Part I
Theoretical Background

1 Introduction to the Standard Model
2 Symmetries in physics
2.1 Group theory
2.2 Lie algebras
2.3 Particles are irreps of the Poincaré group
3 Quantum field theory
3.1 Free scalar field theory
3.2 Interactions
3.3 Gauge theories
3.4 The ABEGHHK (Higgs) mechanism
4 The Standard Model of Particle Physics
4.1 Quantum chromodynamics
4.2 Electroweak interactions
4.3 The Higgs sector