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M.Sci. Physics Full-time

Year: 2
2025/26 Session

Year 2 students on the MSci Physics programme must pass at least 100 credits to proceed to Year 3, having failed a maximum of 20 credits from the following modules: Physics and Communications Skills (03 01149), Particles and Nuclei & A Quantum Approach to Solids (03 26017), and any optional modules. All other modules are progression requirements and must be passed to progress to Year 3.

Students must also satisfy the University criteria for remaining on the MSci programme and must have a minimum year mark of 55% and at least 220 credits by the end of stage 2.

The following must be taken:

Year: 2
2026/27 Session

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Electromagnetism 2	03 00953	10	Semester 2
LI Mathematics for Physicists 2A	03 34465	10	Semester 1
LI Mathematics for Physicists 2B	03 34469	10	Semester 2
LI Optics	03 33964	10	Semester 2
LI Particles and Nuclei & A Quantum Approach to Solids	03 26017	10	Semester 1
LI Physics Laboratory 2	03 00943	10	Semester 1
LI Physics Project	03 01381	10	Semester 2
LI Physics and Communication Skills 2	03 01149	10	Semester 1
LI Quantum Mechanics 2	03 17273	10	Semester 1
LI Statistical Physics and Entropy	03 17296	10	Semester 1
	03 00498	0

Choose two of the following:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Eigenphysics	03 01129	10	Semester 2

Choose two of the following:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Electronics	03 17489	10	Semester 2

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics	03 18576	10	Semester 2

Choose two of the following:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Nuclear Physics and Neutrinos	03 30966	10	Semester 2

Choose two of the following:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Observational Astronomy		10	Semester 2

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Structure in the Universe	03 00554	10	Semester 2