Undergraduate Course Handbook - University of Oxford Department ...

Short Options 2012-2013, Language Option & AlternativesThe Short Options for the academic year 2012/13 are listed below. Each Physics short option is covered by 12 lecturesand examined in a 1½ hour paper. The syllabuses for the Short Options are given in Appendix F.The column labelled ‘Years’ indicates the year or years in which it would be most appropriate to take the option (basedon assumed prior knowledge). Short options will be offered in alternate years and this came into effect from Trinity 2012.If in doubt, consult your tutor or the option lecturer(s). A Short Option subject may only be offered once, exceptthe Language Option provided it is a different language.Physics Short OptionsCode Title Years Notes TermS01 Functions of a Complex Variable 1 2 3 (a) TTS02 Astrophysics: from Planets to the Cosmos 1 2 (a) TTS03 Quantum Ideas 1 only (a) TTS07 Classical Mechanics 2 3 (a), (c) HTS09 Financial Physics 2 3 (b) TTS10 Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy 2 3 (b) TTS16 Plasma Physics 3 (f) TTS18 Advanced Quantum Mechanics 3 (a) HTS19 Particle Accelerator Science 3 (g) TTS25 Physics of Climate Change 2 3 (b) TTS26 Stars and Galaxies 3 (a) TTFrom other Departments or FacultiesS20 History of Science 2 3 (d) MTS21 Philosophy of Science 2 3 (d) HTS22 Language Option (French and Spanish or German) 2 3 (e) TTS27 Philosophy of Space-Time 2 3 (d) HTS28 Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics 2 3 (d) TTNote:(a) This Short Option offered every year(b) This Short Option will be offered in Trinity 2013 not in 2014.(c) Physics and Philosophy Paper BT: VII. Classical Mechanics.(d) These subjects are pre-approved. The examination for these options are taken in either Michaelmas or Hilary or Trinity Term.(e) Subject to passing the preliminary test in Hilary Term.(f) This Short Option will be offered in Trinity 2013.(g) to be confirmed.27