Students who return failing grades in a trimester amounting to 15 credits, or more, will be identified under the UCD Continuation – Academic Progress policy. Students whose rate of progression and performance over two academic years is deemed unacceptable will be referred to the Governing Board to be reviewed for exclusion from the programme.
Students who fail to progress from the stage of the programme they are registered to for more than two academic years (except where a period of Leave of Absence has been granted for one of those years) will also be contacted under the Continuation – Academic Progress Policy.
As Stages 3 and 4 have the most dynamic components of the programme, and the material studied previously may no longer be relevant, a student who has been away from the programme for a significant period should be required to register again to Stage 3. The upper limit for completion of Stages 3 and 4 should be six years if they choose to do 120 credits with 20 in each year.

Graduates work in a number of areas, depending on their degree subject. Each degree equips students with a particular skillset that may be applied to one or more industries.

If a Physics degree interests you, depending on the degree subject, graduates have worked in the Semiconductor, Nanotechnology & Space Industry.

Many of our Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science graduates also work in Computing, Risk, Finance & Analytics.

Students must select a total of 12 modules (60 credits) in Stage 1 with a minimum of 11 modules taken from core and option modules. Core and option modules are to be taken as directed. An Elective module can be taken in the Spring trimester.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
SCI10010	Principles of Scientific Enquiry	Autumn	5
MATH10340	Linear Algebra in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences	Spring	5
PHYC10080	Frontiers of Physics	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students who did not achieve a H5 or better (or equivalent) in Leaving Certificate Physics must take PHYC 10070 Foundations of Physics. Student that did not receive an O1 or H5 in Leaving Certificate Mathematics must take MATH00010 and achieve A-. Students who wish to pursue a degree in Theoretical Physics, Physics or Physics with Astronomy & Space Science, and who did not achieve a H5 or above in Higher Level Leaving Certificate Applied Mathematics must take ACM10080 in Stage 1.
ACM10080	Introduction to Applied and Computational Mathematics	Autumn	5
MATH00010	Introduction to Mathematics	Autumn	5
PHYC10070	Foundations of Physics	Autumn	5
Stage 1 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students who did not achieve a H5 or better (or equivalent) in Leaving Certificate Physics must take PHYC 10070 Foundations of Physics. Student that did not receive an O1 or H5 in Leaving Certificate Mathematics must take MATH00010 and achieve A-. Students who wish to pursue a degree in Theoretical Physics, Physics or Physics with Astronomy & Space Science, and who did not achieve a H5 or above in Higher Level Leaving Certificate Applied Mathematics must take ACM10080 in Stage 1.
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN1OF: Students must take one Mathematics module in the Autumn Trimester of Stage 1. Any student who did not achieve at least an O1 or H5 in Leaving Certificate Mathematics must take MATH00010 and achieve A-. In addition, students who wish pursue Physical Sciences and who are required to take MATH00010 MUST take MATH10400 in the Summer Trimester as a substitute for MATH10350.
MATH10350	Calculus in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences	Autumn	5
MATH10400	Calculus (Online)	Summer	5
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN1OF: Students must take one Mathematics module in the Autumn Trimester of Stage 1. Any student who did not achieve at least an O1 or H5 in Leaving Certificate Mathematics must take MATH00010 and achieve A-. In addition, students who wish pursue Physical Sciences and who are required to take MATH00010 MUST take MATH10400 in the Summer Trimester as a substitute for MATH10350.
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN0OF: To complete a degree in Physics, Theoretical Physics or Physics with Astronomy & Space Science, students must take these modules in either Stage 1 or Stage 2 of their programme. Students who wish to continue with Physics, Astronomy and SpaceScience must take PHYC10050 in Stage 1. Students who wish to continue with Theoretical Physics must take ACM 10060 in Stage 1. PHYC 20080 should only be taken by students in Stage 1 if they have achieved H5 in both Mathematics and Physics at Leaving Certificate.
PHYC10050	Astronomy & Space Science	Autumn	5
PHYC20080	Fields, Waves and Light	Autumn	5
ACM10060	Applications of Differential Equations	Spring	5
PHYC10250	Thermal Physics and Materials	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - C)MIN0OF: To complete a degree in Physics, Theoretical Physics or Physics with Astronomy & Space Science, students must take these modules in either Stage 1 or Stage 2 of their programme. Students who wish to continue with Physics, Astronomy and SpaceScience must take PHYC10050 in Stage 1. Students who wish to continue with Theoretical Physics must take ACM 10060 in Stage 1. PHYC 20080 should only be taken by students in Stage 1 if they have achieved H5 in both Mathematics and Physics at Leaving Certificate.
Stage 1 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students must have a minimum of 55 credits in Science Programme modules. Students may select 60 credits from Science programme modules or they can choose 55 credits and one 5-credit elective for Spring. Careful selection of modules can increase the number of subject areas available to a student in Stage 2. Students interested in pursuing Mathematics, Physics and Education must take MATH10410 and STAT10060 in Stage 1.
BIOL00010	Fundamentals of Biology	Autumn	5
BIOL10130	Biology in Action	Autumn	5
BIOL10140	Life on Earth	Autumn	5
CHEM00010	Introductory Chemistry	Autumn	5
CHEM10040	The Molecular World	Autumn	5
CHEM20100	Basis of Inorganic Chemistry	Autumn	5
COMP10010	Introduction to Programming I	Autumn	5
COMP10290	Computation for Scientists	Autumn	5
MATH10040	Numbers & Functions	Autumn	5
PHIL10160	Critical Thinking	Autumn	5
PHYC10210	Quanta, Particles & Relativity	Autumn	5
STAT10010	Research Methods	Autumn	5
GEOL10050	Earth and Humanity	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
GEOL10060	Introduction to Earth Sciences	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
STAT10050	Practical Statistics	Autumn and Spring (separate)	5
ACM10090	Climate Change:Causes & Consequences	Spring	5
BIOL10110	Cell Biology & Genetics	Spring	5
BMOL10030	Biomedical Sciences: Understanding Human Disease.	Spring	5
CHEM10050	Basis of Organic and Biological Chemistry	Spring	5
CHEM20140	Introductory Transition Metal Chemistry	Spring	5
COMP10020	Introduction to Programming II	Spring	5
COMP10060	Computer Science for Engineers I	Spring	5
ECON10720	Microeconomics for Business	Spring	5
GEOL10020	Earth Science and Materials	Spring	5
GEOL10030	Field Geology, Level 1	Spring	5
GEOL10040	Earth, Environment and Society	Spring	5
MATH10320	Mathematical Analysis	Spring	5
MATH10410	Mathematics & Science Education & Communication	Spring	5
STAT10060	Statistical Modelling	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - D)MIN0OF: Students must have a minimum of 55 credits in Science Programme modules. Students may select 60 credits from Science programme modules or they can choose 55 credits and one 5-credit elective for Spring. Careful selection of modules can increase the number of subject areas available to a student in Stage 2. Students interested in pursuing Mathematics, Physics and Education must take MATH10410 and STAT10060 in Stage 1.

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
BHSCI001	Stage 4 - 70.00% Stage 3 - 30.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47