Mathematics
Mathematics underlies the pursuit of every scientific endeavour as it equips you with the necessary body of knowledge and competences. Most of the Mathematics study-units in the first two years of the degree are compulsory. In the third year, students are asked to choose a stream from four available options. The four options are Graph Theory and Combinatorics, Functional Analysis and Topology, Applied Mathematics, and Biomathematics.
Physics
The course design reflects the need to provide as wide a base as the human resources of the department permit. It provides a sound basis in the subject during the first three years, with some specialisation in chosen areas offered during the final year. You will be equipped with the necessary knowledge, experience and skills to pursue careers as scientists within the industry, administration, education and, of course, research.
Mathematics
The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.
- Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:
- Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
- 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
- 20 credits in the other area of study,
First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,
Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,
Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.
At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).
provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.
Physics
The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.
- Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:
- Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
- 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
- 20 credits in the other area of study,
First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,
Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,
Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.
At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).
provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.
Communication and Academic Skills Programme
The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.
Mathematics
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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SOR1110 | Probability | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* As per note in the header, study-unit SOR1110 is to be taken as a compulsory study-unit only by students NOT taking Statistics and Operations Research as one of the main subjects.   | |||||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT1091 | Mathematical Methods | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT1100 | Introductory Mathematics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT1511 | Analytical Geometry | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT1611** | Introductory Mechanics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY1020 | Basic Concepts in Physics 1 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
** Study-unit MAT1611 is compulsory for students who are taking Statistics and Operations Research as one of the main subjects and do not have Intermediate Applied Mathematics.   | |||||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT1115 | Introduction to Groups | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT1116 | Introduction to Vector Spaces | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT1211 | Analysis 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT1411 | Discrete Methods | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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PHY1030 | Basic Concepts in Physics 2 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT2112 | Linear Algebra 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT2113 | Rings | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT2212 | Analysis 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT2512 | Vector Analysis 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT2213 | Analysis 3 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT2413 | Introduction to Graph Theory with Applications | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT2513 | Vector Analysis 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT2005 | Introduction to Mathematical Logic | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT2912 | Computational Mathematics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3114 | Linear Algebra 2 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3214 | Complex Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3215 | Metric Spaces | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3711 | Differential Equations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3115* | Groups | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and CombinatoricsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3114 | Linear Algebra 2 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3115 | Groups | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3214 | Complex Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3215 | Metric Spaces | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and CombinatoricsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3711* | Differential Equations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3114 | Linear Algebra 2 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3214 | Complex Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3215 | Metric Spaces | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3115* | Groups | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3711* | Differential Equations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3114 | Linear Algebra 2 | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3214 | Complex Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3215 | Metric Spaces | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3711 | Differential Equations | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3115 | Groups | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream.   | |||||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3221 | Analysis 4 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3612 | Mechanics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3715 | Methods of Applied Mathematics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3000 | Introductory Set Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3217* | Lebesgue Integration | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3415 | Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3425 | Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3750* | Essential Mathematical Biology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3771* | Numerical Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and CombinatoricsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3415 | Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3425 | Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and CombinatoricsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3000* | Introductory Set Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3217 | Lebesgue Integration | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3221* | Analysis 4 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3612 | Mechanics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3715 | Methods of Applied Mathematics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3750* | Essential Mathematical Biology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3771* | Numerical Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3000 | Introductory Set Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3217 | Lebesgue Integration | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3221 | Analysis 4 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3415 | Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3425 | Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3612 | Mechanics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3715 | Methods of Applied Mathematics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3750 | Essential Mathematical Biology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3771* | Numerical Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3221 | Analysis 4 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3715 | Methods of Applied Mathematics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3750 | Essential Mathematical Biology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3000 | Introductory Set Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3217* | Lebesgue Integration | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3415 | Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3425 | Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3612* | Mechanics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3771* | Numerical Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream.   |
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Project Study-UnitCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3999 | Project in Mathematics | 15 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3211 | Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3513 | Tensors and Relativity | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3772 | Numerical Methods for Differential Equations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3116* | Group Representations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3210* | Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3219* | Topological Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3410 | Graph Theory | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3613* | Classical Mechanics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3755* | Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and CombinatoricsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3116 | Group Representations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3211 | Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3410 | Graph Theory | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and CombinatoricsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3210* | Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3219* | Topological Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3513 | Tensors and Relativity | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3613 | Classical Mechanics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3755 | Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3772 | Numerical Methods for Differential Equations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3210 | Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3211 | Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3219 | Topological Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3116* | Group Representations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3410 | Graph Theory | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3513 | Tensors and Relativity | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3613 | Classical Mechanics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3755 | Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3772* | Numerical Methods for Differential Equations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3211 | Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3755 | Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3772 | Numerical Methods for Differential Equations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3116 | Group Representations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3210* | Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3219* | Topological Spaces | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3410* | Graph Theory | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3513* | Tensors and Relativity | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3613* | Classical Mechanics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream. Students are strongly advised to check that they have the necessary prerequisites for each chosen elective study-unit.   | |||||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3712 | Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3411 | Combinatorics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and CombinatoricsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3411 | Combinatorics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and CombinatoricsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3712 | Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3411* | Combinatorics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT3712* | Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsCompulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT3712 | Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsElective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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MAT3411* | Combinatorics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream. Students are strongly advised to check that they have the necessary prerequisites for each chosen elective study-unit.   |
Physics
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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PHY1105 | Fundamentals of Experimental Physics | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
PHY1197 | Introduction to Classical Mechanics and Waves | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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PHY1125 | Mathematics for Physicists 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY1133 | Python for Physicists | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY1134 | Introduction to Numerical Methods | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY1193 | Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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PHY1145 | Electricity and Magnetism and Optics | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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PHY2145 | Electromagnetism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY2230 | Experimental Physics | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE1750* | Health and Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY2195 | Classical and Relativistic Mechanics | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY2210 | Mathematics for Physicists 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit CHE1750 is only available for students following Chemistry and Physics.   | |||||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LIN1063** | Academic Reading and Writing in English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY2140 | Quantum Mechanics | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY3110 | Physical Optics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
** Study-unit LIN1063 is not available for students following Chemistry and Physics.   |
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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PHY3111 | Advanced Experimental Physics | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
PHY3145 | Statistical Mechanics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY3515 | Gravitation and Cosmology | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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PHY3130 | Atomic Physics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY3225 | Fluid Mechanics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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PHY3155 | Solid State Physics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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PHY3200* | Physics Project | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
PHY3208 | Short Review Paper and Philosophy of Science | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY3209* | Seminar | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY3232 | Nuclear and Particle Physics | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream A: Space Sciences. | |||||
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PHY3289 | Advanced Astrophysics and Cosmology | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream B: Electromagnetics. | |||||
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PHY3277 | Bioelectromagnetism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
PHY3279 | Applied Electromagnetism | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Elective Stream A: Space Sciences. | |||||
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PHY3287 | Computational Astronomy | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream C: Quantum Physics. | |||||
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PHY3227 | Quantum Optics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Elective Stream C: Quantum Physics. | |||||
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PHY3229 | Modern Quantum Theory | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Science (Honours) under the auspices of the Faculty of Science.