At Strathclyde all students must take a minimum 120 credits worth of classes each year (One credit is equivalent to 10 hours of student learning, which can involve attending lectures, tutorials, laboratory classes and background reading for example).
Students are also expected to take at least 20 credits of elective classes, where an elective is an optional class that is not deemed to be part of the core curriculum of the course. For the MPhys, BSc Physics and BSc Physics with Teaching degrees the students take their 20 credits of elective classes in first year. The curricula for the degrees is shown in the table below:
First Year
MPhys, BPhys, BPwT
|
Physics Classes |
Maths Classes |
Education Classes |
|
PH150 Experimental Physics (20) PH151 Mechanics, Optics and Waves (20) PH152 Quantum Physics and Electromagnetism (20) Electives (20) |
MM111 Mathematics 1B (20) MM112 Mathematics 2B (20) |
|
Second Year
MPhys, BPhys, BPwT
|
PH250 Experimental Physics (20) PH251 Mechanics, Optics and Waves (20) PH252 Quantum Physics and Electromagnetism (20) |
MM211 Mathematics 3B (20) |
|
Third Year
MPhys, BPhys
|
PH350 Experimental Physics (40) PH352 Quantum Physics and Electromagnetism (20) PH353 Properties of Matter (20) PH355 Physics Skills (20) |
MM311 Mathematics 4B (20) |
|
BPwT
|
PH352 Quantum Physics and Electromagnetism (20) PH353 Properties of Matter (20) PH355 Physics Skills (20) |
|
X9 406 (20) X9 494 (20) |
Fourth Year
MPhys, BPhys
|
PH450 Project (40) PH451 Physics Skills (20) Optional Classes (60) |
|
|
BPwT
|
Optional classes (40) |
|
X9 458 (20) X9 462 (20) X9 463 (20) X9 499 (20) |
Fifth Year
MPhys
|
PH550 Project (40) Optional Classes (60) |
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