Department of Physics Course Catalogue 2025/26
USXX-AAM01: MSci (hons) Mathematics and Physics with Study Year Abroad
Route: MSci(Hons) Mathematics and Physics with Study year abroad
Leading to the award of MASTER IN SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Study Year Abroad
Normal course duration: 5 Years
[Page last updated: 03 June 2025]
This course is for students who will be in Year 4 or later in 2025/26
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | Yes |
DACS and exit awards: | MSci (hons) Mathematics and Physics
BSc (hons) Mathematics and Physics with Study Year Abroad;
Diploma of Higher Education [exit award]
Certificate of Higher Education [exit award]
Further DAPs may be available. Please see your programme handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information.
Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: Yes; Year 2: Yes; Year 3: Yes; Year 4: Yes; Year 5: Yes |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 16%
Stage 3: 0%
Stage 4: 34%
Final Stage: 50% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
| This course is being replaced. Years 1 to 3 of this version are not available in 2025/6. |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 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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Students must select options totalling 45 credits during this course year including:
- A ten credit AY unit
- 15 credits from the combination of blocks A and B
- 5-15 credits from the combination of blocks A and C
- 20-30 credits from the combination of blocks B and D
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Academic Year: Stage 4
Optional Units: Select 1 unit from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32041 | Computational astrophysics | 10 Credits |
| PH32042 | Computational physics [10 credits] | 10 Credits |
| PH32053 | MPhys / MSci laboratory | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 4
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32013 | Advanced quantum mechanics | 5 Credits |
| PH32018 | Self-directed learning | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32014 | Fluid dynamics in physics and astrophysics | 5 Credits |
| PH32019 | Stars and stellar evolution | 5 Credits |
| PH32020 | Statistical physics and soft matter | 5 Credits |
| PH32045 | Data analysis for astrophysics | 5 Credits |
| PH32046 | Electronic and optical properties of matter | 5 Credits |
| PH32047 | Environmental physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32052 | Medical physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32055 | Nonlinear physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32056 | Photonics | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA32046 | Control theory | 5 Credits |
| MA32047 | Differential geometry of curves and surfaces | 5 Credits |
| MA32049 | Dynamics and chaos | 5 Credits |
| MA32051 | Fluid dynamics | 10 Credits |
| MA32059 | Mathematical modelling | 5 Credits |
| MA32064 | Number theory and cryptography | 5 Credits |
| MA32065 | Numerical linear algebra | 10 Credits |
| MA32069 | Projective geometry | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 4
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32017 | MPhys / MSci project preparation | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32012 | Advanced classical mechanics | 5 Credits |
| PH32015 | Galaxies and introduction to cosmology | 5 Credits |
| PH32016 | General relativity | 5 Credits |
| PH32021 | Symmetry and topology | 5 Credits |
| PH32050 | Laser physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32051 | Magnetism and superconductivity | 5 Credits |
| PH32054 | Networks and quantum information | 5 Credits |
| PH32057 | Sustainable energy technologies | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA32045 | Complex analysis | 5 Credits |
| MA32054 | Graph theory | 5 Credits |
| MA32055 | Groups and their representations | 10 Credits |
| MA32058 | Mathematical biology: biomedical applications | 5 Credits |
| MA32060 | Mathematics of planet Earth | 5 Credits |
| MA32062 | Methods for differential equations | 10 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 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
Must Pass Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH40065 | Final year project (MSci) | 18 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select 3 units from the following list:
| : 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 | ECTS Credits |
| MA30343 | Analysis of ordinary differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA30346 | Control theory | 6 Credits |
| MA30347 | Differential geometry of curves and surfaces | 6 Credits |
| MA30349 | Dynamics and chaos | 6 Credits |
| MA30364 | Number theory and cryptography | 6 Credits |
| MA30369 | Projective geometry | 6 Credits |
| PH30136 | Contemporary physics | 6 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MA40049 | Elasticity | 6 Credits |
| PH40140 | Quantum theory of matter | 6 Credits |
Optional Units: Select 2 units from the following list:
| : 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 | ECTS Credits |
| MA40054 | Representation theory of finite groups | 6 Credits |
| MA40203 | Theory of partial differential equations | 6 Credits |
| MA40256 | Analysis in Hilbert spaces | 6 Credits |
| PH40085 | Nanoscience | 6 Credits |
| PH40086 | Photonics | 6 Credits |
| PH40113 | High energy astrophysics | 6 Credits |
| PH40137 | Advanced general relativity | 6 Credits |
| PH40138 | Cosmology | 6 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 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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