Transcript Welcome to Junior Honours

Welcome to Junior Honours
http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~playfer/JH.ppt
Prof. Steve Playfer (Physics) - JCMB 4406
Dr Brian Pendleton (Math.Phys.) - JCMB 4413
Prof. Graeme Ackland (Comp.Phys.) - JCMB 5411
Dr Avery Meiksin (Astrophysics) - IfA U17
Linda Grieve (Teaching Admin.) - JCMB 4314
Teaching Office - JCMB 4315
 Read the JH Programme Guide
 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/teaching/progguides
 Online timetables are available
 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/teaching/timetables
 Check and hand back sign-up sheets
 Get your photograph taken
 In JCMB 2205 immediately after this lecture
 Select your class representatives
 For staff-student liaison committee
 Use JH notice boards
 In front of JCMB 4203 and 3203
 In RoE Institute corridor (Astrophysics)
 Register disabilities
 In confidence with Teaching Admin.
Semester One
Core courses
Dynamics & Relativity (Dr. Jamie Cole)
Thermodynamics (Prof. Andrew Huxley)
Quantum Mechanics (Dr. Arjun Berera)
 Physics 3
Physical Mathematics (Dr. Alistair Hart)
 Mathematical Physics 3
 Tensors & Fields (Dr. Roger Horsley)
Tutorial Workshops will be arranged by Lecturers
Semester Two
 Core Courses
Electromagnetism (Prof. Steve Playfer)
Statistical Mechanics (Dr. Philippe Monthoux)
 Physics 3
Optics (Dr. Will Hossack)
Nuclear Physics (Dr. Dan Watts)
Particle Physics (Dr. Victoria Martin)
 Mathematical Physics 3
Lagrangian Dynamics (Dr. Brian Pendleton)
Computational Methods (Dr. Peter Boyle)
 Semester 1 - Tuesday/Friday afternoons
 Sign up for a session on sheet outside 3203
 Introductory Lecture - Today 14:00 in 6301
Electronic Methods (Dr. Paul Clegg)
 Semester 1 - Monday/Thursday/Friday afternoons
 Sign up for a session on sheet outside 4203
 First session - Monday 2nd October 14:00
Experimental Laboratory (Dr. Tom Davinson)
 Semester 2 (more details then)
Assessment by Exam (changed!)
• Three-hour papers (20 credits)
– Dynamics & Relativity + Electromagnetism
– Thermodynamics + Statistical Mechanics
– Physics 3 (Optics + Nuclear&Particle Physics)
• 6 compulsory short questions and choice of 3/6 long questions
– Mathematical Physics 3 (Lag. Dyn. + Tensors & Fields)
• Choice of 3/6 long questions
• Two-hour papers (10 credits)
– Quantum Mechanics
– Physical Mathematics
• 4 compulsory short questions and choice of 2/3 long questions
– Electromagnetism, Stat. Mech., Optics, Nucl.&Particle
• Available separately for some students
• All papers are sat in spring 2007
Continuous Assessment
• Tutorial Workshop hand-ins (10%)
– Dynamics & Relativity, Electromagnetism
– Quantum Mechanics
– Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics
• Checkpoints
– Computational Methods
• Lab reports
– Electronic Methods, Laboratory
Progression
• Junior Honours must be passed at the first
attempt to obtain an Honours Degree!
– Counts for 50% of BSc marks
– Counts for 20% of MPhys marks
– Still need 360 credits (JH pass) for ordinary degree
• Progression to Senior Honours (BSc)
– 40% overall mark
– Must not fail more than 40 credits
• Progression to Senior Honours (Mphys)
– 55% overall mark
– 50% or more on long questions (core courses)
Junior Honours …
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is more fundamental
is more interesting
is more rigorous
requires more independent study
If you are having difficulties talk to the lecturers
your DoS or the JH organisers
… we hope you enjoy the year