Service Courses
List of Service Courses given to other Departments and Colleges
| PHYS 101: General Physics 1 4(3+0+2) Course Description Course Specification |
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Light: Reflection and refraction of light, lenses, optical instruments, wave theory of light. interference, and diffraction of light. Electricity: Electrostatics, electric current, DC circuits, Modern physics: Introduction to quantum theory, atomic spectra, X-rays. Properties of nuclei, radioactivity, decay of alpha, beta and gamma, nuclear fission and nuclear power. |
| PHYS 102: General Physics 2 4(3+0+2) Course Description Course Specification |
| Vectors, Motion in straight line, Newton’s Laws of motion, work, energy and momentum, simple harmonic motion, elasticity, mechanics of non-viscous fluids, flow of viscous fluids, surface tension, temperature, quantity of heat, work and heat. |
| PHYS 103: General Physics 4(3+0+2) Course Description Course Specification |
| Vectors, Motion in one dimension with constant acceleration, Motion in two dimensions with application to projectile motion and circular motion, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Work and Energy, Potential Energy and conservation of Energy, Linear Momentum and Collisions, Rotation of rigid object about a fix axis. |
| PHYS 104: General Physics 4(3+0+2) Course Description Course Specification |
| Electricity and Magnetism: Coulomb’s law, electric fields, Gauss’ Law, electric potential, potential energy, capacitance and dielectric, currents and resistance, Ohm's law, electrical energy and power, direct current circuits, Kirchhoff's rules, magnetic fields, motion of charged particle in a magnetic field, sources of the magnetic field, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law of induction, self inductance, energy in a magnetic field, mutual inductance, alternating current circuits, the RLC series circuit, power in an A.C. circuit, resonance in RLC series circuit. |
| PHYS 105: General Physics 3(2+0+2) Course Description Course Specification |
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Mechanics: Scalars and vectors, speed, velocity and acceleration, free fall, motion in a vertical plane. Properties of matter: Newton’s laws of motion.Density, elasticity, Young’s modulus, shear and bulk module, Fluid pressure, fluid flow. Wave motion and sound: Waves, resonance, sound, interference of :soundwaves, sound intensity. Light: Reflection, refraction, illumination, image formation, the lens equation, magnification, the telescope, spherical mirrors. Heat: Temperature, Thermal Expansion, Boyles and Charles Laws, Ideal gas law, Internal energy and heat, Specific heat capacity, Heat Conduction, Convection and radiation. Electricity: Coulombs’ Law, electric field, potential difference, electric current, Ohm’s law, electric power, resistors in series and parallel, ammeters, voltmeters and ohmmeters. |
| PHYS 109: General Physics 4(3+0+2) Course Description Course Specification |
| Basic Principles of Mechanics: Units and dimensions, vector analysis, speed & velocity, acceleration, force, Newton’s law of motion, gravity, Centre of Mass, Linear Momentum, Torque and Equilibrium, work, energy, power. Properties of Fluids: Gases, pressure, Continuity equation, flow of ideal liquid, Bernoulli's equation, Blood pressure measurements. Simple medical applications. Basic Electricity: Coulomb’s law, electric field, electric potential, capacitance, steady electric currents, resistance, Ohm’s law, connecting resistors in series and in parallel, Kirchhoff's rules. Optics: Nature of light, reflection and refraction of light, mirrors and lenses, human eye, simple optical instruments, simple medical applications. Modern Physics (Atomic & Nuclear Physics): Electromagnetic spectrum, photon, wave properties of matter, atomic structure, Bohr atom and atomic spectra, X-rays, Nuclear radiation, radioactivity, half-life time, interaction of radiation with matter, radiation units, nuclear hazards, medical applications. |
| PHYS 205: Biophysics 2(2+0+0) Course Description Course Specification |
| Fluid flow and its relationship to biological systems: blood pressure concept, units and measurement methods, pressure, surface tension and viscosity, thermodynamics for biological systems and its applications. Ultrasonic waves: production, their interaction with the material, applications. Electrical properties of cells: Cells and tissues static potential (resting potential), the action potential and biological applications, methods of measured. Non-ionizing radiation radio waves: and microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet. Ionizing radiation: laser, methods of detection. Radiation dose, biological effect of radiation, genetic effects of radiation, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy system. |
| PHYS 209: General Biophysics 1 3(3+0+0) Course Description Course Specification |
| Study of the Animal mechanics, properties of fluids, heat and heat flow in biological systems, nature of sound and sound intensity, applications on sound hearing, echolocation, use of ultrasound in medicine, nature of light, applications on image formation, resolution of eye, mechanism of vision, color vision, biological effects of UV and visible radiation, radiation biophysics, radiation dose and its measurement, RBE multi target theory, use of lasers in medicine. |
