  The goal of these lectures is to introduce readers with a basic knowledge of
undergraduate physics (specifically non-relativistic quantum mechanics, special
relativity, and electromagnetism) to the `current theory of everything': the
Standard Model of particle of physics. By the end of the course, readers should
be able to make predictions for simple processes at the Large Hadron Collider,
such as decay rates of the Higgs boson. Some discussion of the ongoing search
for physics beyond the Standard Model is also included. Based on lectures given
at the Universities of Cambridge (UK) and Canterbury (New Zealand).
