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BSC Physics and Philosophy (PHYU14)     FT

2017 - 2018

For students whose initial registration was prior to the 2019/20 session
 
 

Year 1


units (80 credits)
1A
A student will take

Semester 1
PHY101  Mechanics, Waves, Optics and Special Relativity AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHY102  Electromagnetism, Thermal and Quantum Physics SPR SEM 20 credits

Full academic year
PHY118  Professional Skills in Physics ACAD YR 10 credits
PHY120  Mathematics for Physicists and Astronomers ACAD YR 30 credits

units (40 credits)
1B
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI107  Philosophy of Religion AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI115  Reason and Argument AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI120  Paradox and Plurality: Zeno to Aristotle AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI125  Matters of Life and Death AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI133  Film and Philosophy AUT SEM 10 credits
PHI134  History of Philosophical Ideas AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
PHI116  Elementary Logic SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI118  History of Ethics SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI121  Knowledge, Justification and Doubt SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI126  Mind, Brain and Personal Identity SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI132  Death SPR SEM 10 credits
PHI158  Philosophy of Sex SPR SEM 10 credits

Year 2


units (70 credits)
2A
A student will take

Semester 1
PHY221  Classical Physics AUT SEM 10 credits
PHY230  Experimental Physics I AUT SEM 10 credits
PHY250  From Electromagnetism to Quantum Physics AUT SEM 25 credits

Semester 2
PHY251  From Thermodynamics to Atomic and Nuclear Physics SPR SEM 25 credits

units (10 credits)
2B
A student will take 10 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHY235  Programming in Python AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
PHY227  Optics SPR SEM 10 credits
AND

units (40 credits)
2C
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI201  Reference and Truth AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI202  Philosophy of Mind AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI203  Formal Logic AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI212  Philosophy of the Arts AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI216  Feminism AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI218  The Rationalists AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI220  Political Philosophy AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI211  Theory of Knowledge SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI219  Ethics: Theoretical and Practical SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI223  Topics in Ancient Philosophy SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI226  Philosophy and Education SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI227  Religion and the Good Life SPR SEM 20 credits

Year 3


units (40 credits)
3A
A student will take

Semester 1
PHY304  Particle Physics AUT SEM 10 credits
PHY332  Atomic and Laser Physics AUT SEM 10 credits
PHY380  Solid State Physics AUT SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
PHY340  Problem Solving and Advanced Skills in Physics ACAD YR 10 credits
A student shall take a total of 20 credits from 3B and 3C.

units (10 credits)
3B
A student will take a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHY341  Physics Level 3 Project 1 AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
PHY342  Physics Level 3 Project 2 SPR SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
PHY346  Industrial Group Project in Physics ACAD YR 20 credits
PHY391  Quantum Information Laboratory ACAD YR 20 credits
PHY392  Physical Computing ACAD YR 20 credits
PHY393  Microscopy and Spectroscopy Laboratory ACAD YR 20 credits
PHY394  Physics Education and Outreach ACAD YR 20 credits
AND

units
3C
A student will take up to 10 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHY235  Programming in Python AUT SEM 10 credits
PHY326  Dark Matter and the Universe AUT SEM 10 credits
PHY327  History of Astronomy AUT SEM 10 credits
PHY377  The Physics of Soft Condensed Matter AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
PHY303  Nuclear Physics SPR SEM 10 credits
PHY306  Introduction to Cosmology SPR SEM 10 credits
PHY313  Mathematical Physics SPR SEM 10 credits
PHY320  Nuclear Astrophysics SPR SEM 10 credits
PHY328  Advanced Programming in Python SPR SEM 10 credits
PHY339  Statistical Physics SPR SEM 10 credits
PHY347  Physics in an Enterprise Culture SPR SEM 10 credits
PHY349  Further Quantum Mechanics SPR SEM 10 credits
PHY382  Semiconductor Physics and Technology SPR SEM 10 credits
AND

units (60 credits)
3D
A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Semester 1
PHI302  Metaphysics AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI313  Epistemology AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI324  Feminism: Rationality and Politics AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI330  Philosophical Problems 2 AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI340  Aristotle AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI370  Free Will & Religion AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI372  Pain, Pleasure, and Emotions AUT SEM 20 credits
PHI374  The Radical Demand in Logstrup's Ethics AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
PHI325  Phenomenology SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI332  Philosophy of Psychology SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI335  Philosophical Problems 1 SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI345  Advanced Logic SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI350  Global Justice SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI364  Philosophy of Law SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI366  Plato's Symposium SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI368  Practical Reason SPR SEM 20 credits
PHI375  Philosophy of Medicine SPR SEM 20 credits

3E

A student must achieve a pass mark in a final year project (listed in 3B) in order to be eligible for an Honours Degree 

 
 
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