1. 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

2. Read the JH Programme Guide
Online timetables are available
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.

3. Semester One Core courses Physics 3 Mathematical Physics 3
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

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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

7. Continuous Assessment
Tutorial Workshop hand-ins (10%)
Dynamics & Relativity, Electromagnetism
Quantum Mechanics
Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics
Checkpoints
Computational Methods
Lab reports
Electronic Methods, Laboratory

8. 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)

9. Junior Honours … 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