# DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

**Source**: https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cx_sb_pgph.htm
**Parent**: https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cx_subindex.htm

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| *Click on a course code to view course details* Postgraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)    SCQF Level 11 (14 courses)  | Code | Availability | | Course Name | Period | Credits |
| PGPH11107 | SS1 | [Astrobiology Methods](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11107.htm) | Semester 2 | 10 |
| PGPH11108 | SS1 | [Astrobiology Theory](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11108.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGPH11105 | SS1 | [Data Analysis and Machine Learning](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11105.htm) | Full Year | 20 |
| PGPH11104 | SV1 | [Detectors in Particle & Nuclear Physics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11104.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGPH11106 | SS1 | [Dissertation in Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11106.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGPH11101 | SS1 | [Dissertation in Particle & Nuclear Physics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11101.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGPH11087 | SS1 | [Dissertation in Theoretical/Mathematical Physics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11087.htm) | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 60 |
| PGPH11099 | SV1 | [Gauge Theories in Particle Physics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11099.htm) | Semester 2 | 20 |
| PGPH11094 |  | [Modern Quantum Field Theory](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11094.htm) | Not delivered this year | 10 |
| PGPH11085 | SS1 | [Problem Solving in Theoretical Physics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11085.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGPH11098 | SS1 | [Research Skills for Theoretical Physics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11098.htm) | Full Year | 20 |
| PGPH11103 | SS1 | [Research Skills in Particle & Nuclear Physics](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11103.htm) | Full Year | 20 |
| PGPH11097 | SV1 | [Symmetries of Particles and Fields](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11097.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| PGPH11097 | VV1 | [Symmetries of Particles and Fields](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxpgph11097.htm) | Semester 1 | 10 |
| STIS11001 | SV1 | [Social Dimensions of Astrobiology and Space Exploration](https://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/cxstis11001.htm) | Semester 2 | 20 |