Programme structure: Physics with Innovation (MSci) - what's running in 2021/22

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional 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.

INOVM0003 is a must pass unit. 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

Minimum requirement of pass mark 50% in each unit

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
In the Wild	INOVM0001	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Transdisciplinary Group Project 4: Building a Demonstrator	INOVM0003	40	Mandatory		TB-4
Enterprise Case	INOVM0014	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Select 40 credit points from:
Surface Physics	PHYSM0007	10	Optional		TB-2
Foundations of Modern Physics	PHYSM0023	10	Optional		TB-4
The Physics of Phase Transitions.	PHYSM0300	10	Optional		TB-2
Theoretical Particle Physics	PHYSM0800	10	Optional		TB-2
General Relativity and Cosmology	PHYSM1900	10	Optional		TB-2
Magnetism and Superconductivity	PHYSM0038	10	Optional		TB-1
Semiconductor Physics	PHYSM2100	10	Optional		TB-2
Student Seminar 431	PHYSM3100	10	Optional		TB-4
Current Topics in Physics	PHYSM3407	10	Optional		TB-4
The Physics of Gas and Plasma in the Universe	PHYSM3409	10	Optional		TB-1
Advanced Quantum Physics	PHYSM3416	10	Optional		TB-1
Relativistic Field Theory	PHYSM3417	10	Optional		TB-2
Physics with Innovation (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.