13. Appendix B - Course List

The courses available for the academic year 2025-26 are listed in the table below. All courses are single unit courses with the exception of C7.1 Theoretical Physics, which is a double unit course running over Michaelmas and Hilary Terms.

Course Department Assessment Type Term
C1.1 Model Theory Maths Written Examination MT
C1.2 Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems Maths Written Examination HT
C1.3 Analytic Topology Maths Written Examination HT
C1.4 Axiomatic Set Theory Maths Written Examination MT
C2.2 Homological Algebra Maths Written Examination MT
C2.3 Representation Theory of Semisimple Lie Algebras Maths Reading Course (Mini-Project) HT
C2.4 Infinite Groups Maths Written Examination MT
C2.5 Non-Commutative Rings Maths Written Examination HT
C2.6 Introduction to Schemes Maths Reading Course (Mini-Project) HT
C2.7 Category Theory Maths Written Examination MT
C3.1 Algebraic Topology Maths Written Examination MT
C3.2 Geometric Group Theory Maths Written Examination HT
C3.3 Differentiable Manifolds Maths Written Examination MT
C3.4 Algebraic Geometry Maths Written Examination MT
C3.5 Lie Groups Maths Written Examination HT
C3.6 Modular Forms Maths Written Examination HT
C3.7 Elliptic Curves Maths Written Examination MT
C3.8 Analytic Number Theory Maths Written Examination MT
C3.9 Computational Algebraic Topology Maths Mini-Project HT
C3.10 Additive Number Theory Maths Written Examination HT
C3.11 Riemannian Geometry Maths Written Examination HT
C3.12 Low-Dimensional Topology and Knot Theory Maths Written Examination HT
C4.1 Further Functional Analysis Maths Written Examination MT
C4.3 Functional Analytic Methods for PDEs Maths Written Examination MT
C4.6 Fixed Point Methods for Nonlinear PDEs Maths Written Examination HT
C4.7 Fourier Analysis Maths Reading Course (Mini-Project) HT
C4.9 Optimal Transport and Partial Differential Equations Maths Written Examination HT
C5.1 Solid Mechanics Maths Written Examination HT
C5.2 Elasticity and Plasticity Maths Written Examination MT
C5.4 Networks Maths Mini-Project HT
C5.5 Perturbation Methods Maths Written Examination MT
C5.6 Applied Complex Variables Maths Written Examination HT
C5.7 Topics in Fluid Mechanics Maths Written Examination MT
C5.9 Mathematical Mechanical Biology Maths Written Examination MT
C5.11 Mathematical Geoscience Maths Written Examination MT
C5.12 Mathematical Physiology Maths Written Examination MT
C6.1 Numerical Linear Algebra Maths Written Examination MT
C6.2 Continuous Optimisation Maths Written Examination HT
C6.4 Finite Element Method for PDEs Maths Written Examination HT
C6.5 Theories of Deep Learning Maths Mini-Project MT
C7.1 Theoretical Physics Physics Written Examination MT + HT
C7.4 Introduction to Quantum Information Maths Written Examination HT
C7.5 General Relativity I Maths Written Examination MT
C7.6 General Relativity II Maths Written Examination HT
C7.7 Random Matrix Theory Maths Written Examination HT
C8.1 Stochastic Differential Equations Maths Written Examination MT
C8.2 Stochastic Analysis and PDEs Maths Written Examination HT
C8.3 Combinatorics Maths Written Examination MT
C8.4 Probabilistic Combinatorics Maths Written Examination HT
C8.7 Optimal Control Maths Written Examination HT
SC1 Stochastic Models in Mathematical Genetics Stats Written Examination MT
SC2 Probability and Statistics for Network Analysis Stats Written Examination MT
SC4 Advanced Topics in Statistical Machine Learning Stats Written Examination HT
SC5 Advanced Simulation Methods Stats Written Examination HT
SC6 Graphical Models Stats Written Examination MT
SC7 Bayes Methods Stats Written Examination MT
SC9 Probability on Graphs and Lattices Stats Written Examination MT
SC10 Algorithmic Foundations of Learning Stats Written Examination MT
SC11 Climate Statistics Stats Written Examination HT

Students who are interested in taking any of the Computer Science courses which are listed in Schedule C1 https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/teaching/mcs/PartC/, must complete the online form available at on the individual course page by 5pm on Friday of week 0 of the term in which the course is taught. Late requests, and requests sent by email, will not be considered. All requests will be considered by the Department of Computer Science’s Undergraduate Supervisory Committee, and students will be notified of the Committee’s decision. Priority will be given to students studying for degrees in the Department of Computer Science. Registration via the form is compulsory for those wanting to attend classes or exams for Computer Science courses. Students who are given permission to take a course for credit will be given access to Computer Science systems to enable them to sign up for classes and practicals where applicable.