Progression within an honours programme

MPhys Progression

• For progression into the Senior Honours (fourth) year of an MPhys programme, it will normally be necessary for honours students to achieve in Junior Honours (third year) modules a credit-weighted mean of at least 13.5, with all modules passed. The student will normally need to have at least 115 credits from their JH year. A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners may be recommended to switch from a MPhys degree to a BSc.
   
• Theoretical Physics students need to have particularly high levels of competence in mathematical physics to thrive on these programmes. For this reason, those on the MPhys Theoretical Physics and MPhys Mathematics and Theoretical Physics programmes must be able to demonstrate acceptable performance in such modules by mid-way through the JH year.
  In this case, "acceptable" would normally entail gaining at least grade 13.5 in each of PH3061 Quantum Mechanics 1, PH3081 Mathematics for Physicists, and MT3501 Linear Mathematics 2 (where taken), and a mean of 13.5 over all the modules taken in first semester of Junior Honours. For those on the joint degree programme the review will normally involve input from both Schools.
  At the end of Junior Honours, students on either MPhys programme involving Theoretical Physics are expected to have obtained at least grade 13.5 in each of PH3061 Quantum Mechanics 1, PH3062 Quantum Mechanics 2, PH4038 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics, and PH3007 Electromagnetism.
  Additionally, those on the programmes involving Theoretical Physics will have their grades monitored at the end of semester one of Senior Honours. Those who have not been reaching grades of 13.5 and above in Senior Honours will be subject to a review process and may be required to change to the BSc degree even at this late stage.

 
Moving from BSc honours to MPhys honours programmes at end of JH

A student who is on BSc honours route may move to the MPhys cohort provided they do sufficiently well in JH.

Requests to move to an MPhys programme (including the joint degrees with Mathematics) will be considered after the results from both Semester 1 and 2 are known. A student will be permitted to move to an Integrated Masters programme at the end of third year provided they have achieved a credit-weighted mean of at least 15.0 in all honours modules with AS or PH codes, plus adviser-approved Honours MT modules. In addition, a move will only be permitted provided there is an available path to satisfy all the relevant MPhys programme requirements.