DPT: Theoretical Physics MSc (PTMSCTHEPH1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

Taught courses must consist of 120 credits, at least 90 credits of which must be at SCQF Level 11 and at most 30 credits at SCQF Level 10. Of these, there must be:
20 credits Compulsory Courses;
At least 60 credits of Standard Courses;
Up to 40 credits chosen freely from the lists below.
60 credits Dissertation.

COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
PGPH11085	Problem Solving in Theoretical Physics	Semester 1	10

PGPH11086	Research Skills for Theoretical Physics	Semester 2	10

PGPH11087	Dissertation in Theoretical/Mathematical Physics	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
	Notes: Progression to the Dissertation requires 120 credits of courses at first sit, with an overall average of 50% and 80 credits of courses above 50%

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Overarching rule collection group: A
Select exactly 100 credits from these collections:

Select a minimum of 60 credits and maximum of 100 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
PHYS11007	Advanced Statistical Physics	10
PHYS11021	Relativistic Quantum Field Theory	10
PHYS11019	Quantum Theory	10
PHYS11035	Advanced Cosmology	10
PHYS11010	General Relativity	10
PHYS11012	Hamiltonian Dynamics	10
PHYS11037	Computational Astrophysics	10
PHYS11056	Galaxies	10
PHYS11045	Classical Electrodynamics	10
PGPH11094	Modern Quantum Field Theory	10
PGPH11095	The Standard Model	10
PGPH11096	Quantum Chromodynamics	10
PGPH11097	Symmetries of Particles and Fields	10
PHYS11055	Geometry and Physics of Soft Condensed Matter	10
PHYS11052	Quantum Condensed Matter Physics	10
PHYS11020	Radiation and Matter	10

AND

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
PHYS11024	Statistical Physics	10
PHYS11042	Particle Physics	10
PHYS11013	High Energy Astrophysics	10
PGPH11079	Programming Skills	10
PGPH11077	Threaded Programming	10
PGPH11076	Parallel Numerical Algorithms	10
ENVI11002	Introduction to Three Dimensional Climate Modelling	10
PGPH11078	Message-Passing Programming	10
PHYS11054	Advanced Materials Physics	10
INFR11099	Introduction to Quantum Computing	10

AND

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
PHYS10083	Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics	10
METE10001	Atmospheric Dynamics	10
PHYS10101	Cosmology	10
PHYS10034	Methods of Mathematical Physics	10
PHYS10095	Solid State Physics	10

Notes:No more than 30 credits of level 10 courses can be taken in total.

AND

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
MATH11120	Algebraic Geometry	10
MATH11140	Applied Dynamical Systems	10
MATH11138	Geometry of General Relativity	10
MATH11027	Dynamical Systems	10
MATH11135	Functional Analysis	10
MATH11142	Modern Methods in Geometry and Topology	10
MATH11141	Multi-scale Methods in Mathematical Modelling	10
MATH11137	Nonlinear Schr�dinger equations	10
MATH11169	Quantum Information	10
MATH11144	Topics in Ring and Representation Theory	10

AND

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
MATH10075	General and Algebraic Topology	20
MATH10076	General Topology	10
MATH10077	Algebraic Topology	10
MATH10079	Group Theory	10
MATH10085	Stochastic Differential Equations	10
MATH10086	Advanced Methods of Applied Mathematics	20
MATH10087	Variational Principles	10
MATH10088	Differentiable Manifolds	10
MATH10017	Commutative Algebra	10
MATH10047	Essentials in Analysis and Probability	10
MATH10051	Fourier Analysis	10
MATH10080	Galois Theory	10
MATH10078	Group and Galois Theory	20
MATH10082	Linear Analysis	10
MATH10081	Linear and Fourier Analysis	20
MATH10091	Symmetry and Geometry	10

Notes:No more than 30 credits of level 10 courses can be taken in total.

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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

Degree Programme Table: Theoretical Physics MSc (PTMSCTHEPH1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

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