Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session

M.Sci. Theoretical Physics Full-time

Year: 1
2023/24 Session

Year 1 students on the MSci Theoretical Physics programme must pass at least 100 credits to proceed to Year 2, having failed a maximum of 20 credits from the following modules: Introduction to Probability and Statistics (03 33961), Special Relativity and Dynamical Systems (03 33962), Chaos and Non-linear Systems A (03 17483), Chaos in Discrete and Continuous Systems (03 33948), and any optional modules. All other modules are progression requirements and must be passed to progress to Year 2.

Students also need to obtain 70% or above in the Mathematics for Physicists 1A (03 34459) module. If they fail to achieve this, they will be transferred onto the MSci Physics programme.

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Classical Mechanics and Relativity 1	03 19748	10	Semester 1
LC Classical Mechanics and Relativity 2	03 33945	10	Semester 2
LC Electromagnetism and Temperature and Matter	03 19750	20	Semester 2
LC Introduction to Probability and Statistics	03 33961	10	Semester 1
LC Mathematics for Physicists 1A	03 34459	10	Semester 1
LC Mathematics for Physicists 1B	03 34462	10	Semester 2
LC Physics and Communication Skills 1	03 00976	10	Semester 1
LC Quantum Mechanics and Optics and Waves	03 19718	10	Semester 1

Choose either Lab Pathway or Non-Lab Pathway:

Laboratory pathway:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Chaos and Non-linear Systems A	03 17483	10	Semester 2
LC Physics Laboratory 1A	03 34455	10	Semester 1
LC Physics Laboratory 1B	03 34457	10	Semester 2

Non-laboratory pathway:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Chaos in Discrete and Continuous Systems	03 33948	10	Semester 2
LC Special Relativity and Dynamical Systems	03 33962	10	Semester 1

If the non-laboratory pathway was chosen, choose one of the following modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LC Introduction to Astrophysics	03 20521	10	Semester 2
LC Introduction to Particle Physics and Cosmology	03 17484	10	Semester 2