Curriculum plan of the master's degree in physics

The following tables show the curricular pathway of the Degree Course for the current Academic Year.
Indicated are:
  • The Course Code.
  • The name of the Course (by clicking on it, you can view its program).
  • The University Educational Credits (CFUs recognized at the European level through the European Credit Transfer System or ECTS) associated with the Course.
  • The Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD) covered by the Course.
  • The type (A = Basic Course, B = Characteristic Course, C = Related and Integrative Activities, D = Autonomous Choice of a Course, E = English Language Course and Final Test, F = Acquisition of Additional Computer Skills).
  • The course year in which it is delivered.
  • The semester in which the Course is delivered.
For information on previous years' courses and programs, consult the dedicated University website.
Curriculum in Physics of the Environment and Meteorology

GEOPHYSICS - SPACE PHYSICS: PHYSICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND METEOROLOGY

 

Mandatory Courses

Code Course name
ECTS SSD T Y S
DF0028 Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics 6 FIS/04 B 1 1
DF0029 Condensed Matter Physics 6 FIS/03 B 1 1
DF0030 Statistical Mechanics 6 FIS/03 B 1 1
DF0031 Quantum Electrodynamics 6 FIS/02 B 1 1
DF0032 Experimental Methods in Physical Research 6 FIS/01 B 1 1
DF0033 Advanced Physics Laboratory 6 FIS/01 C 1 2
DF0052 English as a Foreign Language (Level C1) 3 L-LIN/12 F 1 2
DF0045 Radiative Transfer in Atmosphere 6 FIS/06 C 1 2
DF0105 Physics of the Atmosphere and of the Ocean

4

6

FIS/06

GEO/12

B

B

1

1

A

A

DF0046 Dynamic Meteorology 6 GEO/12 C 2 1
  A choice among all the courses offered 6   C    
  A choice among all the courses offered 6   C    
  Free student choice course 8   D    
art.10.5.d Other activities 6   F 2 2
DF0053 Master Thesis in Physics 33   E 2  

 

Elective courses (first and second-year choices)

Code Course name
ECTS SSD T S
DF0041 General Relativity and Cosmology 6 FIS/02 C 1
DF0042 Gauge Theories 6 FIS/02 C 1
DF0043 Spectroscopy 6 FIS/03 C 1
DF0051 Advanced Simulation Techniques 6 FIS/03 C 1
DF0065 Magnetohydrodynamics of Astrophysical Plasmas 6 FIS/06 C 1
DF0117 Advanced Quantum Field Theory 6 FIS/02 C 1
DF0149 Astroparticle Physics 6 FIS/01 C 1
DF0150 Quantum Optics 6 FIS/03 C 1
DF0047 Physics of the Magnetosphere 6 FIS/06 C 2
DF0048 Physics of Circumterrestrial Space 6 FIS/06 C 2
DF0049 Particle physics 6 FIS/04 C 2
DF0050 Solid State Physics 6 FIS/03 C 2
DF0063 Astrophysics 6 FIS/05 C 2
DF0104 Advanced Methods in Condensed Matter Physics 6 FIS/03 C 2
DF0115 2 Dimensions Materials* 6 FIS/03 C 2
DF0116 Many-Body Theory in Condensed Matter Physics** 6 FIS/03 C 2
DF0118 Advanced Cosmology 6 FIS/02 C 2

* Teaching not active in A.Y. 2024/25

* *Teaching not active in A.Y. 2023/24

Elective courses from the Master's Degree Course in Atmospheric Science and Technology for Meteorology and Climate (F4C)

Code Course name
ECTS SSD T S
DF0101 Hydrometeorological Physics 6 FIS/06 C 1
DF0133 Introduction to Atmospheric Physics 6 GEO/12 C 1
DF0096 Atmospheric Sounding 6 FIS/06 C 2
DF0097 Lidar Remote Sensing 6 FIS/01 C 2
DF0099 Physics of Non-Linear Systems 6 FIS/06 C 2
DF0100 Space Weather 6 FIS/06 C 2
DF0102 Atmospheric Chemistry 6 CHIM/12 C 2
DF0121 Physical Oceanography 6 GEO/12 C 2
DF0148 Snow and Glacier Physics Applications 6 FIS/06 C 2
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