIL30112	20	Optional	TB-1
Themes in Modern European Philosophy 2	PHIL30117	20	Optional	TB-2
Philosophy of Economics	PHIL30124	20	Optional	TB-1
Philosophy of Psychology	PHIL30077	20	Optional	TB-2
Ethics and Literature	PHIL30094	20	Optional	TB-2
Death, dying and disease	PHIL30115	20	Optional	TB-2
Please note that if you took Death, Dying and Disease (PHIL20049) in year 2, you cannot take it again in year 3.
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship	PHIL30118	20	Optional	TB-2
Feminist Philosophy	PHIL30123	20	Optional	TB-2
Space, Time and Matter	PHIL30125	20	Optional	TB-2
Please note that if you took Space, Time and Matter (PHIL20053) in year 2, you cannot take it again in year 3.
BSc Science (Physics and Philosophy)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Additional progress information

The BSc Science (Physics and Philosophy) is non-accredited.