Programme structure: Chemical Physics with Industrial Experience (MSci) - what's running in 2017/18

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional, with a formal period of study in industry, 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.

CHEMM0570 and PHYSM3200 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.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Quantum Physics 301	PHYS32011	10	Mandatory	TB-1
Biophysics 321	PHYS31211	10	Mandatory	TB-1
Nanophysics	PHYS32600	10	Mandatory	TB-2
Surface Physics	PHYSM0007	10	Mandatory	TB-2
Core Special Chemistry for Chemical Physicists	CHEMM0011	10	Mandatory	TB-4
Special Physical & Theoretical Chemistry	CHEMM0004	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Plus One of the following:
Chemistry Research Project	CHEMM0570	30	Optional	TB-4
Physics Research Project 432	PHYSM3200	30	Optional	TB-4
Students should choose one of the the following:
Student Seminar 431	PHYSM3100	10	Optional	TB-4
Current Topics in Physics	PHYSM3407	10	Optional	TB-4
Students should also choose 10 credit points from approved M level Physics options
Chemical Physics with Industrial Experience (MSci)		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.