Programme structure: Physics (MSci) - what's running in 2019/20

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.

PHYS10004, PHYS10005, PHYS10006, PHYS11400 and MATH11004 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 at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/esu/assessment/annex/glossary.html

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Core Physics I:Mechanics and Matter	PHYS10006	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Core Physics II: Oscillations, Waves and Fields	PHYS10005	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Physics Laboratory	PHYS10004	10	Mandatory	TB-4
Students must take the three Mandatory units above together with either:
Essential Maths for Physics	PHYS11400	10	Optional	TB-2
Mathematics 1A20	MATH11004	20	Optional	TB-1
Stars and Planets 106	PHYS10600	20	Optional	TB-1
Galaxies and the Universe	PHYS11500	20	Optional	TB-2
Or:
Essential Maths for Physics	PHYS11400	10	Optional	TB-2
Mathematics 1A20	MATH11004	20	Optional	TB-1
And 40 credit points from the following, subject to availability and timetable:
Communicating Science	PHYS10001	20	Optional	TB-4
Stars and Planets 106	PHYS10600	20	Optional	TB-1
Galaxies and the Universe	PHYS11500	20	Optional	TB-2
Introductory Chemistry for Chemical Physicists	CHEM10005	40	Optional	TB-4
Big Ideas in Science	CHEM10001	20	Optional	TB-4
Introduction to Philosophy A	PHIL10005	20	Optional	TB-1
Introduction to Philosophy B	PHIL10006	20	Optional	TB-2
Sustainable Development	UNIV10001	20	Optional	TB-1,TB-2
Choose open units	OPEN	40	Optional
Or:
Analysis	MATH10011	20	Optional	TB-4
ODEs, Curves and Dynamics	MATH10012	20	Optional	TB-4
Linear Algebra	MATH10015	20	Optional	TB-4
Probability 1	MATH11300	10	Optional	TB-1
This challenging option is available only to those with A or above in Mathematics and Further Mathematics at A level, or equivalent.
Certificate of Higher Education		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).