Department of Physics Programme Catalogue 2024/25
USXX-AFM01: MSci (hons) Mathematics and Physics
Route: MSci(Hons) Mathematics and Physics
Leading to the award of MASTER IN SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Normal course duration: 4 Years
[Page last updated: 15 April 2024]
This course is for students who will be in Year 3 or later in 2024/25
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
| This course is being replaced Years 1 and 2 of this version of the course are not available in 2024/25. |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Academic Year: Stage 3
Designated Essential Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Students must select either:- PH30096 or PH30099 for the whole academic year, or
- 6 credits from Block A in S1, plus 6 credits from Block B in S2.
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Unit Code | Title | |
| PH30096 | Industry team project | 12 Credits |
| PH30099 | Communicating physics project | 12 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 3
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA30252 | Advanced real analysis | 6 Credits |
| MA40044 | Mathematical methods 1 | 6 Credits |
| PH20076 | Self-directed learning (M&P) | 6 Credits |
| PH30134 | Advanced quantum mechanics | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 6 credits from the following list: BLOCK A
Students must select either:- PH30096 or PH30099 for the whole academic year, or
- 6 credits from Block A in S1, plus 6 credits from Block B in S2.
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Unit Code | Title | |
| PH30031 | Simulation techniques | 6 Credits |
| PH30035 | Medical physics | 6 Credits |
| PH30055 | Computational physics A | 6 Credits |
| PH30109 | Stars and stellar evolution | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 3
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA40059 | Mathematical methods 2 | 6 Credits |
| PH30056 | Computational physics B | 6 Credits |
| PH30077 | Electromagnetism 2 | 6 Credits |
| PH40073 | Mathematical physics | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 6 credits from the following list: BLOCK B
Students must select either:- PH30096 or PH30099 for the whole academic year, or
- 6 credits from Block A in S1, plus 6 credits from Block B in S2.
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Unit Code | Title | |
| MA30055 | Introduction to topology | 6 Credits |
| MA30062 | Analysis of nonlinear ordinary differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA30231 | Projective geometry | 6 Credits |
| MA30287 | Mathematics of Planet Earth | 6 Credits |
| PH30032 | Laser physics | 6 Credits |
| PH30078 | Magnetism | 3 Credits |
| PH30079 | Superconductivity | 3 Credits |
| PH30098 | Networks | 3 Credits |
| PH30101 | General relativity | 6 Credits |
| PH30111 | Galaxies and introduction to cosmology | 6 Credits |
| PH30126 | Symmetry & topology | 6 Credits |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Academic Year: Final Stage
Designated Essential Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| PH40065 | Final year project (MSci) | 18 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA30253 | Continuum mechanics | 6 Credits |
| PH30030 | Quantum mechanics | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 1 unit from the following list:
 Director of Studies approved option allowed: Students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units in the list below. Any Director of Studies approved option chosen in this programme year must be at FHEQ level 7 (e.g. units with codes beginning PH4, MA4 etc) |
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA30039 | Differential geometry of curves & surfaces | 6 Credits |
| MA30087 | Optimisation methods of operational research | 6 Credits |
| MA30237 | Group theory | 6 Credits |
| MA40040 | Algebraic topology | 6 Credits |
| MA40042 | Measure theory & integration | 6 Credits |
| MA40254 | Differential and geometric analysis | 6 Credits |
| PH30024 | Contemporary physics | 6 Credits |
| PH30028 | Condensed matter physics 2 | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA40049 | Elasticity | 6 Credits |
| PH40084 | Advanced quantum theory | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 2 units from the following list:
| Director of Studies approved option allowed: Students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units in the list below. Any Director of Studies approved option chosen in this programme year must be at FHEQ level 7 (e.g. units with codes beginning PH4, MA4 etc) |
Unit Code | Title | |
| MA40037 | Galois theory | 6 Credits |
| MA40057 | Functional analysis | 6 Credits |
| MA40203 | Theory of partial differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA40255 | Viscous fluid dynamics | 6 Credits |
| PH40085 | Nanoscience | 6 Credits |
| PH40086 | Photonics | 6 Credits |
| PH40112 | Relativistic cosmology | 6 Credits |
| PH40113 | High energy astrophysics | 6 Credits |
Notes: - Courses and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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