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

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Solid State Physics 3021	PHYS30021	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Students must take one of the following:
First Extended Essay	PHIL30107	20	Optional	TB-1
Second Extended Essay	PHIL30108	20	Optional	TB-2
Students must take one of the following:
Physics Project 333	PHYS39330	30	Optional	TB-4
Industrial Group Project	PHYS30007	30	Optional	TB-4
Physics Dissertation 333	PHYS38331	30	Optional	TB-4
Physics Education 333	PHYS39332	30	Optional	TB-4
Plus 20 credit points of approved level H Philosophy units, which could include:
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
Philosophy of Biology	PHIL30063	20	Optional	TB-2
Philosophy of Economics	PHIL30124	20	Optional	TB-1
Philosophy of Science	PHIL30049	20	Optional	TB-2
Philosophy of Psychology	PHIL30077	20	Optional	TB-2
Feminist Philosophy	PHIL30123	20	Optional	TB-2
Ethics and Literature	PHIL30094	20	Optional	TB-2
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship	PHIL30118	20	Optional	TB-2
Themes in Modern European Philosophy 2	PHIL30117	20	Optional	TB-2
Death, dying and disease	PHIL30115	20	Optional	TB-2
If you took Death, Dying and Disease in year 2 (PHIL20049) you cannot take that unit again in year 3.
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.
And 10 credit points of level 6/H Physics options, chosen with the agreement of the School of Physics, from:
Introduction to Computational Physics	PHYS30009	10	Optional	TB-4
Air Water Fire Earth 301	PHYS31010	10	Optional	TB-2
Biophysics 321	PHYS31211	10	Optional	TB-1
Skills for Science 301	PHYS38011	10	Optional	TB-1
Analytical Mechanics	PHYS30008	10	Optional	TB-2
Nanophysics	PHYS32600	10	Optional	TB-2
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
Stellar Structure and Evolution 301	PHYS34013	10	Optional	TB-2
Methods of Theoretical Physics 3	PHYS30015	10	Optional	TB-2
Physics World 301	PHYS38010	10	Optional	TB-1,TB-2
Particle Physics	PHYS32012	10	Optional	TB-1
Quantum Physics 301	PHYS32011	10	Optional	TB-1
Materials Physics	PHYS30025	10	Optional	TB-2
Physics and Philosophy (BSc)		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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.