# Theoretical Physics: Senior Sophister year
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# Theoretical Physics: Senior Sophister year
During their Senior Sophister year, students take the compulsory Semester 1 module PYU44PP5 along with a 20-credit yearlong Capstone Project in either Mathematics (MAU44P00) or Physics (PYU44TP1). All their remaining modules from the list below are optional, but they are subject to the following restrictions.
- Credits must be split evenly between the two semesters.
- At least one MAU and one PYU module must be taken (other than the Capstone Project) each semester.
- Students must take either the Semester 1 module MAU34301 or the yearlong module MAU44400.
- Students must take either the Semester 2 module MAU44406 or the Semester 2 module PYU44P12, but not both.
- The Semester 2 modules PYU44A05 and PYU44P16 may not be taken at the same time.
### Yearlong Modules
[MAU44400](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU44400.php "MAU44400 prerequisites:
MAU34404 Quantum mechanics II and
MAU34406 Statistical physics II.")
Quantum field theory (10 ECTS)
[Samson Shatashvili](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/samson/)
[MAU44P00](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU44P00.php "MAU44P00 prerequisites:
None.")
Capstone project (20 ECTS)
[Marvin Anas Hahn](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/hahnma/)
[PYU44TP1](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/)
Capstone project (20 ECTS)
### Semester 1 Modules
[MAU34107](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU34107.php "MAU34107 prerequisites:
MAU11100 Linear algebra.")
Combinatorics
[Marvin Anas Hahn](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/hahnma/)
[MAU34215\*](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU34215.php "MAU34215 prerequisites:
MAU22205 or MAU33205 or MAU23205 Ordinary differential equations.")
Introduction to partial differential equations
[John Stalker](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/stalker/)
[MAU34409](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU34409.php "MAU34409 prerequisites:
MAU22206 or MAU34214 or MAU23206 Calculus on manifolds.")
Applied differential geometry
[Sergey Frolov](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/frolovs/)
[MAU34407](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU34407.php)
Lie groups, Lie algebras and physics
[Chaolun Wu](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/chaolunwu/)
[MAU34601](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU34601.php "MAU34601 prerequisites:
MAU11400 Mechanics AND ONE OF
MAU11404 Techniques in theoretical physics,
MAU22205 or MAU33205 Ordinary differential equations")
Practical numerical simulations
[Patrick Fritzsch](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/fritzscp/)
[PYU44PP5](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/)
Problem solving for physics
[PYU44T10](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/)
Condensed matter theory
The module PYU44PP5 is compulsory, while the remaining
modules are optional, subject to the restrictions listed above.
Further details about the Physics modules can be found in the
[Course Handbook](https://www.tcd.ie/Physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook).
### Semester 2 Modules
[MAU34216\*](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU34216.php "MAU34216 prerequisites:
MAU34215 Introduction to partial differential equations.")
Advanced partial differential equations
[Paschalis Karageorgis](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/pete/)
[MAU34410](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU34410.php "MAU34410 prerequisites:
MAU34404 Quantum mechanics II and MAU34406 Statistical physics II")
Interacting quantum systems
[Chaolun Wu](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/chaolunwu/)
[MAU44404](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU44404.php "MAU44404 prerequisites:
MAU34409 Applied Differential geometry and
MAU34402 Classical electrodynamics.")
General relativity
[Andrei Parnachev](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/parnachev/)
[MAU44406](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/MAU44406.php "MAU44406 prerequisites:
MAU34402 Classical electrodynamics and
MAU44400 Quantum field theory (Term 1).")
The standard model of elementary particle physics
[Ruth Britto](https://www.maths.tcd.ie/people/britto/)
[PYU44A05](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/)
Cosmology
[PYU44C01](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/ "PYU44C01 prerequisites:
PYU33C01 Computer Simulation I.")
Computer simulation II
[PYU44P12](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/)
Nuclear structure and high energy physics
[PYU44P16](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/)
Quantum plasmonics and metamaterials
[PYU44P17](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/)
Energy science
[PYU44T20](https://www.tcd.ie/physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook/)
Quantum optics and information
All Semester 2 modules are optional, subject to the restrictions listed above.
Further details about the Physics modules can be found in the
[Course Handbook](https://www.tcd.ie/Physics/study/current/undergraduate/handbook).
## General regulations for undergraduate students
The general regulations that apply to all undergraduate students are
outlined in the [College Calendar (Part II)](https://www.tcd.ie/calendar/undergraduate-studies). The following is only a brief summary of
some important points and it is not meant to either replace or override the
information in the College Calendar.
- All students must register for 60 ECTS credits and those must be divided
equally between the two terms.
- Students will only be assessed on their registered modules.
- Results for examinations are published according to the following
grades: I = 70 to 100, II.1 = 60 to 69, II.2 = 50 to 59, III = 40 to 49,
F1 = 30 to 39, F2 = 0 to 29.
- In order to pass an individual module, students must achieve
an overall score of 40% or higher.
- In order to pass the year, students must achieve an overall
credit-weighted average of 40% and EITHER
- pass each of their modules (by achieving 40% or higher in each
of their modules) OR
- pass by compensation (by achieving 40% or higher in modules that
are worth at least 50 ECTS credits and by achieving 35% or higher in
their remaining modules).
- Students who do not pass the year at the end of the Hilary term
are required to present for reassessment at the beginning of the next
Michaelmas term. These students will be reassessed in all failed
components of the modules for which they obtained a score below 40%.
- Students who do not manage to pass the year at the reassessment
session must repeat the year in full (i.e., they must repeat all their
modules and all their assessment components).
These regulations apply since the academic year 2018/19.
## Sources of Information
### The University of Dublin Calendar
All courses within Trinity College are administered in accordance with
the regulations set out in the [The
University of Dublin Calendar](https://www.tcd.ie/calendar/) which is published annually. The section
of the Calendar setting out the general regulations of the College is
published separately in the booklet
[General Regulations and Information](https://www.tcd.ie/calendar/undergraduate-studies/general-regulations-and-information.pdf) and
Board Statement on Safety which is distributed to all students
on admission to College.
### Important information
- All students should study the requirements of the university
with regard to
[avoiding plagiarism.](https://www.tcd.ie/teaching-learning/ug-regulations/Plagiarism.php) In particular all students are required
to certify, on submitting assignments etc., that they have read
and understood the plagiarism provisions in the General Regulations
of the University Calendar for the current year found at
[`https://www.tcd.ie/calendar`](https://www.tcd.ie/calendar),
and that they have also completed the Online Tutorial on avoiding
plagiarism ‘Ready Steady Write’ located at
[`https://www.tcd.ie/library/support/plagiarism/story_html5.html`](https://www.tcd.ie/library/support/plagiarism/story_html5.html).
- [Student
Guidelines concerning Examinations and Assessment](https://www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/exams/student-guide/)
are available on the College web site.
- For students with
special requirements resulting from
[disabilities,
there are special arrangements that can be made.](https://www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/exams/student-guide/#studentswithdisability)
- For dates of terms and other College dates consult the
[Academic Year Structure](https://www.tcd.ie/calendar/academic-year-structure/)
listed on the College website.
- For information on their academic progress, including information
on course and module registrations, lecture timetables, examination
timetables and examination results, students should log into
[My.tcd.ie](https://my.tcd.ie/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_lgn)
(the student administration portal) with their College username
and password.
- Some modules may require students to log into
[MyModule (Blackboard)](https://mymodule.tcd.ie/)
for lecture notes and slides, and for assessment purposes
(online completion of tests , submission of assignments, etc.).
- There is a [Student
Homepage](https://www.tcd.ie/students/) on the College website, which may be accessed via
a link from the
[TCD Local page](https://www.tcd.ie/local/).
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Please note that
[The University of Dublin
Calendar](http://www.tcd.ie/calendar/)
should be consulted for definitive information about the rules,
regulations,
and activities of the University.
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This course is funded by the Irish government under the National
Development
Plan 2007-2013 and aided by the European Social Fund (ESF) under the
Human
Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013.