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Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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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 09 38822 10 Semester 2

Students must choose 40 credits (2 X 20 credits) from the specified degree program list and another 40 credits (2X 20 credits) from the full range of LI CAHA modules. (The list will be provided by the Department and differs year by year). Students taking intermediate or advanced language may take this as a 10+10 module across the year instead of one of the normal 20 credit in one semester option.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Group Studies 09 28688 20 Semester 2
Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Observational Cosmology 09 37804 10 Semester 1

Students must choose 40 credits (2 X 20 credits) from the specified degree program list and another 40 credits (2X 20 credits) from the full range of LI CAHA modules. (The list will be provided by the Department and differs year by year). Students taking intermediate or advanced language may take this as a 10+10 module across the year instead of one of the normal 20 credit in one semester option.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Particle Physics 09 28096 10 Semester 2

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Quantum Mechanics 3 09 27278 10 Semester 1

The following must be taken:

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 Statistical Physics 10 Semester 1
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 09 37012 10 Semester 2

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

Module Title Code Credits Semester
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