Programmes & Modules Handbook

M.Sci. Theoretical Physics Full-time

Year: 1
2020/21 Session

In order for a student to progress to stage 2 they need to obtain 70% or above in the Mathematics for Physicists 1A module. If they fail to achieve this they are transfered 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