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Degree Programme Table: Particle and Nuclear Physics (MSc) - 1 Year (Full-time) (PTMSCPANUP1F)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: 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.

Every effort is made when setting the timetable to take into account commonly chosen options, however students should consult the timetable when making their choices: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/timetables

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Research Skills in Particle & Nuclear Physics

Must be taken during Full Year

PGPH11103 20 credits
Dissertation in Particle & Nuclear Physics

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

PGPH11101 60 credits
Data Analysis and Machine Learning

Must be taken during Full Year

PGPH11105 20 credits

Course options

Particle & Nuclear Physics MSc options

Select between 30 and 70 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The Nuclear and Particle Physics (PHYS10106) and Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics (PHYS10096) options are only advised for students with little previous experience in particle physics or who have only had a basic introduction to relativity and so do not meet the pre-requisites for the Particle Physics course (PHYS11042).
Detectors in Particle & Nuclear Physics
PGPH11104 10 credits
Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics
PHYS10096 20 credits
Nuclear and Particle Physics
PHYS10106 10 credits
Nuclear Physics
PHYS11041 10 credits
Particle Physics
PHYS11042 10 credits
Nuclear Astrophysics
PHYS11053 10 credits
Current Topics in Particle Physics
PHYS11063 10 credits
Medical Physics
PHYS11064 10 credits
AND

Group A

Select between 10 and 50 credits in this group.

Particle & Nuclear Physics MSc - Level 10 Physics and Astronomy options

Select between 0 and 30 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students are allowed to take up to 30 credits in total at Level 10. Therefore students who follow the Nuclear and Particle Physics (PHYS10106) course may only take 20 credits from this list. Students who follow the Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics (PHYS10096) course may only select 10 credits from this list.
Lagrangian Dynamics
PHYS10015 10 credits
Quantum Physics
PHYS10043 10 credits
Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics
PHYS10083 10 credits
Numerical Recipes
PHYS10090 10 credits
Data Acquisition and Handling
PHYS10100 10 credits
Cosmology
PHYS10101 10 credits
Astrophysics
PHYS10102 20 credits
AND

Particle & Nuclear Physics MSc - Level 11 Physics and Astronomy options

Select between 0 and 50 credits of the following courses
Symmetries of Particles and Fields
PGPH11097 10 credits
Gauge Theories in Particle Physics
PGPH11099 20 credits
Advanced Statistical Physics
PHYS11007 10 credits
General Relativity
PHYS11010 10 credits
Hamiltonian Dynamics
PHYS11012 10 credits
Quantum Theory
PHYS11019 10 credits
Statistical Physics
PHYS11024 10 credits
Biological Physics
PHYS11040 10 credits
Lasers and Applications
PHYS11044 10 credits
Classical Electrodynamics
PHYS11045 10 credits
Galaxies
PHYS11056 10 credits
Quantum Field Theory
PHYS11065 20 credits
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