Programmes & Modules Handbook

M.Sci. Theoretical Physics Full-time

Year: 2
2021/22 Session

Students can 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 two optional modules. Students must pass Physics Laboratory 2 (03 00943) if taking this module. Students must also satsify 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. A student may transfer onto the MSci Theoretical Physics programme from another physics programme at the end of stage 2 if they have achieved 70% or above in the Mathematics for Physicists 2 module. Such a student would normally be expected to have also passed the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics and Eigenphysics modules.

The following must be taken:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Eigenphysics	03 00746	10	Semester 2
LI Electromagnetism 2	03 00953	10	Semester 2
LI Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics	03 00539	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 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

If you're doing the Lab Pathway, choose the following module and one option from the list below:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Physics Laboratory 2	03 00943	10	Semester 1

If doing the Non-Lab Pathway, choose two options from the following list:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LI Electronics	03 17489	10	Semester 2
LI Nuclear Physics and Neutrinos	03 17301	10	Semester 2
LI Observational Astronomy	03 29882	10	Semester 2
LI Structure in the Universe	03 00554	10	Semester 2