BSc Physics – Programme Outcome

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P.G. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS & RESEARCH CENTRE

SANATANA DHARMA COLLEGE, ALAPPUZHA 

B.Sc. PHYSICS

AIM

  1. Provide education in Physics of the highest quality at the undergraduate level and generate graduates of the calibre sought by industries and public service as well as academic teachers and researchers of the future. 
  2. Attract outstanding students from all backgrounds. 
  3.  Provide an intellectually stimulating environment in which the students can develop their skills and enthusiasms to the best of their potential. 
  4.  Maintain the highest academic standards in undergraduate teaching. (v) 
  5. Impart the skills required to gather information from resources and use them. (vi) 
  6. Equip the students in methodology related to Physics.

 

OBJECTIVES

By the end of Second semester, the students should have, 

(i) Attained a common level in basic mechanics and properties of matter and laid a secure foundation in mathematics for their future courses. 

(ii) Developed their experimental and data analysis skills through a wide range of experiments in the practical laboratories. By the end of the fourth semester, the students should have, 

(iii) Been introduced to powerful tools for tackling a wide range of topics in Thermodynamics, Electrodynamics. 

(iv) Been introduced to an Industry Based Course and have attained hands-on training on experimental skills. 

(v) Become familiar with additional relevant mathematical techniques. 

(vi) Further developed their experimental skills through a series of experiments which also illustrate major themes of the lecture courses. 

(Vii) Obtained an internship/apprenticeship certificate with industries/ Research institutions/ companies/ Govt. sectors/any institutions of similar status.

By the end of the sixth semester, the students should have, 

  1. Covered a range of topics in almost all areas of physics including Classical, Relativistic, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Physics, Solid State Physics, Computational Physics, Semiconductor Physics etc. 
  2.  Had experience of independent work such as projects, seminars etc. 
  3. Opportunities are given to visit reputed research and academic centres or industries and would have acquired knowledge of the works going on in such institutions/ organizations
  4. Developed their understanding of core Physics.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

  1. CRITICAL THINKING: – Instill an attitude of being inquisitive, develop a capacity to become an active leaner through self-governing and reflective thinking in order to identify and analyze the logic connections between theoretical Physics and its applications.
  2. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION: – Competent proficiency in communication to deliver the acquired knowledge, problem solving skills, analyzing capacity formally or informally to a spectrum of spectators.
  3. SKILL DEVELOPMENT: – Practical oriented and problem solving approach provide opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to the best of their potential.
  4. INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM WORK: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
  5. DIGITAL COMPETENCE: Ability to use techniques, skills and modern information technology tools at their study and work place.
  6. SOCIAL ACUITY AND OBLIGATION: – Impart perception about social issues, human values, foster scientific temper, practice inclusiveness for the betterment of the society and disseminate scientific knowledge in appropriate situation.
  7. ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS: – Discern the environmental issues and involves in promoting ethics and attitudes that endorse coexistence and sustainable living with reduced, minimal, or no damage upon ecosystems.
  8. MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH: -Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches permit to gain a solid foundation in various disciplines of science and provide a basis for higher studies and research.
  9. SUSTAINABLE LEARNING: – make the students to realize that acquiring knowledge and skills suitable for their professional developments is a never ending process.
  10. ETHICAL STANDARDS: – Inspire the students to recognize values such as justice, equity, trust, kindness and to develop a commitment and upholding standards of ethical behavior in all walks of life.

PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

    1. Conceptual understanding of Physics and its practical applications and scope in the present world.- CRITICAL THINKING
    2. Analyzing the theory part with practical experiments, interpretation of experimental results, finding out errors, suggestions to improve the errors.- CRITICAL THINKING, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION & SKILL DEVELOPMENT
    3. Develop and construct practical model systems from their conceptual knowledge.- CRITICAL THINKING, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION & SKILL DEVELOPMENT
    4. Acquire conceptual understanding of properties of matter, fundamentals of mechanics and their practical applications- CRITICAL THINKING & SKILL DEVELOPMENT
    5. Acquire knowledge about basics of thermodynamics and working of heat engines and their practical applications – CRITICAL THINKING, SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.
    6. Acquire the theoretical basis of electrodynamics, Magnetism, Super conductivity, Classical, Statistical and Relativistic Mechanics, Optics, Solid State Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Nano technology – CRITICAL THINKING & MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
    7. Impart knowledge about the relevance of Industry Based Course and have attained hands-on training on experimental skills.- EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION & SKILL DEVELOPMENT
    8. Distinguish Microscopic Macroscopic Systems and statistical distributions – CRITICAL THINKING
    9. Acquire conceptual understanding of Physics to General real-world situations.- CRITICAL THINKING & SOCIAL ACUITY AND OBLIGATION
    10. Integrate the Quantum Mechanics to understand the fundamentals of other branches of Physics such as Vibrational, Raman, Electronic, Resonance Spectroscopy – CRITICAL THINKING & SOCIAL ACUITY AND OBLIGATION
    11. Identify possible atomic and molecular energy levels and transitions and predict the existence of new elements- CRITICAL THINKING
    12. Develop an idea regarding X-rays, and different spectroscopic techniques – CRITICAL THINKING
    13. Acquire the knowledge of the basic idea about Electronics, Digital Electronics and working of different electronic components – CRITICAL THINKING & EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
    14. Students will use the knowledge of electronics and communication to analyze the contemporary communication systems and to design the system – CRITICAL THINKING & SKILL DEVELOPMENT
    15. Apply the Langrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms to solve various dynamical problems which involve constraints – CRITICAL THINKING & SKILL DEVELOPMENT
    16. Basic understanding and concepts of the causes, effects, and control of various types of environmental pollution – CRITICAL THINKING & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
    17. Students will use the knowledge of Mechanics to describe the motion of objects in different force fields – CRITICAL THINKING
    18. Develop Basic idea about linear and non- linear optical phenomena and their practical application in real world – CRITICAL THINKING & SKILL DEVELOPMENT
  • Use advanced computer language for problem solving and practical applications – SKILL DEVELOPMENT, DIGITAL COMPETENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH & SUSTAINABLE LEARNING
  • Acquire knowledge about the concept of project, methodology in research and working of scientific institutions – INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM WORK, DIGITAL COMPETENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, ETHICAL STANDARDS.

Course Outcomes

S1-BASIC MECHANICS AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER

  1. Correlate the knowledge gathered to the immediate experimental curriculum
  2. Distinguish the dynamics of rigid bodies of different shapes
  3. Explain the implications of conservation laws
  4. Interpret the flavor of classical fields from oscillations and waves
  5. Handle the known problems in elasticity, surface tension and viscosity in a more mathematically rigorous way.

S2-HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS

  1. Compare thermal conductivity of various types of conductors and explain the radiation of heat.
  2. Differentiate between various thermodynamic processes.
  3. Judge the efficiency of engines by comparing the performance of various vehicles
  4. Distinguish entropy and available energy in various thermodynamic processes
  5. Differentiate between various phase transitions

S3-ELECTRODYNAMICS

  1. Identify the principles of electrostatics and apply it to the solutions of problems relating to electric field and electric potential, boundary conditions and electric energy density.
  2. Identify the principles of magnetostatics and apply it to the solutions of problems relating to magnetic field and magnetic potential, boundary conditions and magnetic energy density.
  3. Recognize the concepts related to Faraday ‘s law, induced emf and Maxwell‘s equations.
  4. Compare the properties of electromagnetic waves in vacuum, and matter
  5. Analyse the growth and decay of transient currents in different electrical circuits
  6. Compare the properties of different ac circuits

S4-CLASSICAL, STATISTICAL AND RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS

  1. Recognize the mechanics of a single and a system of particles under different force fields.
  2. Solve different mechanical problems in classical mechanics using Lagrangian formalism.
  3. Generalize Hamiltonian mechanics to solve various problems in classical mechanics.
  4. Able to define phase space, microstate, macro-state and ensemble
  5. Learn to distinguish different statistical distributions and judge which distribution applies to a given system.
  6. Distinguish inertial and non- inertial frames of references.
  7. Understand the concept of Galilean and Lorentz Transformations and their applications.

CLASSICAL AND MODERN OPTICS

  1. Explain the different basic phenomena of light such as Interference, Diffraction, Dispersion and Polarization
  2. Differentiate between the two types of diffraction, viz., Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction
  3. Apply diffraction theory in Rayleigh’s criterion for resolution and in finding resolving power of diffraction grating
  4. Distinguish between normal and anomalous types of dispersion and to derive region-specific dispersion formulae from the general dispersion relation.
  5. Understand the different methods for the production of plane polarized light and also the different rules governing polarization.
  6. Have a good knowledge about the different types of polarizations, its theory and the production/analysis methods.
  7. Apply the concept of polarization in studying Nicol prism, quarter wave and half wave plates.
  8. Explain the basic constituents of a laser, different types and working
  9. Obtain an idea about non-linear optical processes especially the different harmonic generations.
  10. Gain knowledge about the principle and different types of optical fibers.
  11. Understand the applications of optical fibers in different fields of science
  12. Have knowledge on the principles of holography, its production and different types.

ELECTRONICS

  1. Recognize the network theorems
  2. Describe diode characteristics
  3. Design power supply circuits by applying junction diodes
  4. Design single stage transistor amplifiers, oscillators and operational amplifiers.
  5. Understand the concept of modulation
  6. Explain the working of special devices, FET, MOSFET, UJT.

 

ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS

  1. Recognize different atomic models, their significances, properties, merits and demerits
  2. Distinguish between atomic and molecular spectra and their relevant uses.
  3. Understand the features of X- ray spectra.
  4. Recognize different spectroscopic techniques

SOLID STATE PHYSICS

  1. Able to distinguish types of crystals according to their structure.
  2. Able to illustrate the concepts of unit cell and lattice of crystals.
  3. Able to discuss diffraction of X rays by crystals and to demonstrate its experimental techniques.
  4. Able to describe and evaluate mechanical, electrical and magnetic properties of metals.
  5. Learn to discuss and evaluate dielectric properties of materials.
  6. Able to discuss types of magnetic properties of materials.
  7. Learn to explain different physical characteristics of superconductors.
  8. Able to illustrate theoretical formulation of superconductors.

NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS

  1. Identify nuclear constituents and general properties of nuclei.
  2. Describe nuclear forces, phenomena of radioactivity & radiation Hazards.
  3. Distinguish different nuclear models.
  4. Understand different types of nuclear reactions, fission & fusion energies and applications.
  5. Recognize different particle detectors and accelerators.
  6. Classify elementary particles and relate their properties.

QUANTUM MECHANICS

  1. Recognize the limitations of Classical Physics to explain certain physical phenomena.
  2. Identify the quantum mechanical concepts applicable to Physical systems.
  3. Apply the concepts of Quantum Mechanics to solve problems.
  4. Derive Equations of motion of Physical systems using quantum concepts.

DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

  1. Explain different number systems and their mathematical operations.
  2. Differentiate different logic gates.
  3. Summarize digital circuits and their functions.
  4. Develop and compile programs in Python.
  5. Apply numerical methods to solve physical problems.

SPACE SCIENCE

  1. Understand the structure of universe.
  2. Knowledge about evolution of stars.
  3. Gain knowledge about Earth’s atmosphere.

Basic Physics Lab

  1. Familiarize with the precautions and steps of systematic recording of an experiment.
  2. Understand multiple experimental techniques for determining physical quantities.
  3. Develop skill in setting up of apparatus for accurate measurement of physical quantities.
  4. Apply and illustrate the concepts of mechanics, heat and acoustic experiments

Advanced Physics Lab 

  1. Understand how to use a spectrometer
  2. Obtain a practical understanding of the refraction of light by a prism.
  3. Use basic laws to study the spectral and optical properties of the given prism and grating.
  4. Understand the working of different electrical circuits and use it to determine different physical quantities

Electronics and Computer Lab

  1. Understand the working of PN junction diodes, Zener diodes and their applications.
  2. Understand the working of transistors and their applications.
  3. Understand the working of operational amplifiers and their circuits.
  4. Understand computational programming using Python and apply it to find the solution to different physical problems.