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

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.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Physics Research Project	PHYSM3406	60	Mandatory	TB-4
Select 60 CP of level M/7 options, to include at least one 10 credit point unit from:
Current Topics in Physics	PHYSM3407	10	Optional	TB-4
Foundations of Modern Physics	PHYSM0023	10	Optional	TB-4
Student Seminar 431	PHYSM3100	10	Optional	TB-4
Students may choose either PHYSM3407 Current Topics in Physics or PHYSM0023 Foundations of Modern Physics - not both.
Select your remaining credit points (50 if you selected only one 10 credit point unit above, 40 if you selected two 10 credit point units above) from:
Advanced Computational Physics	PHYSM0032	10	Optional	TB-4
Advanced Quantum Physics	PHYSM3416	10	Optional	TB-1
General Relativity and Cosmology	PHYSM1900	10	Optional	TB-2
Relativistic Field Theory	PHYSM3417	10	Optional	TB-2
Semiconductor Physics	PHYSM2100	10	Optional	TB-2
Surface Physics	PHYSM0007	10	Optional	TB-2
Theoretical Particle Physics	PHYSM0800	10	Optional	TB-2
The Physics of Gas and Plasma in the Universe	PHYSM3409	10	Optional	TB-1
The Physics of Phase Transitions.	PHYSM0300	10	Optional	TB-2
Magnetism and Superconductivity	PHYSM0038	10	Optional	TB-1
Applied Materials Physics	PHYSM0045	10	Optional	TB-1
Nuclear Reactor Physics	PHYSM0024	10	Optional	TB-2
Other options:
Quantum Information Theory	MATHM5610	10	Optional	TB-1A
Quantum Chaos	MATHM5700	10	Optional	TB-1B
Quantum Computation	MATHM0023	10	Optional	TB-2C
Seismology	EASCM0018	10	Optional	TB-2C
Advanced Geophysical Fluid Dynamics	EASCM0064	10	Optional	TB-2C
Physics (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.