Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session

M.Sci. Physics with Particle Physics and Cosmology Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

Students are required to pass at least 100 credits including all compulsory modules.

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH General Physics	03 07811	10	Semester 2
LH Group Studies	03 01109	20	Semester 2
LH Observational Cosmology	03 00716	10	Semester 1
LH Particle Physics	03 19780	10	Semester 2
LH Quantum Mechanics 3	03 00498	10	Semester 1
LH Statistical Physics	03 01129	10	Semester 1

Students must take EITHER the 20 credit Laboratory (03 18576) OR 10 credit Laboratory (03 18577) AND EITHER Scientific Computing 1 (03 30964) OR Scientific Computing 2 (03 30966).

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Laboratory (10cr)	03 18577	10	Semester 1
LH Laboratory (20cr)	03 18576	20	Semester 1
LH Scientific Computing Laboratory 1	03 30964	10	Semester 1
LH Scientific Computing Laboratory 2	03 30966	10	Semester 1

Choose 30 credits from the following (10 credits in semester 1 and 20 credits in semester 2):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
Images and Communications	03 17302	10	Semester 2
LH Atomic Physics	03 23559	10	Semester 2
LH Biophysics	03 38944	10	Semester 1
LH Chaos and Dynamical Systems	03 00607	10	Semester 2
LH Complex Variable Theory	06 06205	10	Semester 1
LH Condensed Matter Physics	03 01123	10	Semester 2
LH Evolution of Cosmic Structure	03 24347	10	Semester 2
LH Exoplanets	03 37605	10	Semester 2
LH Fission and Fusion	03 01349	10	Semester 1
LH Medical Imaging	03 06203	10	Semester 1
LH Nuclear Physics	03 21462	10	Semester 2
LH Physical Principles of Radar	03 31150	10	Semester 1
LH Physics Critique	03 17476	10	Semester 2
LH Physics Teaching in Schools	03 19123	10	Semester 2
LH Radiation and Relativity	03 00971	10	Semester 2
LH The Life and Death of Stars	03 21826	10	Semester 1