Physics

This is a three year (six-semester) aided programme, in which the student has to earn 120 credits to be eligible for the award of the B.Sc. degree in Physics. The degree is awarded by the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The curriculum of B.Sc. Physics includes all core papers in Physics as stipulated by MG University. Upon successful completion of this programme, the student is expected to gain an appreciation of the physical world around him and the discipline of physics, curiosity, creativity and reasoned skepticism as well as understanding links of Physics to other disciplines and to societal issues. Moreover, we aim to provide a firm foundation in basic aspects of physics and to develop experimental, computational and mathematical skills of students as well as to be able to explain the broad spectrum of modern trends in physics.

This is a two year (four-semester) aided programme, in which the student has to earn 80 credits to be eligible for the award of the M.Sc. degree in Physics. The degree is awarded by the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The curriculum of M.Sc. Physics includes all core papers Classical Mechanics, Mathematical Physics, Electrodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics. It also have courses in electronics, condensed matter physics, computational physics, digital signal processing, microprocessors, spectroscopy, nuclear physics, and optoelectronics, in addition to a laboratory component which deals with a rather comprehensive list of experiments in the area of general physics, electronics and programming. The curriculum is designed so as to enable the student to gain an in depth learning in all major topics. Other than these, internship, study tours and lab visit related to different courses and a comprehensive viva and research project are other components of the curriculum. Our students who pass out are getting ample opportunities to find job or pursue research.

This  course  is  aimed  at  creating  a  concern  among  students  on  energy  conservation  and environmental protection. Studentsfrom all streamsexcept those from Physics might enrolfor this course. This is a purely lecture based four credit courseconsisting of 72 teaching hours. In brief the course outline is as follows: It deals with the energy sources which are currently accessed and  brings  out  the  need  for  conservation  of  energy  and  increasingly  depending  on  non-conventional  energy  sources  like  solar,  tidal  etc.There  is  a  detailed  discussion  on  various  solar energy  based  devices,  which  one  can  implement  in  daily  lives.  In  addition,  the  basic  ideas  on environmental  pollution  and  its  harmful  effects  are  touched  upon and the  need  for  bringing pollution levels to a minimum is emphasized. The  course also deals with environmental impact assessment  and  statutory  provisions concerning  conservation  of  environment.A  student  who attends  this  course  would definitelygain a better  understanding  of  the  energy  sources  currently available to us and the environment we live in so that he/she might aim for sustainable living.

This course is part of the UG programme and hence assessment of student progression is that of our UG programme.