Physics

Academic Programmes

The Department of Physics offers following programs:

Year - 1
Semester - I
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY-1101 Mechanics 3
PHY-1101P Mechanics 1
PHY-1104 Calculus-I 3
Semester - II
PHY-1201 Waves and Oscillations 2
PHY-1201P Waves and Oscillations 1
PHY-1203 Calculus-II 3
Year - 2
Semester - III
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY-2201 Electricity and Magnetism 2
PHY-2101P Electricity and Magnetism 1
PHY-2102 Differential Equations 3
Semester - IV
PHY-2101 Heat and Thermodynamics 3
PHY-2202 Geometrical and Physical Optics 3
PHY-2203 Modern Physics 3
PHY-2201P Electronics 1
PHY-2204 Coordinate Geometry and Matrices 3
Year - 3
Semester - V
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY- 3101 Quantum Mechanics-I 3
PHY-3102 Mathematical Method of Physics-I 3
PHY- 3103 Electromagnetic Theory -I 3
PHY- 3106 Classical Mechanics-I 3
PHY- 4104 Statistical Physics 3
PHY- 3205P Modern Physics 3
Semester - VI
PHY-3201 Mathematical Method of Physics-II 3
PHY-3202 Electromagnetic Theory -II 3
PHY-3204 Quantum Mechanics-II 3
PHY-3206 Classical Mechanics-II 3
PHY-4102 Computational Physics 3
PHY-4102P Computational Physics 3
Year – 4
Semester - VII
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY- 4101 Solid State Physics- I 3
PHY- 4103 Atomic and Molecular Physics 3
PHY- 4204 Particle Physics 3
PHY- 3203 Nuclear Physics 3
Elective - I 3
PHY- 4299 Research Project / Internship 3
Semester - VIII
PHY - 4203 Solid State Physics-II 3
Elective - II 3
Elective - III 3
PHY- 4299 Research Project / Internship 3

Elective Courses
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY- 4205 Plasma Physics 3
PHY- 4206 Material Science 3
PHY- 4208 Laser Physics 3
PHY- 4210 Fluid Dynamics 3
PHY- 4211 Special and General Relativity 3
PHY- 4212 Medical Physics 3
Year – 1
Year I covers 24 credit hours of teaching. courses can be placed in Semester I or II which is linked with the availability of faculty members.
Semester – I
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 7101 Plasma Physics 3
PHY – 7103 Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Physics 3
PHY – 7104 Non – Linear waves and Solitons 3
PHY – 7104 Non – Linear waves and Solitons 3
PHY – 7105 CMOS Device and Technology 3
PHY – 7203 Materials Science 3
PHY – 7215 Statistical Physics 3
PHY – 7216 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory (Compulsory Course) 3
PHY – 7218 Nuclear Physics & Nuclear Data Application 3
Semester – II
PHY - 7102 Metal Physics 3
PHY - 7201 Atomic & Molecular Physics 3
PHY – 7202 Advanced Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion 3
PHY – 7204 Non-Linear Dynamics and Chaos 3
PHY – 7205 Experimental Techniques 3
PHY – 7206 Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy 3
PHY – 7207 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics & Particle Physics 3
PHY – 7208 Dielectric Materials 3
PHY – 7209 Quantum Field Theory 3
PHY – 7210 Nanostructures and Nanotechnology 3
PHY – 7211 Magnetism and Magnetic Properties of Materials 3
PHY – 7212 Plasma Processing of Materials 3
PHY – 7213 Advanced Computational Physics 3
PHY – 7217 Laser Materials Processing 3
PHY – 7220 Intense LASER-Atom Interaction 3
Year – 2
Semester III & IV
Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 7499 Thesis 12

Courses can be arranged in different semesters according to the availability of faculty members. Only 18 credit hours will be selected by students on the recommendation of their supervisors.

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours
PHY – 8101 Electrodynamics Of Continuous Media 3
PHY – 8102 Classical Theory of Field 3
PHY – 8103 Fluid Mechanics 3
PHY – 8201 Statistical  Physics 3
PHY – 8202 Mechanics 3
PHY – 8204 X-Rays Diffraction Methods 3
PHY – 8205 Physics of Nano-Scale Materials and Nanotechnology 3
PHY – 8206 Non-Linear Theory of Plasma Waves and Instabilities 3
PHY – 8207 Advanced Microscopic Techniques 3
PHY – 8208 Advanced Topics of Non-linear Physics 3
PHY – 8209 Space Physics 3
PHY – 8210 Plasma Spectroscopy 3
PHY – 8211 Dynamics of lonospheric Plasma 3
PHY – 8212 Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 3