3. Teaching and Learning

3.2 Classes

The majority of lecture courses are accompanied by problem sets and weekly or fortnightly problem classes. These will be held in the same department that does the lecturing for the course. 

Classes are not mandatory but it is in your own best interest to attend and complete the problem sheets, especially if you intend to offer the course as one of your assessed units. Note that for Groups and Representations, you are assessed on both homework completion and the written invigilated exam.

If you wish to attend classes and receive feedback on submitted problem sheets, then you must officially sign-up to a class. 

If you wish to be assessed by homework completion, then you must officially sign-up for the class and submit the required problem sheets.

Enrolment

Note: This is not the same as enrolling for the exam – you must enrol for your exams in a separate process (see Chapter 4).

Physics Classes

Dates and times of Physics classes will be published on Canvas wherever possible, though not all lecturers choose to set up webpages. In which case, they will be on TMS (see below).

To sign-up officially for any Physics classes, you will need to log-in to the Teaching Management System (TMS) and enrol yourself for a class: https://tms.ox.ac.uk/

Log-in with your SSO. You will then see a list of the courses that you are eligible to register for. Clicking into these courses will provide you with a list of groups and class times which you can sign up for. 

Maths Classes

Dates and times of Maths classes can be found on Moodle. You also enrol in classes via Moodle.

Instructions can be found at the following link: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/members/it/faqs/moodle-courses-system/students/course-enrolment

Class enrolment will be available by the end of 1st week each term and you will be notified by the MSc Course Administrator when it opens.

Please note, if you are taking the Advanced Philosophy of Physics option, you will arrange tutorials directly with the course tutor and there will not be a separate class registration process. 

Withdrawal

Note: This is not the same as withdrawing from an examination or other assessment. To do that, you need to contact your college's academic office. 

You will have until Monday week 4 of each term to request a class switch or to withdraw from the class altogether. To do so, please contact your class tutor as well as the MSc Course Administrator.

It is important to withdraw from a class if you no longer wish to take it. If you do not withdraw from a class, then your college will be charged for your attendance. Furthermore, when you withdraw from a class, your tutor and teaching assistant will know not to expect you, and will not need to enquire any further or be concerned about your absence from classes.