Welcome to Junior Honours http www ph ed

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) - If. A U 17 Linda Grieve (Teaching Admin. ) - JCMB 4314 Teaching Office - JCMB 4315

Ø Read the JH Programme Guide Ø www. ph. ed. ac. uk/teaching/progguides Ø Online timetables are available Ø www. ph. ed. ac. uk/teaching/timetables Ø Check and hand back sign-up sheets Ø Get your photograph taken Ø In JCMB 2205 immediately after this lecture Ø Select your class representatives Ø For staff-student liaison committee Ø Use JH notice boards Ø In front of JCMB 4203 and 3203 Ø In Ro. E Institute corridor (Astrophysics) Ø Register disabilities Ø In confidence with Teaching Admin.

Semester One Ø Core courses ØDynamics & Relativity (Dr. Jamie Cole) Ø Thermodynamics (Prof. Andrew Huxley) ØQuantum Mechanics (Dr. Arjun Berera) Ø Physics 3 ØPhysical Mathematics (Dr. Alistair Hart) Ø Mathematical Physics 3 Ø Tensors & Fields (Dr. Roger Horsley) Tutorial Workshops will be arranged by Lecturers

Semester Two Ø Core Courses Ø Electromagnetism (Prof. Steve Playfer) Ø Statistical Mechanics (Dr. Philippe Monthoux) Ø Physics 3 Ø Optics (Dr. Will Hossack) Ø Nuclear Physics (Dr. Dan Watts) Ø Particle Physics (Dr. Victoria Martin) Ø Mathematical Physics 3 Ø Lagrangian Dynamics (Dr. Brian Pendleton)

Ø Computational Methods (Dr. Peter Boyle) Ø Semester 1 - Tuesday/Friday afternoons Ø Sign up for a session on sheet outside 3203 Ø Introductory Lecture - Today 14: 00 in 6301 Ø Electronic Methods (Dr. Paul Clegg) Ø Semester 1 - Monday/Thursday/Friday afternoons Ø Sign up for a session on sheet outside 4203 Ø First session - Monday 2 nd October 14: 00 ØExperimental Laboratory (Dr. Tom Davinson) Ø 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 … Ø Ø is more fundamental is more interesting is more rigorous requires more independent study If you are having difficulties talk to the lecturers your Do. S or the JH organisers … we hope you enjoy the year