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Course Regulations

The programme consists of a core with further modules taken from options lists. Enough options have to be taken in order to raise the total load to at least 120 CATS credits, which is defined to be the normal load for this course, up to a normal maximum of 150 CATS. You must choose at least 15 credits modules from the core options list and 15 credits from List A.

Core Modules Weeks CATS Credit
PX262 Quantum Mechanics and its Applications 1-10, 15-24 15
PX271 Physics Skills 1-10, 15-24 30
PX275 Mathematical Methods for Physicists 1-10, 15-24 15
PX284 Statistical Mechanics Electromagnetic Theory and Optics 6-10, 15-24, 30-33 15
    Total 75
Core Options    
IB2D3 Accounting in Practice 1-10 15
IB2D5 Entrepreneurship in Practice 15-24 15
IB2D6 Marketing in Practice 1-10 15
IB2D7 Management in Practice 1-10 15
IB2D9 Finance in Practice 15-24 15
Option List A    
PX280 Environmental Physics 1-10, 15-24 15
PX281 Computational Physics 1-10, 15-19 15
PX282 Stars and the Solar System 1-10, 15-24 15
PX285 Hamiltonian and Fluid Mechanics 1-10, 15-24 15
Option List B    
EP305 Introduction to Secondary School Physics Teaching 15-24 15

You are permitted to take one foreign language module in any one year. If you want to take a language option, you should register via the unusual option route once the Language Centre have let you know which is the appropriate module for you.

Please discuss your business school module choices with WBS. Note that you must pass your WBS modules to continue on this course. You will need to register both on my.wbs and eMR for your WBS modules.

Load

Where options are taken, so that the load exceeds the normal load, the marks for all modules attempted will appear on your University transcript. The overall year mark will be calculated as the greater of: (a) The arithmetic mean of the marks for all modules taken, weighted according to their credit weighting; (b) The arithmetic mean of the subset of whole modules, weighted according to their credit weighting, which minimally satisfies the course regulations and results in the highest mark.

Before contemplating an overload you should discuss it with your personal tutor. We will be monitoring your registrations and you may be asked to discuss the situation with the Director of Studies or the Director of Student Experience.

Important Notice

The modules listed above are the ones that you will normally be permitted to register for. If you wish to take an unusual option you should consult our document on unusual options prior to taking any such modules. You will only be permitted to take one language course in any one year.


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