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SISTER NIVEDITA UNIVERSITY

SYLLABUS

FOR

THREE YEARS B.Sc. (DEGREE) COURSE

IN

PHYSICS

UNDER

UGC-CBCS SYSTEM

2019

Credit Distribution

Name of Department: Physics

Name of the UG program: B.Sc. (Hons.)

Duration of program: 6 Semester (3 years)

Head/ In-Charge of the department: Mala Mitra

Semester CreditCC DSE GE AECC SEC USC Total/ Sem

1st 12 6 4 2 1 2 272nd 12 6 4 2 1 2 273rd 12 6 4 1 234th 12 6 4 1 235th 18 186th 18 18

Total Credit / Course 84 24 16 4 4 4Total Credit 136

CC: Core Courses; GE: General Elective; AECC: Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course; SEC: SkillEnhancement Courses; DSE: Discipline Specific Elective; USC: University specified course

B.Sc. Physics (H) Course Structure

Category Course name Code Credit Teaching SchemeL T P

Semester – ICC – 1 Mathematical Physics I 117211 6 4 0 4CC – 2 Basics of Physics 117212 6 4 0 4DSE – 1 Fundamentals of Chemistry 116211 6 4 0 4GE – 1 Generic Elective * 4 3 1 0AECC – 1 Communicative English 121115 2 2 0 0SEC – 1 Mentored Seminar – I 117311 1 1 0 0USC – 1 Foreign Language – I (German/Spanish/Japanese) 127111/

127112/ 127113

2 2 0 0

Total Credit = 27 Teaching Hour = 33Semester – II

CC – 3 Electricity and Magnetism 117221 6 4 0 4CC – 4 Waves and Optics 117222 6 4 0 4DSE – 2 Mathematics-II 119121 6 4 0 4GE – 2 Generic Elective * 4 3 1 0AECC – 2 Environmental Science 115124 2 2 0 0SEC – 2 Mentored Seminar – II 117321 1 1 0 0USC – 2 Foreign Language – II (German/ Spanish /Japanese) 127121/

127122/ 127123

2 2 0 0

Total Credit = 27 Teaching Hour = 33Semester – III

CC – 5 Mathematical Physics II 117231 6 4 0 4CC – 6 Thermal Physics 117232 6 4 0 4DSE – 3 Biophysics 115233 6 4 0 4GE – 3 Generic Elective * 4 3 1 0SEC – 3 Mentored Seminar – III 117331 1 1 0 0

Total Credit = 23 Teaching Hour = 29Semester – IV

CC – 7 Electronics and Applications 117241 6 4 0 4CC – 8 Electromagnetic Theory 117242 6 4 0 4DSE – 4 Numerical Analysis 119242 6 4 0 4GE – 4 Generic Elective * 4 3 1 0SEC – 4 Mentored Seminar – IV 117341 1 1 0 0

Total Credit = 23 Teaching Hour = 29Semester –V

CC – 9 Quantum Mechanics and Applications 117251 6 4 0 4CC – 10 Special Theory of Relativity, Nuclear and Particle Physics 117252 6 4 0 4CC - 11 Solid State Physics 117253 6 4 0 4

Total Credit = 18 Teaching Hour = 24Semester – VI

CC – 12 Elements of Modern Physics 117261 6 4 0 4CC – 13 Statistical Mechanics 117262 6 4 0 4CC – 14 Project 117363 6 0 0 12

Total Credit = 18 Teaching Hour = 28

CORE COURSES (CC)

SEMESTER I

Course CC1: MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS ICredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Component: Theory

Unit 1: CalculusRecapitulation: Limits, continuity, average and instantaneous quantities, differentiation. Plotting functions. Intuitive ideas of continuous, differentiable, etc. functions and plotting of curves. Approximation: Taylor and binomial series (statements only). First Order Differential Equations and Integrating Factor.

Second Order Differential equations: Homogeneous Equations with constant coefficients. Wronskian and general solution. Statement of existence and Uniqueness Theorem for Initial Value Problems. Particular Integral.

Calculus of functions of more than one variable: Partial derivatives, exact and inexact differentials. Integrating factor, with simple illustration. Constrained Maximization using Lagrange Multipliers.

Unit 2: Vector CalculusRecapitulation of vectors: Properties of vectors under rotations. Scalar product and its invariance under rotations. Vector product, Scalar triple product and their interpretation in terms of area and volume respectively. Scalar and Vector fields.

Vector Differentiation: Directional derivatives and normal derivative. Gradient of a scalar field and its geometrical interpretation. Divergence and curl of a vector field. Del and Laplacian operators. Vector identities, Gradient, divergence, curl and Laplacian in spherical and cylindrical coordinates.

Vector Integration: Ordinary Integrals of Vectors. Multiple integrals, Jacobian. Notion of infinitesimal line, surface and volume elements. Line, surface and volume integrals of Vector fields. Flux of a vector field. Gauss' divergence theorem, Green's and Stokes Theorems and their applications (no rigorous proofs).

Unit 3: Orthogonal Curvilinear CoordinatesOrthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates. Derivation of Gradient, Divergence, Curl and Laplacian in Cartesian, Spherical and Cylindrical Coordinate Systems.

Unit 4: Dirac Delta function and its propertiesDefinition of Dirac delta function. Representation as limit of a Gaussian function and rectangular function. Properties of Dirac delta function.

References:

Mathematical Methods for Physicists, G.B. Arfken, H.J. Weber, F.E. Harris, 2013, 7th Edn., Elsevier.

Mathematical Tools for Physics, James Nearing, 2010, Dover Publications.

Component: Practical

PHYSICS LAB I: PYTHON

Topics DescriptionIntroduction and Overview Computer architecture and organization, memory and

Input / output devicesBasics of scientific computing

Binary and decimal arithmetic, Floating point numbers, algorithms, Sequence, Selection and Repetition, single and double precision arithmetic, underflow & overflow emphasize the importance of making equations in terms of dimensionless variables, Iterative methods

Errors and error Analysis Truncation and round off errors, Absolute and relativeerrors, Floating point computations.

Review of Python Programmingfundamentals

Statements and comments, Python variables, python datatypes, Python I/O and import.Python if..else, for loop, while loop, break and continue, Passstatement, Looping technique.Python function, function argument, python recursion, anonymous function, Python global and local variable, Python modules, Python packages.Python numbers, python list, python tuple, string, set, dictionary, arrays, matrix.File operation, python directory

Python packages and applications

NumpyScipySympyMatplotlib

Course CC2: BASICS OF PHYSICSCredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Component: Theory

Unit 1: Evolution of Physics

Unit 2: Fundamentals of Dynamics Reference frames. Inertial frames; Galilean transformations; Galilean invariance. Review of Newton’s Laws of Motion. Dynamics of a system of particles. Centre of Mass. Principle of conservation of momentum. Impulse. Momentum of variable-mass system: motion of rocket.

Unit 3: Collisions Elastic and inelastic collisions between particles. Centre of Mass and Laboratory frames.

Unit 4: Rotational Dynamics

Angular momentum of a particle and system of particles. Torque. Principle of conservation of angular momentum. Rotation about a fixed axis. Moment of Inertia. Calculation of moment of inertia for rectangular, cylindrical and spherical bodies. Kinetic energy of rotation. Motion involving both translation and rotation.

Unit 5: Elasticity Relation between Elastic constants. Twisting torque on a Cylinder or Wire.

Unit 6: Fluid Motion Kinematics of Moving Fluids: Poiseuille’s Equation for Flow of a Liquid through a Capillary Tube.

Unit 7: Gravitation and Central Force Motion Law of gravitation. Gravitational potential energy. Inertial and gravitational mass. Potential and fielddue to spherical shell and solid sphere.

Motion of a particle under a central force field. Two-body problem and its reduction to one-body problem and its solution. The energy equation and energy diagram. Kepler’s Laws. Satellite in circular orbit and applications. Geosynchronous orbits. Weightlessness. Basic idea of global positioning system (GPS). Physiological effects on astronauts.

Unit 10: Oscillations SHM: Simple Harmonic Oscillations. Differential equation of SHM and its solution. Kinetic energy, potential energy, total energy and their time-average values. Damped oscillation. Forced oscillations: Transient and steady states; Resonance, sharpness of resonance; power dissipation and Quality Factor.

Unit 11: Non-Inertial Systems Non-inertial frames and fictitious forces. Uniformly rotating frame. Laws of Physics in rotating coordinate systems. Centrifugal force. Coriolis force and its applications. Components of Velocity and Acceleration in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinate Systems.

Unit 12: Classical Mechanics of Point Particles Generalised coordinates and velocities. Hamilton's Principle, Lagrangian and Euler-Lagrange equations. Applications to simple systems such as coupled oscillators.Canonical momenta & Hamiltonian. Hamilton's equations of motion. Applications:Hamiltonian for a harmonic oscillator, particle in a central force field. Poisson brackets.Canonical transformations.

References

Evolution of Physics by Einstein and Infeld Mechanics, Berkeley Physics, vol.1, C.Kittel, W.Knight, et.al. 2007, Tata McGraw-Hill. Introduction to Special Relativity, R. Resnick, 2005, John Wiley and Sons. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths


PHYSICS LAB-II

1. Measurements of length (or diameter) using vernier caliper, screw gauge and travelling microscope.2. To study the random error in observations.3. To determine the height of a building using a Sextant.4. To study the Motion of Spring and calculate (a) Spring constant, (b) g and (c) Modulus of rigidity.5. To determine the Moment of Inertia.

6. To determine Coefficient of Viscosity of water by Capillary Flow Method (Poiseuille’s method).7. To determine the Young's Modulus of a Wire by Optical Lever Method.8. To determine the Modulus of Rigidity of a Wire by Maxwell’s needle.9. To determine the elastic Constants of a wire by Searle’s method.10. To determine the value of g using Bar Pendulum.11. To determine the value of g using Kater’s Pendulum.

Semester II

Course CC3: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISMCredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Electric Field and Electric Potential Electric fieldElectric field lines. Electric flux. Gauss’ Law with applications to charge distributions with spherical, cylindrical and planar symmetry.

Conservative nature of Electrostatic Field. Electrostatic Potential. Laplace’s and Poisson equations. The Uniqueness Theorem. Potential and Electric Field of a dipole. Force and Torque on a dipole. Electrostatic energy of system of charges. Electrostatic energy of a charged sphere. Conductors in an electrostatic Field. Surface charge and force on a conductor. Capacitance of a system of charged conductors. Parallel-plate capacitor. Capacitance of an isolated conductor. Method of Images and its application to: (1) Plane Infinite Sheet and (2) Sphere.

Unit 2: Dielectric Properties of MatterElectric Field in matter. Polarization, Polarization Charges. Electrical Susceptibility and Dielectric Constant. Capacitor (parallel plate, spherical, cylindrical) filled with dielectric. Displacement vector D. Relations between E, P and D. Gauss’ Law in dielectrics.

Unit 3: Magnetic FieldMagnetic force between current elements and definition of Magnetic FieldB. Biot-Savart’s Law and its simpleapplications: straight wire and circular loop. Current Loop as a Magnetic Dipole and its Dipole Moment (Analogy with Electric Dipole). Ampere’s Circuital Law and its application to (1) Solenoid and (2) Toroid. Properties of B: curl and divergence. Vector Potential. Magnetic Force on (1) point charge (2) current carryingwire (3) between current elements. Torque on a current loop in a uniform Magnetic Field.

Unit 4: Magnetic Properties of MatterMagnetization vector (M). Magnetic Intensity(H). Magnetic Susceptibility and permeability. Relation between B, H, M. Ferromagnetism. B-H curve and hysteresis.

Unit 5: Electromagnetic InductionFaraday’s Law. Lenz’s Law. Self Inductance and Mutual Inductance. Reciprocity Theorem. Energy stored in aMagnetic Field. Introduction to Maxwell’s Equations. Charge Conservation and Displacement current.

Unit 6: Electrical CircuitsAC Circuits: Kirchhoff’s laws for AC circuits. Complex Reactance and Impedance. Series LCR Circuit: (1) Resonance, (2) Power Dissipation and (3) Quality Factor, and (4) Band Width. Parallel LCR Circuit.

Unit 7: Network theoremsIdeal Constant-voltage and Constant-current Sources. Network Theorems: Thevenin theorem, Norton theorem, Superposition theorem, Reciprocity theorem, Maximum Power Transfer theorem. Applications to dc circuits.

Unit 8: Ballistic GalvanometerTorque on a current Loop. Ballistic Galvanometer: Current and Charge Sensitivity. Electromagnetic damping. Logarithmic damping. CDR.

References

• Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Edn., 1998, Benjamin Cummings. • Electricity and Magnetism, J.H.Fewkes & J.Yarwood. Vol. I, 1991, Oxford Univ. Press.


Physics Lab III

1. Use a Multimeter for measuring (a) Resistances, (b) AC and DC Voltages, (c) DC Current, (d) Capacitances, and (e) Checking electrical fuses.

2. To study the characteristics of a series RC Circuit.

3. To determine an unknown Low Resistance using Potentiometer.

4. To determine an unknown Low Resistance using Carey Foster’s Bridge.

5. To compare capacitances using De’Sauty’s bridge.

6. Measurement of field strength B and its variation in a solenoid (determine dB/dx)

7. To verify the Thevenin and Norton theorems.

8. To verify the Superposition, and Maximum power transfer theorems.

9. To determine self inductance of a coil.

10. To study response curve of a Series LCR circuit and determine its (a) Resonant frequency, (b) Impedance at resonance, (c) Quality factor Q, and (d) Band width.

11. To study the response curve of a parallel LCR circuit and determine its (a) Antiresonant frequency and (b) Quality factor Q.

12. To determine self-inductance of a coil by Rayleigh’s method.

13. To determine the mutual inductance of two coils by Absolute method.

Course CC4: WAVES AND OPTICSCredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Superposition of Collinear Harmonic oscillationsLinearity and Superposition Principle. Superposition of two collinear oscillations having (1) equal frequenciesand (2) different frequencies (Beats). Superposition of N collinear Harmonic Oscillations with (1) equal phasedifferences and (2) equal frequency differences

Unit 2: Superposition of two perpendicular Harmonic OscillationsGraphical and Analytical Methods. Lissajous Figures (1:1 and 1:2) and their uses.

Unit 3: Wave MotionPlane and Spherical Waves. Longitudinal and Transverse Waves. Plane Progressive (Travelling) Waves. Wave Equation. Particle and Wave Velocities. Differential Equation. Pressure of a Longitudinal Wave. Energy Transport. Intensity of Wave. Water Waves: Ripple and Gravity Waves

Unit 4: Velocity of WavesVelocity of Transverse Vibrations of Stretched Strings. Velocity of Longitudinal Waves in a Fluid in a Pipe. Newton’s Formula for Velocity of Sound. Laplace’s Correction.

Unit 5: Superposition of Two Harmonic WavesStanding (Stationary) Waves in a String: Fixed and Free Ends. Analytical Treatment. Phase and Group Velocities. Changes with respect to Position and Time. Energy of Vibrating String. Transfer of Energy. Normal Modes of Stretched Strings. Plucked and Struck Strings. Melde’s Experiment. Longitudinal Standing Waves and Normal Modes. Open and Closed Pipes. Superposition of N Harmonic Waves.

Unit 6: Wave OpticsElectromagnetic nature of light. Definition and properties of wave front. Huygens Principle. Temporal and Spatial Coherence.

Unit 7: Interference Division of amplitude and wavefront. Young’s double slit experiment. Lloyd’s Mirror and Fresnel’s Biprism. Phase change on reflection: Stokes’ treatment. Interference in Thin Films: parallel and wedge-shaped films. Fringes of equal inclination (Haidinger Fringes); Fringes of equal thickness (Fizeau Fringes). Newton’s Rings: Measurement of wavelength and refractive index.

Unit 8: InterferometerMichelson Interferometer-(1) Idea of form of fringes (No theory required), (2) Determination of Wavelength, (3) Wavelength Difference, (4) Refractive Index, and (5) Visibility of Fringes. Fabry-Perot interferometer.

Unit 9: DiffractionKirchhoff’s Integral Theorem, Fresnel-Kirchhoff’s Integral formula and its application to rectangular slit.

Unit 10: Fraunhofer diffractionSingle slit. Circular aperture, Resolving Power of a telescope. Double slit. Multiple slits. Diffraction grating. Resolving power of grating.

Unit 11: Fresnel DiffractionFresnel’s Assumptions. Fresnel’s Half-Period Zones for Plane Wave. Explanation of Rectilinear Propagation of Light. Theory of a Zone Plate: Multiple Foci of a Zone Plate. Fresnel’s Integral, Fresnel diffraction pattern of a straight edge, a slit and a wire.

Unit 12: Geometrical OpticsFermat’s Principle and its application, Reflection and refraction by spherical surfaces, Matrix method in Paraxial optics, Aberrations.

References

Waves: Berkeley Physics Course, vol. 3, Francis Crawford, 2007, Tata McGraw-Hill. • Fundamentals of Optics, F.A. Jenkins and H.E. White, 1981, McGraw-Hill

• Optics, Ajoy Ghatak, 2008, Tata McGraw Hill


Physics Lab IV

1. To determine the frequency of an electric tuning fork by Melde’s experiment and verify λ2 –T law.

2. To investigate the motion of coupled oscillators.

3. To study Lissajous Figures.

4. Familiarization with: Schuster`s focusing; determination of angle of prism.

5. To determine refractive index of the Material of a prism using sodium source.

6. To determine the dispersive power and Cauchy constants of the material of a prism using mercury source.

7. To determine the wavelength of sodium source using Michelson’s interferometer.

8. To determine wavelength of sodium light using Fresnel Biprism.

9. To determine wavelength of sodium light using Newton’s Rings.

10. To determine the thickness of a thin paper by measuring the width of the interference fringes produced by a wedge-shaped Film.

11. To determine wavelength of (1) Na source and (2) spectral lines of Hg source using plane diffraction grating.

12. To determine dispersive power and resolving power of a plane diffraction grating.

Semester III

Course CC5: MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS-IICredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Fourier SeriesPeriodic functions. Orthogonality of sine and cosine functions, Dirichlet Conditions (Statement only). Expansion of periodic functions in a series of sine and cosine functions and determination of Fourier coefficients. Complex representation of Fourier series. Expansion of functions with arbitrary period. Expansion of non-periodic functions over an interval. Even and odd functions and their Fourier expansions. Application. Summing of Infinite Series. Term-by-Term differentiation and integration of Fourier Series. Parseval Identity.

Fourier Transforms: Fourier Integral theorem. Fourier Transform. Examples. Fourier transform oftrigonometric,Gaussian, finite wave train & other functions. Representation of Dirac delta function as aFourier Integral. Fourier transform of derivatives, Inverse Fourier transform, Convolution theorem. Propertiesof Fourier transforms (translation, change of scale, complex conjugation, etc.). Three dimensional Fouriertransforms with examples. Application of Fourier Transforms to differential equations: One dimensionalWave and Diffusion/Heat Flow Equations.

Laplace Transforms: Laplace Transform (LT) of Elementary functions. Properties of LTs: Change of ScaleTheorem, Shifting Theorem. LTs of Derivatives and Integrals of Functions, Derivatives and Integrals of LTs.LT of Unit Step function, Dirac Delta function, Periodic Functions. Convolution Theorem. Inverse LT.Application of Laplace Transforms to Differential Equations: Damped Harmonic Oscillator, Simple ElectricalCircuits.

Unit 2: Frobenius Method and Special Functions Singular Points of Second Order Linear Differential Equations and their importance. Frobenius method and itsapplications to differential equations. Basic ideas on Legendre, Bessel, Hermite and Laguerre DifferentialEquations.

Unit 3: Some Special Integrals Beta and Gamma Functions and Relation between them. Expression of Integrals in terms of Gamma Functions. Error Function (Probability Integral).

Unit 4: Theory of ErrorsSystematic and Random Errors. Propagation of Errors. Normal Law of Errors. Standard and Probable Error.

Unit 5: Partial Differential EquationsSolutions to partial differential equations, using separation of variables: Laplace's Equation in problems ofrectangular, cylindrical and spherical symmetry. Wave equation and its solution for vibrational modes of astretched string, rectangular and circular membranes.

Unit 6: Complex Analysis

Brief Revision of Complex Numbers and their Graphical Representation. Euler's formula, De Moivre'stheorem, Roots of Complex Numbers. Functions of Complex Variables. Analyticity and Cauchy-RiemannConditions. Examples of analytic functions.

References

• Mathematical Methods for Physicists: Arfken, Weber, 2005, Harris, Elsevier.• Fourier Analysis by M.R. Spiegel, 2004, Tata McGraw-Hill.


Physics Lab V

Topics Description with ApplicationsIntroduction to Numerical computationsoftware Scilab

Introduction to Scilab, Advantages and disadvantages, Scilab environment, Command window, Figure window,Edit window, Variables and arrays, Initialising variables in Scilab, Multidimensional arrays, Subarray, Special values, Displaying output data, data file, Scalar and array operations, Hierarchy of operations, Built in Scilab functions, Introduction to plotting, 2D and 3D plotting (2), Branching Statements and program design,Relational & logical operators, the while loop, for loop, details of loop operations, break & continue statements, nested loops, logical arrays and vectorization (2) User defined functions, Introduction toScilab functions, Variable passing in Scilab, optional arguments, preserving data between calls to a function, Complexand Character data, string function, Multidimensional arrays (2) an introduction to Scilab file processing, file opening and closing, Binary I/o functions, comparing binary and formatted functions, Numerical methods and developing the skills of writing a program (2).

Curve fitting, Least square fit, Goodness of fit, standard deviation

Ohms law to calculate R, Hooke’s law to calculate springconstant

Solution of Linear system of equations by Gauss elimination method and Gauss Seidal method. Diagonalization ofmatrices, Inverse of a matrix, Eigen vectors, eigen values problems

Solution of mesh equations of electric circuits (3 meshes)

Solution of coupled spring mass systems (3 masses)

Solution of ODEFirst order Differential equation Euler, modifiedEuler and Runge-Kutta second order methods

Second order differentialequationFixed difference method

First order differential equation

• Radioactive decay• Current in RC, LC circuits with DC source• Newton’s law of cooling• Classical equations of motion

Second order Differential Equation

• Harmonic oscillator (no friction)• Damped Harmonic oscillator• Over damped• Critical damped• Oscillatory• Forced Harmonic oscillator• Transient and• Steady state solution• Apply above to LCR circuits also

Using Scicos / xcos • Generating square wave, sine wave, saw tooth wave• Solution to harmonic oscillator• Study of beat phenomenon• Phase space plots

Course CC6: THERMAL PHYSICSCredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Zeroth and First Law of ThermodynamicsExtensive and intensive Thermodynamic Variables, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Zeroth Law ofThermodynamics & Concept of Temperature, Concept of Work & Heat, State Functions, First Law ofThermodynamics and its differential form, Internal Energy, First Law & various processes, Applications ofFirst Law: General Relation between CP and CV, Work Done during Isothermal and Adiabatic Processes,Compressibility and Expansion Co-efficient.

Unit 2: Second Law of ThermodynamicsReversible and Irreversible process with examples. Conversion of Work into Heat and Heat into Work. HeatEngines. Carnot’s Cycle, Carnot engine & efficiency. Refrigerator & coefficient of performance, 2nd Law ofThermodynamics: Kelvin-Planck and Clausius Statements and their Equivalence. Carnot’s Theorem.Applications of Second Law of Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic Scale of Temperature and its Equivalenceto Perfect Gas Scale.

Unit 3: EntropyConcept of Entropy, Clausius Theorem. Clausius Inequality, Second Law of Thermodynamics in terms ofEntropy. Entropy of a perfect gas. Principle of Increase of Entropy. Entropy Changes in Reversible andIrreversible processes with examples. Entropy of the Universe. Entropy Changes in Reversible andIrreversible Processes. Principle of Increase of Entropy. Temperature–Entropy diagrams for Carnot’s Cycle.Third Law of Thermodynamics. Unattainability of Absolute Zero.

Unit 4: Thermodynamic PotentialsExtensive and Intensive Thermodynamic Variables. Thermodynamic Potentials: Internal Energy, Enthalpy,Helmholtz Free Energy, Gibb’s Free Energy. Their Definitions, Properties and Applications. Surface Films

and Variation of Surface Tension with Temperature. Magnetic Work, Cooling due to adiabaticdemagnetization, First and second order Phase Transitions with examples, Clausius Clapeyron Equation andEhrenfest equations

Unit 5: Maxwell’s Thermodynamic RelationsDerivations and applications of Maxwell’s Relations, Maxwell’s Relations:(1) Clausius Clapeyron equation,(2) Values of Cp-Cv, (3) Tds Equations, (4) Joule-Kelvin coefficient for Ideal and Van der Waal Gases, (5)Energy equations, (6) Change of Temperature during Adiabatic Process.

Unit 6: Kinetic Theory of Gases Distribution of VelocitiesMaxwell-Boltzmann Law of Distribution of Velocities in an Ideal Gas and its Experimental Verification.Doppler Broadening of Spectral Lines and Stern’s Experiment. Mean, RMS and Most Probable Speeds.Degrees of Freedom. Law of Equipartition of Energy (No proof required). Specific heats of Gases.

Unit 7: Molecular CollisionsMean Free Path. Collision Probability. Estimates of Mean Free Path. Transport Phenomenon in Ideal Gases:(1) Viscosity, (2) Thermal Conductivity and (3) Diffusion. Brownian Motion and its Significance.

Unit 8: Real GasesBehavior of Real Gases: Deviations from the Ideal Gas Equation. The Virial Equation. Andrew’s Experimentson CO2 Gas. Critical Constants. Continuity of Liquid and Gaseous State. Vapour and Gas. BoyleTemperature. Van der Waal’s Equation of State for Real Gases. Values of Critical Constants. Law ofCorresponding States. Comparison with Experimental Curves. p-V Diagrams. Joule’s Experiment. FreeAdiabatic Expansion of a Perfect Gas. Joule-Thomson Porous Plug Experiment. JouleThomson Effect forReal and Van der Waal Gases. Temperature of Inversion. JouleThomson Cooling.

References

• Heat and Thermodynamics, M.W. Zemansky, Richard Dittman, 1981, McGraw-Hill.• A Treatise on Heat, Meghnad Saha, and B.N.Srivastava, 1958, Indian Press


Physics Lab VI

1. To determine Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, J, by Callender and Barne’s constant flow method.

2. To determine the Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity of Cu by Searle’s Apparatus.

3. To determine the Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity of Cu by Angstrom’s Method.

4. To determine the Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity of a bad conductor by Lee and Charlton’s disc method.

5. To determine the Temperature Coefficient of Resistance by Platinum Resistance Thermometer (PRT).

6. To study the variation of Thermo-Emf of a Thermocouple with Difference of Temperature of its Two Junctions.

7. To calibrate a thermocouple to measure temperature in a specified Range using (1) Null Method, (2) Direct measurement using Op-Amp difference amplifier and to determine Neutral Temperature.

Semester IV

Course CC7: ELECTRONICS AND APPLICATIONSCredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Semiconductor Diodes: P and N type semiconductors. Energy Level Diagram. Conductivity and Mobility, Concept of Drift velocity. PN Junction Fabrication (Simple Idea). Barrier Formation in PN Junction Diode. Static and Dynamic Resistance. Current Flow Mechanism in Forward and Reverse Biased Diode. Drift Velocity. Derivation for Barrier Potential, Barrier Width and Current for Step Junction.

Unit 2: Two-terminal Devices and their Applications

(1) Rectifier Diode: Half-wave Rectifiers. Centre-tapped and Bridge Full-wave Rectifiers, Calculation of Ripple Factor and Rectification Efficiency, (2) Zener Diode and Voltage Regulation. Principle and structure of (1) LEDs, (2) Photodiode, (3) Solar Cell.

Unit 3: Bipolar Junction transistors: n-p-n and p-n-p Transistors. Characteristics of CB, CE and CC Configurations. Current gains α and β Relations between α and β. Load Line analysis of Transistors. DC Load line and Q-point. Physical Mechanism of Current Flow. Active, Cutoff and Saturation Regions.

Unit 4: Amplifiers: Transistor Biasing and Stabilization Circuits. Fixed Bias and Voltage Divider Bias. Transistor as 2-portNetwork. h-parameter Equivalent Circuit. Analysis of a single-stage CE amplifier using Hybrid Model.Input and Output Impedance. Current, Voltage and Power Gains. Classification of Class A, B & CAmplifiers.

Unit 5: Operational Amplifiers (Black Box approach): Characteristics of an Ideal and Practical Op-Amp. (IC 741) Open-loop and Closed-loop Gain. Frequency Response. CMRR. Slew Rate and concept of Virtual ground.

Unit 6: Applications of Op-Amps

(1) Inverting and non-inverting amplifiers, (2) Adder, (3) Subtractor, (4) Differentiator, (5) Integrator, (6) Log amplifier, (7) Zero crossing detector (8) Wein bridge oscillator

Unit7: Introduction to CRO

Block Diagram of CRO. Electron Gun, Deflection System and Time Base. Deflection Sensitivity.Applications of CRO: (1) Study of Waveform, (2) Measurement of Voltage, Current, Frequency, and PhaseDifference.

Unit8: Integrated Circuits (Qualitative treatment only)Active & Passive components. Discrete components. Wafer. Chip. Advantages and drawbacks of ICs. Scale ofintegration: SSI, MSI, LSI and VLSI (basic idea and definitions only). Classification of ICs. Examples ofLinear and Digital lCs.

Unit9: Digital CircuitsDifference between Analog and Digital Circuits. Binary Numbers. Decimal to Binary and Binary to DecimalConversion. BCD, Octal and Hexadecimal numbers. AND, OR and NOT Gates (realization using Diodes andTransistor). NAND and NOR Gates as Universal Gates. XOR and XNOR Gates and application as ParityCheckers.

Unit10: Boolean algebra De Morgan's Theorems. Boolean Laws. Simplification of Logic Circuit using Boolean Algebra. FundamentalProducts. Idea of Minterms and Maxterms. Conversion of a Truth table into Equivalent Logic Circuit by (1)Sum of Products Method and (2) Karnaugh Map

References:

• Integrated Electronics, J. Millman and C.C. Halkias, 1991, Tata Mc-Graw Hill. • Electronics: Fundamentals and Applications, J.D. Ryder, 2004, Prentice Hall.

• Digital Principles and Applications, A.P. Malvino, D.P.Leach and Saha, 7th Ed., 2011, Tata McGraw


Physics Lab X

1. To study V-I characteristics of PN junction diode, and Light emitting diode.

2. To study the V-I characteristics of a Zener diode and its use as voltage regulator.

3. Study of V-I & power curves of solar cells, and find maximum power point & efficiency.

4. To design a CE transistor amplifier of a given gain (mid-gain) using voltage divider bias.

5. To design a Wien bridge oscillator for given frequency using an op-amp.

6. To design a phase shift oscillator of given specifications using BJT.

7. To design a digital to analog converter (DAC) of given specifications.

8. To study the analog to digital convertor (ADC) IC.

9. To design an inverting amplifier using Op-amp (741,351) for dc voltage of given gain

10. To add two dc voltages using Op-amp in inverting and non-inverting mode

11. To design a precision Differential amplifier of given I/O specification using Op-amp.

12. To investigate the use of an op-amp as an Integrator.

13. To investigate the use of an op-amp as a Differentiator.

14. To test a Diode and Transistor using a Multimeter.

15. To design a switch (NOT gate) using a transistor.

16. To verify and design AND, OR, NOT and XOR gates using NAND gates.

17. To design a combinational logic system for a specified Truth Table.

18. To convert a Boolean expression into logic circuit and design it using logic gate ICs.

19. To minimize a given logic circuit.

20. Half Adder, Full Adder and 4-bit binary Adder.

21. Half Subtractor, Full Subtractor, Adder-Subtractor using Full Adder I.C.

Course CC8: ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORYCredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Maxwell EquationsReview of Maxwell’s equations. Displacement Current. Vector and Scalar Potentials. Gauge Transformations:Lorentz and Coulomb Gauge. Boundary Conditions at Interface between Different Media. Wave Equations.Plane Waves in Dielectric Media. Poynting Theorem and Poynting Vector. Electromagnetic (EM) EnergyDensity. Physical Concept of Electromagnetic Field Energy Density, Momentum Density and AngularMomentum Density.

Unit 2: EM Wave Propagation in Unbounded Media Plane EM waves through vacuum and isotropic dielectric medium, transverse nature of plane EM waves,refractive index and dielectric constant, wave impedance. Propagation through conducting media, relaxationtime, skin depth. Wave propagation through dilute plasma, electrical conductivity of ionized gases, plasmafrequency, refractive index, skin depth, application to propagation through ionosphere.

Unit 3: EM Wave in Bounded Media Boundary conditions at a plane interface between two media. Reflection & Refraction of plane waves at planeinterface between two dielectric media-Laws of Reflection & Refraction. Fresnel's Formulae for perpendicular & parallel polarization cases, Brewster's law. Reflection & Transmission coefficients. Total internal reflection, evanescent waves. Metallic reflection (normal Incidence)

Unit 4: Polarization of Electromagnetic Waves: Description of Linear, Circular and Elliptical Polarization. Propagation of E.M. Waves in Anisotropic Media.Symmetric Nature of Dielectric Tensor. Fresnel’s Formula. Uniaxial and Biaxial Crystals. Light Propagationin Uniaxial Crystal. Double Refraction. Polarization by Double Refraction. Nicol Prism. Ordinary &extraordinary refractive indices. Production & detection of Plane, Circularly and Elliptically Polarized Light.Phase Retardation Plates: Quarter-Wave and Half-Wave Plates. Babinet Compensator and its Uses. Analysisof Polarized Light

Rotatory Polarization: Optical Rotation. Biot’s Laws for Rotatory Polarization. Fresnel’s Theory of opticalrotation. Calculation of angle of rotation. Experimental verification of Fresnel’s theory. Specific rotation.Laurent’s half-shade polarimeter.

Unit 5: Wave Guides: Planar optical wave guides. Planar dielectric wave guide. Condition of continuity at interface. Phase shift ontotal reflection. Eigenvalue equations. Phase and group velocity of guided waves. Field energy and Powertransmission.

Unit 6: Optical Fibres:Numerical Aperture. Step and Graded Indices (Definitions Only). Single and Multiple Mode Fibres (Concept and Definition Only).

References

• Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Ed., 1998, Benjamin Cummings. • Elements of Electromagnetics, M.N.O. Sadiku, 2001, Oxford University Press.


Physics Lab XIII

1. To verify the law of Malus for plane polarized light.

2. To determine the specific rotation of sugar solution using Polarimeter.

3. To analyze elliptically polarized Light by using a Babinet’s compensator.

4. To study dependence of radiation on angle for a simple Dipole antenna.

5. To determine the wavelength and velocity of ultrasonic waves in a liquid (Kerosene Oil, Xylene, etc.) by studying the diffraction through ultrasonic grating.

6. To study the reflection, refraction of microwaves

7. To study Polarization and double slit interference in microwaves.

8. To determine the refractive index of liquid by total internal reflection using Wollaston’s air-film.

9. To determine the refractive Index of (1) glass and (2) a liquid by total internal reflection using a Gaussian eyepiece.

10. To study the polarization of light by reflection and determine the polarizing angle for air-glass interface.

11. To verify the Stefan`s law of radiation and to determine Stefan’s constant.

12. To determine the Boltzmann constant using V-I characteristics of PN junction diode.

Semester V

Course CC9: QUANTUM MECHANICS AND APPLICATIONSCredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Time dependent Schrodinger equation: Time dependent Schrodinger equation and dynamical evolution of a quantum state; Properties of WaveFunction. Interpretation of Wave Function Probability and probability current densities in three dimensions;Conditions for Physical Acceptability of Wave Functions. Normalization. Linearity and SuperpositionPrinciples. Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions. Position, momentum and Energy operators; commutator ofposition and momentum operators; Expectation values of position and momentum. Wave Function of a FreeParticle

Unit 2: Time independent Schrodinger equationHamiltonian, stationary states and energy eigenvalues; expansion of an arbitrary wavefunction as a linearcombination of energy eigenfunctions; General solution of the time dependent Schrodinger equation in termsof linear combinations of stationary states; Application to spread of Gaussian wave-packet for a free particlein one dimension; wave packets, Fourier transforms and momentum space wavefunction; Position-momentumuncertainty principle

Unit 3: General discussion of bound states in an arbitrary potentialContinuity of wave function, boundary condition and emergence of discrete energy levels; application to one-dimensional problem-square well potential; Quantum mechanics of simple harmonic oscillator-energy levelsand energy eigenfunctions using Frobenius method; Hermite polynomials; ground state, zero point energy &uncertainty principle

Unit 4: Quantum theory of hydrogen-like atomsTime independent Schrodinger equation in spherical polar coordinates; separation of variables for secondorder partial differential equation; angular momentum operator & quantum numbers; Radial wavefunctionsfrom Frobenius method; shapes of the probability densities for ground & first excited states; Orbital angularmomentum quantum numbers l and m; s, p, d,.. shells

Unit 5: Atoms in Electric & Magnetic Fields: Electron angular momentum. Space quantization. Electron Spin and Spin Angular Momentum. Larmor’sTheorem. Spin Magnetic Moment. Stern-Gerlach Experiment. Zeeman Effect: Electron Magnetic Momentand Magnetic Energy, Gyromagnetic Ratio and Bohr Magneton.

Unit 6: Atoms in External Magnetic FieldsNormal and Anomalous Zeeman Effect. Paschen Back and Stark Effect (Qualitative Discussion only).

Unit 7: EPR Paradox

References

• A Text book of Quantum Mechanics, P.M.Mathews and K.Venkatesan, 2nd Ed., 2010, McGraw Hill • Quantum Mechanics, Robert Eisberg and Robert Resnick, 2nd Edn., 2002, Wiley. • Quantum Mechanics, Leonard I. Schiff, 3rd Edn. 2010, Tata McGraw Hill. • Quantum Mechanics, G. Aruldhas, 2nd Edn. 2002, PHI Learning of India. • Quantum Mechanics, Bruce Cameron Reed, 2008, Jones and Bartlett Learning. • Quantum Mechanics: Foundations & Applications, Arno Bohm, 3rd Edn., 1993, Springer • Quantum Mechanics for Scientists & Engineers, D.A.B. Miller, 2008, Cambridge University Press


Physics Lab XI

Use Python/ Scilab/Octave for solving the following problems based on Quantum Mechanics like

1. Solve the s-wave Schrodinger equation for the ground state and the first excited

state of the hydrogen atom:

d2 yd r2 =A (r ) u(r ) , A (r )=

2 m

ℏ2 [V (r )−E ]

Where m is the reduced mass of the system (which can be chosen to be the mass of

an electron), for the screened coulomb potential

V (r )=−e2

re−r /a

Find the energy (in eV) of the ground state of the atom to an accuracy of three significant digits. Also, plot thecorresponding wavefunction. Take e = 3.795 (eVÅ)1/2, m = 0.511x106 eV/c2, and a = 3 Å, 5 Å, 7 Å. In these units ħc = 1973 (eVÅ). The ground state energy is expected to be above -12 eV in all three cases.

3. Solve the s-wave radial Schrodinger equation for a particle of mass m:

d2 yd r2 =A (r ) u(r ) , A (r )=

2 m

ℏ2 [V (r )−E ]

For the anharmonic oscillator potential

V (r )=12

k r2+

13

b r3

for the ground state energy (in MeV) of particle to an accuracy of three significant digits. Also, plot the corresponding wave function. Choose m = 940 MeV/c2, k = 100 MeV fm-2, b = 0, 10, 30 MeV fm-3. In these units, cħ = 197.3 MeV fm. The ground state energy I expected to lie between 90 and 110 MeV for all three cases.

4. Solve the s-wave radial Schrodinger equation for the vibrations of hydrogen molecule:

d2 yd r2 =A (r ) u(r ) , A (r )=

2μ

ℏ2 [V (r )−E ]

Where μ is the reduced mass of the two-atom system for the Morse potential

V (r )=D (e−2ar'

−e−ar'

) , r '=

r−r 0

r

Find the lowest vibrational energy (in MeV) of the molecule to an accuracy of three significant digits. Also plot the corresponding wave function. Take: m = 940x106eV/C2, D = 0.755501 eV, α = 1.44, ro = 0.131349 Å

Course CC10: SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY, NUCLEAR AND PARTCLE PHYSICSCredit 6: (5L-1T-0P)

Unit 1: Special Theory of Relativity Postulates of Special Theory of Relativity. Lorentz Transformations. Minkowski space. The invariant interval,light cone and world lines. Space-time diagrams. Time-dilation, length contraction & twin paradox. Four-vectors: space-like, time-like & light-like. Four-velocity and acceleration. Metric and alternating tensors.Four-momentum and energy-momentum relation. Doppler effect from a fourvector perspective. Concept offour-force. Conservation of four-momentum. Relativistic kinematics. Application to two-body decay of anunstable particle. The Electromagnetic field tensor and its transformation under Lorentz transformations:relation to known transformation properties of E and B. Electric and magnetic fields due to a uniformlymoving charge. Equation of motion of charged particle & Maxwell's equations in tensor form. Motion ofcharged particles in external electric and magnetic fields.

Unit 2: General Properties of Nuclei: Constituents of nucleus and their Intrinsic properties, quantitative facts about mass,radii, charge density (matter density), binding energy, average binding energy and itsvariation with mass number, main features of binding energy versus mass number

curve, N/A plot, angular momentum, parity, magnetic moment, electric moments,nuclear excites states.

Unit 3: Radioactivity decay(a) Alpha decay: basics of α-decay processes, theory of α- emission, Gamow factor, Geiger Nuttall law, α-decay spectroscopy. (b) β-decay: energy kinematics for β-decay, positron emission, electron capture, neutrino hypothesis. (c) Gamma decay: Gamma rays emission & kinematics, internal conversion.

Unit 4: Interaction of Nuclear Radiation with matterEnergy loss due to ionization (Bethe-Block formula), energy loss of electrons, Cerenkovradiation. Gamma ray interaction through matter, photoelectric effect, Comptonscattering, pair production, neutron interaction with matter.

Unit 5: Detector for Nuclear RadiationsGas detectors: estimation of electric field, mobility of particle, for ionization chamberand GM Counter. Basic principle of Scintillation Detectors and construction of photo-multiplier tube (PMT). Semiconductor Detectors (Si and Ge) for charge particle andphoton detection (concept of charge carrier and mobility), neutron detector.

Unit 6: Particle AcceleratorsAccelerator facility available in India: Van-de Graaff generator (Tandem accelerator), Linear Accelerator, Cyclotron, Synchrotrons.

References

• Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Ed., 1998, Benjamin Cummings. • Elements of Electromagnetics, M.N.O. Sadiku, 2001, Oxford University Press. • Introduction to Electromagnetic Theory, T.L. Chow, 2006, Jones & Bartlett Learning • Fundamentals of Electromagnetics, M.A.W. Miah, 1982, Tata McGraw Hill • Electromagnetic field Theory, R.S. Kshetrimayun, 2012, Cengage Learning • Electromagnetic Field Theory for Engineers & Physicists, G. Lehner, 2010, Springer• Electromagnetic Fields & Waves, P.Lorrain & D.Corson, 1970, W.H.Freeman & Co. • Electromagnetics, J.A. Edminster, Schaum Series, 2006, Tata McGraw Hill. • Electromagnetic field theory fundamentals, B. Guru and H. Hiziroglu, 2004, Cambridge University Press

Course CC11: SOLID STATE PHYSICS Credit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Crystal Structure: SolidsAmorphous and Crystalline Materials. Lattice Translation Vectors. Lattice with a Basis – Central and Non-Central Elements. Unit Cell. Miller Indices. Reciprocal Lattice. Types of Lattices. Brillouin Zones.Diffraction of X-rays by Crystals. Bragg’s Law. Atomic and Geometrical Factor.

Unit 2: Elementary Lattice DynamicsLattice Vibrations and Phonons: Linear Monoatomic and Diatomic Chains. Acoustical and Optical Phonons.Qualitative Description of the Phonon Spectrum in Solids. Dulong and Petit’s Law, Einstein and Debyetheories of specific heat of solids. T3 law

Unit 3: Magnetic Properties of Matter

Dia-, Para-, Ferri- and Ferromagnetic Materials. Classical Langevin Theory of dia– and ParamagneticDomains. Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Paramagnetism. Curie’s law, Weiss’s Theory of Ferromagnetismand Ferromagnetic Domains. Discussion of B-H Curve. Hysteresis and Energy Loss.

Unit 4: Dielectric Properties of MaterialsPolarization. Local Electric Field at an Atom. Depolarization Field. Electric Susceptibility. Polarizability.Clausius Mosotti Equation. Classical Theory of Electric Polarizability. Normal and Anomalous Dispersion.Cauchy and Sellmeir relations. Langevin-Debye equation. Complex Dielectric Constant. Optical Phenomena.Application: Plasma Oscillations, Plasma Frequency, Plasmons, TO modes.

Unit 5: Ferroelectric Properties of Materials Structural phase transition, Classification of crystals, Piezoelectric effect, Pyroelectric effect, Ferroelectriceffect, Electrostrictive effect, Curie-Weiss Law, Ferroelectric domains, PE hysteresis loop.

Unit 6: Elementary band theory Kronig Penny model. Band Gap. Conductor, Semiconductor (P and N type) and insulator. Conductivity ofSemiconductor, mobility, Hall Effect. Measurement of conductivity (04 probe method) & Hall coefficient. Unit 7: SuperconductivityExperimental Results. Critical Temperature. Critical magnetic field. Meissner effect. Type I and type IISuperconductors, London’s Equation and Penetration Depth. Isotope effect. Idea of BCS theory (Noderivation)

References

• Introduction to Solid State Physics, Charles Kittel, 8th Edition, 2004, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. • Solid State Physics, N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin, 1976, Cengage Learning


Physics Lab XII

Measurement of susceptibility of paramagnetic solution (Quinck`s Tube Method)

2. To measure the Magnetic susceptibility of Solids.

3. To determine the Coupling Coefficient of a Piezoelectric crystal.

4. To measure the Dielectric Constant of a dielectric Materials with frequency

5. To determine the complex dielectric constant and plasma frequency of metal using Surface Plasmon resonance (SPR)

6. To determine the refractive index of a dielectric layer using SPR

7. To study the PE Hysteresis loop of a Ferroelectric Crystal.

8. To draw the BH curve of Fe using Solenoid & determine energy loss from Hysteresis.

9. To measure the resistivity of a semiconductor (Ge) with temperature by four-probe method (room temperature to 150 oC) and to determine its band gap.

10. To determine the Hall coefficient of a semiconductor sample.

Semester VI

Course CC12: ELEMENTS OF MODERN PHYSICS Credit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit1:

Planck’s quantum, Planck’s constant and light as a collection of photons; Blackbody Radiation: Quantumtheory of Light; Photo-electric effect and Compton scattering. De Broglie wavelength and matter waves;Davisson-Germer experiment. Wave description of particles by wave packets. Group and Phase velocities andrelation between them. Two-Slit experiment with electrons. Probability. Wave amplitude and wave functions.

Unit2: Position measurement- gamma ray microscope thought experiment; Wave-particle duality, Heisenberg uncertainty principle (Uncertainty relations involving Canonical pair of variables): Derivation from Wave Packets impossibility of a particle following a trajectory; Estimating minimum energy of a confined particle using uncertainty principle; Energy-time uncertainty principle- application to virtual particles and range of an interaction.

Unit3: Two slit interference experiment with photons, atoms and particles; linear superposition principle as aconsequence; Matter waves and wave amplitude; Schrodinger equation for non-relativistic particles;Momentum and Energy operators; stationary states; physical interpretation of a wave function, probabilitiesand normalization; Probability and probability current densities in one dimension.

Unit4: One dimensional infinitely rigid box- energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, normalization; Quantum dot asexample; Quantum mechanical scattering and tunnelling in one dimension-across a step potential &rectangular potential barrier.

Unit5: Size and structure of atomic nucleus and its relation with atomic weight; Impossibility of an electron being inthe nucleus as a consequence of the uncertainty principle. Nature of nuclear force, NZ graph, Liquid Dropmodel: semi-empirical mass formula and binding energy, Nuclear Shell Model and magic numbers.

Unit6: Radioactivity: stability of the nucleus; Law of radioactive decay; Mean life and half-life; Alpha decay; Betadecay- energy released, spectrum and Pauli's prediction of neutrino; Gamma ray emission, energy-momentumconservation: electron-positron pair creation by gamma photons in the vicinity of a nucleus.

Unit7: Fission and fusion- mass deficit, relativity and generation of energy; Fission - nature of fragments andemission of neutrons. Nuclear reactor: slow neutrons interacting with Uranium 235; Fusion andthermonuclear reactions driving stellar energy (brief qualitative discussions).

Unit8: Lasers: Application of lasers in spectroscopy, in biological and medical sciences, working principle of a laser, Einstein’s A and B coefficients. Metastable states. Spontaneous and Stimulated emissions. Optical Pumping and Population Inversion. Three-Level and Four-Level Lasers. Ruby Laser and He-Ne Laser.

References:

• Concepts of Modern Physics, Arthur Beiser, 2002, McGraw-Hill. • Quantum Mechanics: Theory & Applications, A.K.Ghatak & S.Lokanathan, 2004, Macmillan


Physics Lab IX

1. Measurement of Planck’s constant using black body radiation and photo-detector

2. Photo-electric effect: photo current versus intensity and wavelength of light; maximum energy of photo-electrons versus frequency of light

3. To determine work function of material of filament of directly heated vacuum diode.

4. To determine the Planck’s constant using LEDs of at least 4 different colours.

5. To determine the wavelength of H-alpha emission line of Hydrogen atom.

6. To determine the ionization potential of mercury.

7. To determine the absorption lines in the rotational spectrum of Iodine vapour.

8. To determine the value of e/m by (a) Magnetic focusing or (b) Bar magnet.

9. To setup the Millikan oil drop apparatus and determine the charge of an electron.

10. To show the tunneling effect in tunnel diode using I-V characteristics.

11. To determine the wavelength of laser source using diffraction of single slit.

12. To determine the wavelength of laser source using diffraction of double slits.

13. To determine (1) wavelength and (2) angular spread of He-Ne laser using plane diffraction grating

Course CC13: STATISTICAL MECHANICSCredit 6: (4L-0T-2P)

Unit 1: Classical StatisticsMacrostate & Microstate, Elementary Concept of Ensemble, Phase Space, Entropy and ThermodynamicProbability, Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution Law, Partition Function, Thermodynamic Functions of an IdealGas, Classical Entropy Expression, Gibbs Paradox, Sackur Tetrode equation, Law of Equipartition of Energy(with proof) – Applications to Specific Heat and its Limitations, Thermodynamic Functions of a Two-EnergyLevels System, Negative Temperature.

Unit 2: Classical Theory of Radiation Properties of Thermal Radiation. Blackbody Radiation. Pure temperature dependence. Kirchhoff’s law.Stefan-Boltzmann law: Thermodynamic proof. Radiation Pressure. Wien’s Displacement law. Wien’sDistribution Law. Saha’s Ionization Formula. Rayleigh-Jean’s Law. Ultraviolet Catastrophe.

Unit 3: Quantum Theory of Radiation: Spectral Distribution of Black Body Radiation. Planck’s Quantum Postulates. Planck’s Law of BlackbodyRadiation: Experimental Verification. Deduction of (1) Wien’s Distribution Law, (2) Rayleigh-Jeans Law, (3)Stefan-Boltzmann Law, (4) Wien’s Displacement law from Planck’s law.

Unit 4: Bose-Einstein StatisticsB-E distribution law, Thermodynamic functions of a strongly Degenerate Bose Gas, Bose Einsteincondensation, properties of liquid He (qualitative description), Radiation as a photon gas and Thermodynamicfunctions of photon gas. Bose derivation of Planck’s law.

Unit 5: Fermi-Dirac Statistics

Fermi-Dirac Distribution Law, Thermodynamic functions of a Completely and strongly Degenerate Fermi Gas, Fermi Energy, Electron gas in a Metal, Specific Heat of Metals, Relativistic Fermi gas, White Dwarf Stars, Chandrasekhar Mass Limit.

References

• Statistical Mechanics, R.K. Pathria, Butterworth Heinemann: 2nd Ed., 1996, Oxford University Press. • Statistical Physics, Berkeley Physics Course, F. Reif, 2008, Tata McGraw-Hill


Physics Lab XIV

Use C/Python/Scilab/Octave for solving the problems based on Statistical Mechanics like

1. Plot Planck’s law for Black Body radiation and compare it with Wein’s Law and RaleighJeans Law at high temperature (room temperature) and low temperature. 2. Plot Specific Heat of Solids by comparing (a) Dulong-Petit law, (b) Einstein distribution function, (c) Debye distribution function for high temperature (room temperature) and low temperature and compare them for these two cases 3. Plot Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution function versus temperature. 4. Plot Fermi-Dirac distribution function versus temperature. 5. Plot Bose-Einstein distribution function versus temperature.

DISCIPLINE SPECIFICELECTIVES (DSE)

Course: DSE1 – Fundamentals of ChemistryCredit: 6 (4L-0T-4P)

Component: Theory

Unit 1: Inorganic Chemistry IPeriodicity and Atomic Structure:

Development of Periodic Table, Light and Electromagnetic spectrum, Particle-likeproperties of Electromagnetic Radiation: The Planck Equation, Wave-likeproperties of matter: The de Broglie Equation,

Study of matter – its properties and behavior; Atomic Structure: Discovery ofElectron by J J Thomson, Bohr’s Theory, De Broglie Hypothesis, Heisenberg’sUncertainty Principle.

Wave Functions and Quantum Numbers, The Shapes of Orbitals: s, p, d, f;Electron Configurations and Periodic Table.

Unit 2: Organic Chemistry I

Organic Compounds: Structure and Bonding:Classification and Nomenclature. Hybridization of orbitals and types of hybridization; Influence ofhybridization on bond properties; Shapes of molecules: methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, waterand carbon dioxide; Important bond parameters: Bond Length, Bond Angles, Bond Energy

Electronic Displacements and Polarity of bonds: Inductive, resonance, electromeric, mesomeric, hyperconjugation effects, H-bond and theirapplications; Dipole moment.

Mechanism of organic reactions: Curved Arrow notation, drawing electron movements with arrows, half-headed and double headedarrows, hemolytic and heterolytic bond breaking.Types of organic reactions: substitution, addition, elimination, rearrangementTypes of reagents: electrophiles and nucleophilesReactive intermediates and their relative stability: Carbocations, Carbanions, Free radicals andCarbenes

Unit 3: Physical Chemistry I

Concepts of Molarity, Molality and Normality

Thermodynamics-I:Intensive and extensive variables; state and path functions; isolated, closed and open systems; ZerothLaw of Thermodynamics.First Law of Thermodynamics: Work, Heat, Internal Energy, Heat Capacity, Concept of Enthalpy H;Cp, Cv and their relation; calculations of q, w, U and H for reversible, irreversible and free expansionof gases (ideal and van der Waals) under isothermal and adiabatic conditions.

Chemical Kinetics-I:Introduction to Rate law, order and molecularity; advancement of a reaction; differential andintegrated form of rate expressions up to second order reactions; Determination of order of areaction; Opposing reactions, consecutive reactions and parallel reactions

Conductance-I:Conductance and measurement of conductance; cell constant, specific and equivalent conductance,molar conductance

Electrochemistry-I:Oxidation/reduction of ions based on half-cell potentials; Chemical cells, reversible and irreversiblecells; Electromotive force of a cell and its measurement, Nernst equation.

Ionic Equilibria:Strong, moderate and weak electrolytes; degree of ionization; factors affecting degree of ionization;ionization constant and ionic product of water. Ionization of weak acids and bases; Concept of pH,pKa, pKb; common ion effect; Salt hydrolysis-calculation of hydrolysis constant; degree ofhydrolysis and pH for different salts; Buffer solutions; Solubility and solubility product of sparinglysoluble salts – applications of solubility product principle.


1. pH measurements, buffer preparation and Molarity Concept of differentcompounds:

pH Range: 4-5.6: sodium acetate/acetic acid buffer

pH Range: 7: di-sodium hydrogen phosphate/ mono- sodiumhydrogen phosphate

pH Range: 9-10.8: sodium carbonate/sodium bi carbonate

2. Fun with Magic ink by NaHCO3

3. Different food colors analysis by spectrophotometer by Estimation ofabsorption maxima

4. Basics of chromatography

5. Strength comparison of different stomach antacids (active ingradients)

6. General acid base titration with suitable indicator

Reference Books:1. Chemistry, 4th Edition by McMurry, J. and Fay, R.C., 2004, Pearson.2. Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition by Leroy G. Wade, Junior, Pearson.3. Physical Chemistry, P. Atkins and J. De Paul, 8th Edition (2006), International Student Edition,Oxford University Press.4. Basic Inorganic Chemistry, F. A Cotton, G. Wilkinson, and Paul L. Gaus, 3rd Edition (1995), JohnWiley & Sons, New York.5. Chemistry for Degree Students, R. L. Madan, ISBN: 978-81-219-3230-1, S. Chand Publishing.

Course: DSE3 – Biophysics Credit: 6 (4L-0T-2P)

Component: Theory

Unit 1: Spectrophotometry:

Concept of electromagnetic radiations - UV, visible, IR. Orbital theory: Bonding and antibonding;simple association of 1t orbital to form TT orbitals. Concept of chromophore - Wit's chromophoretheory, auxochorome, red shift, blue shift, Lambert-Beer's law - derivation & deviation; absorptivity,line diagram & working principle of spectophotometer. Extinction co-efficient. Instrumentation andapplication of UV and visible spectrophotometry, Light Scattering, fluorescence spectroscopy,fluorescence energy transfer, NMR Spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, CD spectroscopy.

Unit 2: X-ray crystallography:

X-ray diffraction, concept of different crystal structure, determination of crystal structure, Braggequation, reciprocal lattice, miller indices and unit cell.

Unit 3: Centrifugation:

Basic principle, relative centrifugal force (RCF), sedimentation and sedimentation co-efficient, lowand high speed centrifugation, Ultra centrifuge, preparative centrifugation, differentialcentrifugation, density gradient centrifugation. Different types of rotors,

Unit 4: Chromatography:

Basic principle, paper chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, column chromatography,absorption chromatography, Gas chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, affinitychromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, hydroxyapatite chromatography.

Unit 5: Electrophoresis:

Migration of an ion, factors affecting electrophoretic mobility, free electrophoresis, paperelectrophoresis, cellulose acetate electrophoresis, gel electrophoresis, two-dimensional gelelectrophoresis, pulse-field gel electrophoresis, capillary electrophoresis.

Unit 6: Microscope:

Microscope discovery, basic design of Microscope, Principle of Microscopy, Different componentsof light waves, Resolving power; Numerical aperture, Chromatic Aberration, types of Microscopes:light microscope, bright-field, dark-field, phase-contrast, invert microscope, confocal microscope,fluorescent microscope, electron microscope (TEM and SEM).


1. Chemical cell disruption and assay for intracellular products

2. Mechanical cell disruption and assay for intracellular products

3. Separation of insolubles by filtration / sedimentation / centrifugation

4. Ammonium sulphate precipitation and dialysis

5. Gel analysis/ assay for dialysed product

6. Ion Exchange chromatography

7. Native gel electrophoresis of proteins

8. SDS-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis of proteins under reducing conditions.

9. Activity gel assay.

DSE4 – Numerical Analysis

Credit: 6 (4L-0T-2P)

Component: Theory Numerical Analysis Credits: 4

Unit 1: Representation of numbers:

Round-off error, truncation error, significant error, error in numerical computation.

Unit 2: Solution of transcendental and algebraic equations:

Bisection, Regula-falsi, Fixed point, Newton Rephson.

Unit 3: Interpolation:

Newton’s forward, backward, Lagrange’s and divided differences.

Unit 4: Numerical differentiation:

Methods based on interpolations.

Unit 5: Numerical Integration:

Trapezoidal, Simpson’s 1/3 rd. rule.

Unit 6: Solution of linear equations:

Direct methods – Gauss elimination, LU decomposition, Iteration methods- Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel.

Unit 7: Ordinary differential equations:

Single step method - Euler method, Runge-Kutta Method, multistep method.

Unit 8: Approximations:

Least square polynomial approximation.

Text/ Reference Books:1. A. Gupta and S.C. Bose: Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Academic Publisher 3rd ed, 20132. M.K. Jain, S.R.K.Iyenger and R.K. Jain: Numerical methods for scientific and Engineering Computations, New Age Internationals (P) Ltd, 1999.

Component: Lab Numerical Analysis Credits: 2

List of practical (using C/ C++)

1. Solution of transcendental and algebraic equations:

a) Bisection method

b) Newton Raphson method

2. Numerical Integration:

a) Trapezoidal Rule

b) Simpson’s one third rule

3. Solution of ordinary differential equations:

a) Euler method

b) Runge Kutta method (order 4)

GENERIC ELECTIVES (GE)

COURSES OFFERED BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS GENERAL ELECTIVESUBJECT FOR UNDER GRADUATE STUDENTS

DEPARTMENT COURSE

ENGLISH THE STUDY OF SCRIPTS (FOR ODD SEMSTER)TRANSLATION STUDIES (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

COMPUTER SCIENCE BASICS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (FOR FIRST SEMESTER)DATA STRUCTURE (FOR 4TH SEMESTER)OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (FOR 5TH SEMESTER)DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (DBMS) (FOR 6TH SEMESTER)

BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE (FOR ODD SEMESTER)FUNDAMENTALS OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

MASS COMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM BASICS OF JOURNALISM (FOR ODD SEMESTER)SCIENTIFIC REPORT WRITING AND EDITING (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION

HOSPITALITY & TOURISM ENTREPRENEURSHIP(FOR ODD SEMESTER)PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

MICROBIOLOGY

MOLECULAR SECRETS OF LIFE (FOR ODD SEMESTER)INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC HISTORY OF INDIA (FOR ODD SEMESTER)ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

CHEMISTRY FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY(FOR ODD SEMESTER)

STEREOCHEMISTRY AND CONFORMATION (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

PHYSICS

WHERE DO YOU LIVE? A JOURNEY THOUGH OUR GORGEOUS UNIVERSE (FOR ODD SEMESTER)HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

MANAGEMENT

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (FOR ODD SEMESTER)BUSINESS STRATEGY (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH

COURSE: GE – THE STUDY OF SCRIPTS (FOR ODD SEMSTER)

1. Course Objectives: This course intends to acquaint the students with the ancient scripts of thebronze as well as the iron age civilizations that are awaiting decipherment,especially the Linear A and B scripts, the enigmatic Indus Valley CivilizationScript (IVCS), the Rongorongo script and the Egyptian script that however, hasbeen deciphered. It will trace the history of the study of these scripts and shalllook into the modern computational methods and the latest discoveries in thefield of computational and cognitive linguistics that have been used to studythem.

2. Course Outcomes: After taking this course, students are expected to gain an understanding of thebasic orthography as well as the real problems that lie in the path ofdecipherment of the same and also understand the various research methodsemployed to study them.

Unit I: The History of Language Decipherment: Decipherment and the underlying theory, first and second order language, theconcept of underlying language, famous linguists, structuralism and structurallinguistics, Chomsky and the cognitive revolution, ethnography, archaeologyand the study of scripts.

Unit II: Scripts: An Introduction Linear A and B, Rongorongo, IVC, Egyptian.

Unit III: The Indus Valley Script—Detailed StudyProblems posed by short inscriptions and orthography, the proto-DravidianHypothesis, Iravathan Mahadevan’s concordance of the IVC signs, Asko Parpolaand his hypothesis, Nisha Yadav’s and Rajesh Rao’s observations, the study ofselect seals from Dholavira and Harappa, the Dholavira sign board, the possiblereasons for the decline of the script, IVC painted pottery, the ‘Pashupatinath’seal, the dancing girl and female iconography, trade practices and the IVCscript, the anti-literate hypothesis: S. Farmer et al. , animal figurines in theseals, seals found in Mesopotamia: issues.

Unit IV: Modern techniques to study the IVC script:The idea of conditional entropy, recent advances in computational linguistics,the use of sound silencing, AI and decipherment, the Chennai team and deepneural networks, efforts in IIT Kharagpur to understand the disappearance ofthe civilization and the script through climate modelling simulation, otherrelevant techniques.

Select Readings:

1) Robinson, Andrew, Lost Languages: The Enigma of World’s UndecipheredScripts. New York: Mac-Graw-Hill, 2005.

2) Shendge, Malati J, Unsealing the Indus Script: Anatomy of its Decipherment.New Delhi: Atlantic, 2010.

3) Yule, George, The Study of Language. New Delhi: CUP, [2007?].

COURSE: GE – TRANSLATION STUDIES (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

1. Course Objectives: After taking this course, the students are expected to understand the nuancesof translation and the act of transcreation itself that often takes into account thefact that the translator has to possess a sound understanding of both thelanguage and the general vocabulary of the target text and the source text.

2. Course Outcomes: After going through the course, the students are expected to understand thetheory and the praxis of the very enterprise of transcreation.

Unit I: Transcreation: Theory and HistoryThe history of translation and the emergence of translation studies, translationas a discipline in ancient Greece and Rome, translation in India, the theory oftranslation, translation or transcreation?

Unit II: Translation: Issues at WorkTranslation and the issue of vocabulary, the ‘loss’ of meaning during the act oftranslation, ‘good’ and ‘bad’ translation, the issue of copyright © in translation,translation as a profession.

Unit III: Transcreation : Practice 1Translating from select texts into English (from Bengali to English and Hindi toEnglish and vice versa).

Unit IV: Transcreation: Practice 2The concept of computer/ machine translation and the use of software andtranslation blogs and services.

Select Readings:Munday, Jeremy. Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications.New York; London: Routledge, 2012.

DEPARTMENT: COMPUTER SCIENCE

COURSE: GE – BASICS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (FOR FIRST SEMESTER)

Unit 1: Data representation (4 Lectures): Data vs Information: Bit, byte number system: binary, octal, hexadecimal, 1’s, 2’s complementarithmetic, digital logic: AND, OR etc.

Unit 2: General problem Solving concepts (6 Lectures): Algorithm and Flowchart for problem solving with Sequential Logic Structure, Decisions and Loops,time & space complexity; Imperative languages: Introduction to imperative language; syntax andconstructs of a specific language (ANSI C).

Unit 3: Human Computer Interface: (7 Lectures):Types of software, operating system as user interface, utility programs; Computing systems:hardware & software, Architecture & organization history: von Neumann Architecture: memory,processor, I/O; BIOS, Booting, Application software, system software, introduction of programminglanguages: brief overview of Pascal, FORTRAN, and BASIC.

Unit 4: Devices:(6 Lectures):Input and output devices (with connections and practical demo), keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner,OCR, OMR, bar code reader, web camera, monitor, printer, plotter Memory: Primary, secondary,auxiliary memory, RAM, ROM, cache memory, hard disks, optical disks.

Unit 5: Computer Organisation and Architecture: (5 Lectures): C.P.U., registers, system bus, main memory unit, cache memory, Inside a computer, SMPS,Motherboard, Ports and Interfaces, expansion cards, ribbon cables, memory chips, processors.

Unit 6: Overview of Emerging Technologies: (4 Lectures) Bluetooth, cloud computing, big data, data mining, mobile computing and embedded systems.

Unit 7: Use of Computers in Education and Research: (4 Lectures) Data analysis, Heterogeneous storage, e-Library, Google Scholar, Domain specific packages such asSPSS, Mathematica etc.

Reference Books: 1. A. Goel, Computer Fundamentals, Pearson Education, 2010. 2. P. Aksoy, L. DeNardis, Introduction to Information Technology, Cengage Learning, 2006 3. P. K.Sinha, P. Sinha, Fundamentals of Computers, BPB Publishers, 2007.

COURSE: GE – DATA STRUCTURE (FOR 4TH SEMESTER)

(36 LECTURES); L-T-P: 3-0-2

Module 1: (8 Lectures)Introduction: Basic Terminologies: Elementary Data Organizations, Data StructureOperations: insertion, deletion, traversal Searching: Linear Search and Binary SearchTechniques and their complexity analysis.

Module 2: (10 Lectures)Stacks and Queues: ADT Stack and its operations: Algorithms and their complexity analysis,Applications of Stacks: Expression Conversion and evaluation – corresponding algorithms andcomplexity analysis. ADT queue, Types of Queue: Simple Queue, Circular Queue, PriorityQueue; Operations on each types of Queues

Module 3: (10 Lectures)Linked Lists: Singly linked lists: Representation in memory, Algorithms of severaloperations: Traversing, Searching, Insertion into, Deletion from linked list; Linkedrepresentation of Stack and Queue, Header nodes, Doubly linked list

Trees: Basic Tree Terminologies, Different types of Trees: Binary Tree, Threaded Binary Tree,Binary Search Tree, AVL Tree; Tree operations on each of the trees

Module 4: (10 Lectures)

Sorting and Hashing: Objective and properties of different sorting algorithms: Selection Sort,Bubble Sort, Insertion Sort, Quick Sort, Merge Sort, Heap Sort;

Suggested books: 1. “Fundamentals of Data Structures”, Illustrated Edition by Ellis Horowitz,

Sartaj Sahni, Computer Science Press.

Suggested reference books: 1. Algorithms, Data Structures, and Problem Solving with C++”, Illustrated Edition by

Mark Allen Weiss, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

2. “How to Solve it by Computer”, 2nd Impression by R. G. Dromey, Pearson Education.

COURSE: GE – OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (FOR 5TH SEMESTER)

(30 Lectures); L-T-P: 3-0-2

Module 1: Abstract data types and their specification. How to implement an ADT. Concrete statespace, concrete invariant, abstraction function. Implementing operations, illustrated by the Textexample. Features of object-oriented programming. Encapsulation, object identity, polymorphism –but not inheritance. Inheritance in OO design. [10L]

Module 2: Design patterns. Introduction and classification. The iterator pattern. Model-view-controller pattern. Commands as methods and as objects. Implementing OO language features.Memory management. Generic types and collections [12L]

Module 3: The software development process. The concepts should be practised using Java. [8L]

Suggested books

1. Barbara Liskov, Program Development in Java, Addison-Wesley, 2001

Suggested reference books

1. Any book on Core Java 2. Any book on C++

COURSE: GE – DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (DBMS) (FOR 6TH SEMESTER)

(36 Lectures); L-T-P: 3-0-2

Module 1: (10L)

Database system architecture: Data Abstraction, Data Independence, Data Definition Language(DDL), Data Manipulation Language (DML). Data models: Entity-relationship model, networkmodel, relational and object oriented data models, integrity constraints, data manipulationoperations.

Module 2: (10L)

Relational query languages: Relational algebra, Tuple and domain relational calculus, SQL3, DDLand DML constructs, Open source and Commercial DBMS - MYSQL, ORACLE, DB2, SQL server.Relational database design: Domain and data dependency, Armstrong's axioms, Normal forms,Dependency preservation, Lossless design. Query processing and optimization: Evaluation ofrelational algebra expressions, Query equivalence, Join strategies, Query optimization algorithms.

Module 3: (6L)

Storage strategies: Indices, hashing.

Module 4: (10L) Transaction processing: Concurrency control, ACID property, Serializability ofscheduling, Locking and timestamp based schedulers, Multi-version and optimistic ConcurrencyControl schemes, Database recovery.

Suggested books:

1. “Database System Concepts”, 6th Edition by Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S.Sudarshan, McGraw-Hill.

Suggested reference books:

1 “Principles of Database and Knowledge – Base Systems”, Vol 1 by J. D. Ullman, ComputerScience Press.

2 “Fundamentals of Database Systems”, 5th Edition by R. Elmasri and S. Navathe, PearsonEducation 3 “Foundations of Databases”, Reprint by Serge Abiteboul, Richard Hull, Victor Vianu,Addison-Wesley

DEPARTMENT: BIOTECHNOLOGY

COURSE: GE – BIOTECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE (FOR ODD SEMESTER)

PURPOSE

The course will provide a basic knowledge of applications of Biotechnology in industrial and medical fields

Unit 1: Environmental BiotechnologyWater and waste water treatment process: Current community drinking water treatment processdisinfection of water (chlorination and ozonation), primary, secondary and advanced treatment ofsewage (domestic waste water), Definition and concept of: biodegradation, bio deterioration andbiotransformation. Biodegradation of plastic, pesticides and hydrocarbons Bioremediation,Bioleaching, Biosorption, Biopesticides, Biofertilizers, Biofuels, Biosensors, Bioindicators,Biodegradable plastics

Unit II: Xenobiotic and recalcitrant compoundsBioaccumulation and biomagnification. Assessment of water and wastewater quality: Concept ofCOD, DO and BOD. Indicators of faecal pollution and MPN and MFtechnique for coliforms.Significance and principal of IMViC.

UNIT III: Industrial BiotechnologyBasic Principles of Industrial Biotechnology: Important commercial products produced bymicroorganisms and GMOs and their applications. Microbes in industry – foods from microorganism(vinegar and cheese). production of citric acid, amylases, proteases, vitamin B12, beer, wine, biogas,methane, hydrogen.

Unit IV: Food BiotechnologyProduction and types of cheese, microorganisms as food –production of mushroom and spirulina,assessment of microbiological quality of various foods. Industrial awareness: Quality control andquality assurance in food and pharamaceutical industry, concept of current good manufacturingpractices in pharmaceutical industry

Unit V: Agricultural Biotechnologycrop improvement, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, virus resistance, plants as bioreactors.Genetic modification in Agriculture –transgenic plants, genetically modified foods, application,future applications, ecological impact of transgenic plants

COURSE: GE – FUNDAMENTALS OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (FOR EVENSEMESTER)

PURPOSE-This course presents the genetic, cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the development of animal embryology

Unit I: Gametogenesis and Fertilization

Definition, scope & historical perspective of development Biology, Gametogenesis –Spermatogenesis, Oogenesis Fertilization - Definition, mechanism, types of fertilization. Differenttypes of eggs on the basis of yolk.

Unit II: Early embryonic development

Cleavage: Definition, types, patterns & mechanism Blastulation: Process, types & mechanismGastrulation: Morphogenetic movements– epiboly, emboly, extension, invagination, convergence,de-lamination. Formation & differentiation of primary germ layers, Fate Maps in early embryos.

Unit III: Embryonic Differentiation

Differentiation: Cell commitment and determination- the epigenetic landscape: a model ofdetermination and differentiation, control of differentiation at the level of genome, transcription andpost-translation level Concept of embryonic induction: Primary, secondary & tertiary embryonic induction, Neural induction and induction of vertebrate lens.

Unit IV: Organogenesis Neurulation, notogenesis, development of vertebrate eye. Fate of different primary germlayersDevelopment of behaviour: constancy & plasticity, Extra embryonic membranes, placenta inMammals.

DEPARTMENT: MASS COMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM

COURSE: GE – BASICS OF JOURNALISM (FOR ODD SEMESTER)

Pre requisites: Basic Knowledge of 12th grade communicative English. Course Objective: 1.Gain an overview of news journalism’s public service role in a democratic society2.Become familiar with fundamental principles of journalism, such as truth-telling, watchdog reporting,accuracy, courage, tolerance, justice, minimizing harm3.Learn basics of journalism law, history and ethics Course Outcome:

Demonstrate critical thinking skills necessary to collect, evaluate, organize and disseminate news1.Analyze relative newsworthiness of various fact sets, using elements of newsworthiness (proximity, interest, importance, impact, timeliness) 2.Write a simple news using set of facts3.Distinguish news from infotainment, public relations, advertising and non-journalistic blogging, aswell as the difference between news and opinion

Unit 1: Understanding News Ingredients of news meaning, definition, nature The news process: from the event to the reader (how news is carried from event to reader) Hard news vs. Soft news, basic components of a news story Attribution, embargo, verification, balance and fairness, brevity, dateline, credit line, byline.

Unit 2: Tabloid press Language of news- Robert Gunning: Principles of clear writing, Rudolf Fleschformula- skills to write news.

Unit 3: Understanding the structure and construction of news Organizing a news story, 5W‘s and 1H, Inverted pyramid Criteria for news worthiness, principles of news selection, importance of research in news, sources of news, use of internet

Unit 4: Different mediums-a comparison Language and principles of writing: Basic differences between the print, electronic and online journalism Citizen journalism

Unit 5: Role of Media in a Democracy Responsibility to Society press and Democracy Contemporary debates and issues relating to media Ethics in journalism, debates discussion and practical writing /Viva.

Books/References

1. Bruce D. Itule and Douglas A. Anderson. News writing and reporting for today’smedia; McGraw Hill Publication, 2000. –

2. M.L. Stein, Susan Paterno& R. Christopher Burnett. News writer’s Handbook: AnIntroduction to Journalism; Blackwell Publishing,2006.

3. George Rodmann. Mass Media in a Changing World; Mcgraw Hill Publication,2007.

4. Carole Flemming and Emma Hemmingway. An Introduction to Journalism; Vistaar Publications,2006. Richard Keeble. The Newspaper’s Handbook; Routledge Publication,2006.

5. JohnHohenberg: Professional Journalists; Thomson Learning.

6. M.V. Kamath: Professional Journalism; Vikas Publishing, New Delhi.

COURSE: GE – SCIENTIFIC REPORT WRITING AND EDITING (FOR EVENSEMESTER)

Course Overview

Science and technology profoundly shape our lives, changing the way we communicate with others,the kinds of careers we will have, and the quality of our natural environment. When science andtechnology move from laboratory to corporate boardroom to Media houses writing is involved inevery step in this process. This course will focus on the writing that constitute science andtechnology. We will explore the writing done by scientists, technologists, will examine how writingcirculates through society journalism, press releases, policy makers, citizens.

Course Outcome

• Use writing for the purposes of reflection, action, and participation in academic inquiry

• Work within a repertoire of genres and modes—including digital media—to meet appropriaterhetorical purposes

• Exercise a flexible repertoire of invention, arrangement, and revision strategies

• Engage in reading for the purposes of reflection, critical analysis, decision-making, and inquiry

• Demonstrate the ability to locate, critically evaluate, and employ a variety of sources for a range ofpurposes

• Synthesize external data and documentary sources into your own writing with greater awareness ofproper citation

Unit 1: (4 Lectures)

Introduction to Science Writer Profile; Stories about Scientists; Introduction to New DiscoveryStory; Science communication models - problems, its solutions; writing science as news; engagingwriting style; Article analysis – structure, style, voice, narrative.


Writing from science journals; Language goals in scientific writing; reporting on new research;explanatory writing; Avoiding jargon; New discovery story analysis, Introduction to Feature Article,Explanatory features; Ethics in writing.


Select a recent healthcare research study and find both the original study published in a biomedicaljournal and another (non-academic) article written about the study findings; Target Audience-Who isthe audience? Purpose of the article; Bibliographic Database Searching and Citation ManagementSoftware; Fact-checking


Interviewing a scientist; Questionnaire Design; Prepare Press releases; Workshopping ideas;Presentations and Posters; Presentation Slides; Presenting Research; Grant Proposals; WritingAbstracts; Writing Thesis and Capstone Documents; Survey: Schedule, Sample; Tools of DataCollection


Planning for print-size, anatomy, grid, design; Format, typography, copy, pictures, advertisements;Plotting text: headlines, editing pictures, captions; Page-making; Technology and Print; layout, useof graphics and photographs; Printing Processes: Traditional vs modern; Desk Top Publishing:Quark Express, Coral Draw, Photoshop


Online Story Package – Use of text, photos, video, audio, graphics; working together to tell a story;Types of Multimedia Content; Supporting Text; Story Pitch; Search Operators; Database; Hyperlink;Rule of Thirds; Rendering; Authenticity; In-Depth Story

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK(S):

1. Alley, Michael. The Craft of Scientific Writing, third edition. New York: Springer, 2009. ISBN: 0387947663 ISBN-13: 9780387947662

2. Alley, Michael. The Craft of Scientific Presentations, second edition. New York: Springer, 2013. ISBN: 1441982787 ISBN-13: 9781441982780

DEPARTMENT: HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION

COURSE: GE – HOSPITALITY & TOURISM ENTREPRENEURSHIP (FOR ODDSEMESTER)

UNIT 1: 08 LECTURES

Introduction to Entrepreneurship Development: Definition of entrepreneurship-emergence ofentrepreneurial classes-theories of entrepreneurship-role of socio-economic environment-characteristics of entrepreneur-leadership, risk taking, decision-making & business planning.Scope in tourism. Introduction to entrepreneur and entrepreneurship.

UNIT 2: 08 LECTURES

Opportunity analysis: External environmental analysis (economic, social & technological)-competitive factors-legal requirements for establishment of a new unit related to tourism & raising offunds-venture capital sources & documentation required.

UNIT 3: 08 LECTURES

Entrepreneurial Behaviour: Innovation and entrepreneur, entrepreneurial behaviour &psychological theories.

UNIT 4: 08 LECTURES

Entrepreneurial Development Program (EDP): EDPs & their role, relevance and achievements-role of Government in organizing EDPs-evolution of EDPs. Social responsibility in business.

UNIT 5: 10 LECTURES

Role of Entrepreneur: Role of an entrepreneur in economic growth as an innovator, generation ofemployment opportunities, complementing economic growth, bringing about social stability &balanced regional development of industries with emphasis on tourism, foreign earnings etc.

COURSE: GE – PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

Unit I- 4 lecturesIntroduction to bio data, features of a bio data, types of bio data, importance of bio data,specifications, preparation of bio data.

Unit II- 4 lecturesGroup discussion: importance, participation, rules to be followed, listening skills, do’s and don’tsPersonal interview: Self introduction, expressing yourself, understanding the interviewers’ need, do’sand don’ts

Unit III- 4 lecturesGrooming and hygiene: basic grooming ideas, self-check of grooming, healthy practices.

Unit IV- 6 lecturesSpeech on a given topic (extempore speech); presentation Skills; public speaking.Time Management; Organizational Skills; Stress management; Team Building Skills; Changemanagement.

Unit V- 4 lecturesTable manners, telephone etiquettes, body language

DEPARTMENT: MICROBIOLOGY

COURSE: GE – MOLECULAR SECRETS OF LIFE (FOR ODD SEMESTER)

Unit 1: Origin of Life:

Formation of life, Concept of Biogenesis and abiogenesis, Miller-Urey experiment, properties ofwater, contribution of scientists to the journey of biology, Discovery of microscope and its types.Theories of evolution, Contribution of Lamarck and Darwin.

Unit 2: Cell structure and function: Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure. Difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell, Plantand animal cell, Cell envelop, Cell organelles and their functions. Eukaryotic cycle definition and itsregulation, phases of cell cycle, Cell division and its significance, types of cell division, Mitosis andmeiosis, different stages of cell division.

Unit 3: Biodiversity and classification:

Classification living organisms, nomenclature system, Characteristics of different classes of organisms, Three domains of life,

Unit 4: Macromolecules of life:

Carbohydrates and sugars, amino acids and proteins, enzymes, Lipids, Nucleic acid (both DNA and RNA)

Unit 5: Information flow in life:

Concept of gene and chromosome, Replication, Transcription, Translation, Methods of gene transfer in prokaryotes like Transformation, Transduction and Conjugation, Operon concept, Mutation.

Unit 6: Metabolic pathways in life:

Carbohydrate metabolism – glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation. Amino acid metabolism and urea cycle, Fatty acid metabolism – β oxidation of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, photosynthesis.

COURSE: GE – INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

Unit 1: History of Development of Forensic Science in India:Functions of forensic science. Historical aspects of forensic science. Definitions and concepts inforensic science. Scope of forensic science. Need of forensic science. Basic principles of forensicscience. Frye case and Daubert standard.

Unit 2: Tools and Techniques in Forensic Science:Branches of forensic science. Forensic science in international perspectives, including set up ofINTERPOL and FBI. Duties of forensic scientists. Data depiction. Report writing.

Unit 3: Organizational set up of Forensic Science Laboratories in IndiaHierarchical set up of Central Forensic Science Laboratories, State Forensic Science Laboratories,Government Examiners of Questioned Documents, Fingerprint Bureaus, National Crime RecordsBureau, Police & Detective Training Schools, Bureau of Police Research & Development,Directorate of Forensic Science and Mobile Crime Laboratories. Police Academies. Police dogs.Services of crime laboratories. Basic services and optional services.

Unit 4: Instrumentation:Sample preparation for chromatographic and spectroscopic evidence. Chromatographic methods.Fundamental principles and forensic applications of thin layer chromatography, gas chromatographyand liquid chromatography. Spectroscopic methods. Fundamental principles and forensicapplications of Ultravioletvisible spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, atomic absorptionspectroscopy, atomic emission spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy. X-ray spectrometry.Colorimetric analysis and Lambert-Beer law. Electrophoresis – fundamental principles and forensicapplications. Neutron activation analysis – fundamental principles and forensic applications.

Unit 5: Basics of Criminology:Definition, aims and scope. Theories of criminal behavior – classical, positivist, sociological.Criminal anthropology. Criminal profiling. Understanding modus operandi. Investigative strategy.Role of media.

Unit 6: Basics of Fingerprinting:Introduction and history, with special reference to India. Biological basis of fingerprints. Formationof ridges. Fundamental principles of fingerprinting. Types of fingerprints. Fingerprint patterns.Fingerprint characters/minutiae. Plain and rolled fingerprints. Classification and cataloguing offingerprint record. Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Significance of poroscopy andedgeoscopy.

Unit 7: Biological Evidence:Nature and importance of biological evidence. Significance of hair evidence. Transfer, persistenceand recovery of hair evidence. Structure of human hair. Comparison of hair samples. Morphologyand biochemistry of human hair. Comparison of human and animal hair. Types and identification ofmicrobial organisms of forensic significance. Identification of wood, leaves, pollens and juices asbotanical evidence. Diatoms and their forensic significance.

DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS

COURSE: GE – ECONOMIC HISTORY OF INDIA (FOR ODD SEMESTER)

Course Description

Using appropriate analytical frameworks, this course reviews major trends in economic indicatorsand policy debates in India in the post-Independence period, with particular emphasis on paradigmshifts and turning points. Given the rapid changes taking place in India, the reading list will have tobe updated annually.

Course Outline

Unit 1: Economic Development since Independence

Major features of the economy at independence; growth and development under different policyregimes-goals, constraints, institutions and policy framework; an assessment of performance-sustainability and regional contrasts; structural change, savings and investment.

Unit 2: Population and Human Development

Demographic trends and issues; education; health and malnutrition.

Unit 3; Growth and Distribution

Trends and policies in poverty; inequality and unemployment

Unit 4: Policies and Performance in Agriculture

Growth; productivity; agrarian structure and technology; capital formation; trade; pricing andprocurement.

Unit 4: Policies and Performance in Industry

Growth; productivity; diversification; small scale industries; public sector; competition policy;foreign investment.

Unit 6: Trends and Performance in Services

Readings:

1. Kaushik Basu, 2009, ―China and India: Idiosyncratic Paths to HighGrowth, Economic and Political Weekly, September.

2. Himanshu. 2011, ―Employment Trends in India: A Re-examination,Economicand Political Weekly, September.

3. Rama Baru et al, 2010, ―Inequities in Access to Health Services in India:Caste,Class and Region, Economic and Political Weekly, September.

4. Geeta G. Kingdon, 2007, ―The Progress of School Education in India,OxfordReview of Economic Policy

COURSE: GE – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

Unit 1: Meanings and nature of development – economic growth, redistribution from growth andcapabilities approach to development, Objectives of development, Measures of development –Purchasing power parity and Per capita income as an index of development, difference betweengrowth and development, human development index, developing economy – features, Introductionto concept of sustainable development,

Unit 2: Factors in economic development - Land: Ownership and tenancy system – fixed rentcontract and share cropping, role of agriculture in development, barriers to agricultural developmentand land reforms, Labour – Population and Labor force growth, casual and long term labor,permanent labor market, Capital: Role of capital accumulation in economic development.Significance of capital-output ratio, role of technology and technological progress, learning, humancapital, Natural Capital & concept of investment.

Unit 3: Population and Development - Concepts of Population: definitions of fertility, mortality,birthrates, death rates, fertility rate, life expectancy, infant mortality rate, youth dependency ratio.Theory of demographic transition

Unit 4: Development strategies - Complementarity and Coordination, Poverty Trap of Nurkse andBig Push theory of Rosenstein-Rodan , Linkages – backward and forward; linkages, policy and bigpush,, Choice of technology and choice of scale (large vs small) and criteria for investment, Gains fromtrade, sustainable development strategies.

Unit 5: Development in a Labour surplus economy - The concept of economic dualism, DisguisedUnemployment, The Informal Sector, Rural-urban migration of labour – Harris-Todaro model,development in natural resource rich contest

Unit 6: Development, Inequality and poverty - Meaning of inequality, inequality measures, LorenzCurve, Range, Coefficient of variation, Gini-coefficient, Kuznet’s Inverted U hypothesis. Poverty,relative and absolute deprivation with respect to income, Poverty line, Poverty measures – Headcount ratio, Poverty gap ratio, Income gap ratio, Human Poverty Index. Social dimensions of poverty– rural poverty, women and ethnic minorities and indigenous populations

References:

Development Economics Debraj Ray

Development Economics Hayami

DEPARTMENT: CHEMISTRY

COURSE: GE – FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY (FOR ODD SEMESTER)

Unit 1: Basic concepts of Organic Chemistry

Fundamentals and Applications:

Basic Organic Chemistry Concepts: introduction to organic molecules and functional groups understanding

organic reactions, atomic orbitals, hybridization, orbital representation of methane, ethane, ethyne and

benzene.

Polarity of bonds: Inductive, resonance and steric effects hyper conjugation, and their influence on acidity and

basicity of organic compounds.

Green Chemistry introduction and principles.

Unit 2: Basic concepts of Physical Chemistry

Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics: Equilibrium, State Functions, Temperature, Equations of State.

First Law of Thermodynamics: Work, Heat, Internal Energy, Heat Capacity, Concept of Enthalpy.

Open thermodynamics.

Solutions: Molarity, Normality, Partial Molar Quantities, Ideal Solutions, Non Ideal Solutions, Electrolytes,

Ionic activity and the Debye Huckel Theory, Colligative properties.

Reaction Kinetics: Reaction Rates, Rate Laws, Application.

Unit 3: Basic concepts of Inorganic ChemistryAtomic Structure & Study of matter: Study of matter – its properties and behavior; Atomic Structure: Discovery of Electron

by J J Thomson, Bohr’s Theory, De Broglie Hypothesis, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty

Principle.

COURSE: GE – STEREOCHEMISTRY AND CONFORMATION (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

Unit 1: Stereochemistry

Introduction, Chirality, Concepts of Isomerism, Types of Isomerism: Structural and Stereoisomerism.

(R) and (S) Nomenclature of asymmetric carbon atoms.

Optical Isomerism or Enantiomerism, Optical Activity.

Biological discrimination of enantiomers.

Racemic mixtures, Enantiomeric excess, Optical purity.

Fischer Projections and their use.

Diastereomers, stereochemistry of molecules with two or more asymmetric carbons.

Geometrical isomerism: cis–trans and, syn-anti isomerism and E/Z notations.

Unit 2 - Conformation

Cycloalkanes and Conformational Isomerism,

Conformational analysis of ethane and n-butane,

Conformation analysis of alkanes: Relative stability, Axial and Equatorial bonds.

Energy diagrams of cyclohexane: Chair, Boat and Twist boat forms; Relative stability with energy diagrams.

DEPARTMENT: PHYSICS

COURSE: GE – WHERE DO YOU LIVE? A JOURNEY THOUGH OUR GORGEOUSUNIVERSE (FOR ODD SEMESTER)

Unit 1: Radiation from stars: spectral lines and their formation; stellar atmosphere.

Unit 2: Telescopes and other detectors.

Unit 3: Special relativity - Basic ideas.

Unit 4: Stellar parameters; Binary stars.

Unit 5: Main sequence stars and their structure; Nuclear processes in stars; End points of stellarevolution; White dwarfs, Neutron stars and Black holes.

Unit 6: Interstellar medium and star formation.

Unit 7: Cluster of stars.

Unit 8: Galaxies.

Unit 9: Universe on large scale: an overview.

Unit 10: Cosmological moles for a homogeneous and isotropic universe.

Unit 11: Early Universe.

References:

1. The Physical Universe: an introduction to Astronomy - Frank H. Shu

2. Cosmos - Carl Sagan

3. Fundamental Astronomy - H. Karttunen et. al

COURSE: GE – HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

Unit 1: What is Science?

Unit 2: Scientific Reasoning.

Unit 3: Explanation in Science.

Unit 4: Realism and Anti-realism.

Unit 5: Scientific change and Scientific evolution.

Unit 6: Philosophical problems in physics, biology and psychology.

Unit 7: Science and its critics.

Unit 8: Conclusions.

References:

1. Science order and creativity -D. Bohm and D. Peat

2. Understanding Philosophy of Science - J. Ladyman

3. Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary introduction - A. Rosenberg

DEPPARTMENT: MANAGEMENT

COURSE: GE - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (FOR ODD SEMESTER)

1) Organization- the concept. 2) Human behavior- concepts and practice. 3) Leadership and leadership styles.4) Motivation- theory and practice. 5) Communication.6) Individual and Group dynamics. 7) OB and decision making.8) Presentation and case studies.

COURSE: GE - BUSINESS STRATEGY (FOR EVEN SEMESTER)

1) Concept of business strategy- reactive, preactive and proactive strategies.2) McKinsey 7S framework. 3) Impact of environment in strategy formulation.4) Mega, Micro and relevant environment.5) The strategic management pyramid. 6) Swot analysis.7) BCG growth share matrix.

SKILL ENHANCEMENTCOURSE (SEC)

Course: SEC1 – Mentored Seminar ICredit: 1 (1L-0T-0P)

In this course, every student has to prepare presentations during the first semester under the guidanceof any faculty of the department who will mentor the student’s work. The students are taught how toprepare a presentation, how to deliver seminar and to make them comfortable in answering thequestions asked to them during the interactive session. At the end of the semester, the student has todeliver a lecture on a specific topic.

Course: SEC2 – Mentored Seminar IICredit: 1 (1L-0T-0P)

In this course, every student has to prepare presentations during the second semester under theguidance of any faculty of the department who will mentor the student’s work. The students aretaught how to prepare a presentation, how to deliver seminar and to make them comfortable inanswering the questions asked to them during the interactive session. At the end of the semester, thestudent has to deliver a lecture on a specific topic

Course: SEC3 – Mentored Seminar IIICredit: 1 (1L-0T-0P)

In this course, every student has to prepare presentations during the third semester under theguidance of any faculty of the department who will mentor the student’s work. The students aretaught how to prepare a presentation, how to deliver seminar and to make them comfortable inanswering the questions asked to them during the interactive session. At the end of the semester, thestudent has to deliver a lecture on a specific topic

Course: SEC4 – Mentored Seminar IVCredit: 1 (1L-0T-0P)

In this course, every student has to prepare presentations during the fourth semester under theguidance of any faculty of the department who will mentor the student’s work. The students aretaught how to prepare a presentation, how to deliver seminar and to make them comfortable inanswering the questions asked to them during the interactive session. At the end of the semester, thestudent has to deliver a lecture on a specific topic

ABILITY ENHANCEMENTCOMPULSORY COURSES

(AECC)

Course: AECC1 – Communicative English Credit: 2 (2L-0T-0P)

Component: Theory

Unit 1 - Functional grammarTenses: basic forms and use; sentence formation; common errors; parts of speech, direct and reportedspeech structures and voices

Unit 2 - Letter WritingJob application; business letter; editorial letter; email

Unit 3 - Essay WritingOverall argument; consistent logic; main points; paragraphs; introduction & conclusion

Unit 4 - Report WritingManuscript; memo

Unit 5 - Precis WritingUnderstanding main points; inculcating precision; reducing to basics

Unit 6 - Note Making

Unit 7 - Other Kinds of TextsNotice; Circular; Agenda; Minutes

Unit 8 - Presentation SkillsSoft skills; relevance of content; knowledge and confidence

Unit 9 - Group DiscussionThe basic structure of GD's; workshops to develop participation and team-work skills

Unit 10 - Role playWhat is 'role play'? identifying and understanding one's role; workshops

Unit 11 - Developing Interview SkillsThe "Do's & Don'ts" of Interviews; verbal proficiency; personality development; mock-interviews

References:

Nilanjana Gupta - Communicate with Confidence (Anthem Press, 2011)

Barun Mitra - Effective Technical Communication: Guide for Scientists and Engineers (OUP, 2006)

Course: AECC1 – Environmental ScienceCredit: 2 (2L-0T-0P)

Component: Theory

Unit 1: Environment and its components:Definition, Geographical distribution of environment, Environmental chemistry, Atmosphere and its composition.

Unit 2: Forest resources: Use and over exploitation, deforestation, timber extraction, mining, dams and their effects on forests,tribal people.

Unit 3: Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water, floods, drought, conflicts over water, dams- benefits and problems.

Unit 4: Food resources: World food problems, changes caused by agriculture and over-grazing, effects of modern agriculture,fertilizer and pesticides, water logging, salinity.

Unit 5: Energy resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable energy resources, use of alternative energy sources.

Unit 6: Land resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, man induced landslides, soil erosion and desertification.

Unit 7: Ecosystem, Biodiversity and its Conservation:Concept of ecosystem, structure and function of ecosystem, Energy flow, Bio-geological cycles,Introduction to biodiversity, genetic diversity, species diversity, ecological diversity, Biogeographicalclassification of India, Biodiversity Hot-spots, conservation of biodiversity.

Unit 8: Environmental Pollution:Definition, cause and effect of pollution, Control measures of pollution, Air pollution, Waterpollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Solid waste management, Disaster management, role ofthe society to control pollution.

Unit 9: Environmental issues, Laws and ethics: Water conservation, climate change: cause and effect, global warming, acid rain, ozone layerdepletion, hazardous material industries, Wasteland reclamation, Environment protection act, Air(prevention and control of pollution) act, Water (prevention and control of pollution) act, Wildlifeprotection act, Forest conservation act, issues involved in enforcement of environment legislation,Public awareness.

UNIVERSITY SPECIFIEDCOURSE (USC)

Course: USC1 – Foreign Language –I (German)Credit: 2 (2L-0T-0P)

Component: Theory

Lesson 1

Speech acts:Greetings and farewells 1st, 2nd and 3rd person introduction. Speaking about other persons Numbers till 20 Exchanging telephone numbers and E-mail addresses. How to spell a word? Speaking about countries and languages. Grammar: W-Questions and declarative sentences, personal pronouns- I. Vocabulary: Numbers, countries and languages.

Lesson 2:

Speech acts: Speaking about hobbies. Weekdays and weekends. Speaking about work, profession and working hours. Numbers above 20 Seasons Making profiles on the internet Grammar: Definitive articles, verbs and personal pronouns-II, yes/no questions, plurals, verbs 'haben’ and ‘sein’. Vocabulary: Hobbies, Days of the week, numbers from 20, months of the year, seasons

Lesson 3

Speech acts: To name places and buildings To ask questions about places Picture stories To enquire about things Transportation Concept of international words Grammar: Articles for nouns, definite articles, indefinite articles, negative articles, imperative sentences. Vocabulary: Places and buildings, transportation, directions.

Course: USC1 – Foreign Language –I (Spanish)Credit: 2 (2L-0T-0P)

Component: Theory

1. Introduction, Alphabets

2. Vocabulary (Relatives, Fruits, Flowers, Colours, Food, Dress, Days of Week, Month, year etc.)

3. Numbers

4. Noun

5. Subject Pronoun

6. Indicative Mood

7. Verbs: - Regular

8. Verbs Irregular: - Ser, Estar, Tener, Haber, poder, poner etc.

9. Verbs Irregular: - Stem Changing (e to ie), (e to i), (o to ue)

10. Adjective: -Regular Comparative and Superlative

11. Reflexive Verb

12. Object Pronoun

13. Preposition

14. Demonstrative Adjective

15. Possesive Adjective

16. Possesive Pronoun

17. Por and Para

18. Past Tense: - Preterite

19. Audio

20. Conversation

Course: USC1 – Foreign Language I (Japanese)Credit: 2 (2L-0T-0P)

Component: Theory:

a. Course Title: Japanese Language Course

b. Learning Objectives:

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.

Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.

Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Text Books:

① Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Starter A1 Coursebook for communicative language competences (Goyal Publisher & Distributer Pvt Ltd. New Delhi)

② Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Starter A1 Coursebook for communicative language activities (Goyal Publisher & Distributer Pvt Ltd. New Delhi)

1. Japanese Script & Greetings Hiragana (Japanese Native Script) Katakana (Foreign Script) Kanji Exchange greetings in Japanese

2. Japanese Vocabulary Country Names, Languages, Occupations, Family, People, Numbers

Food, Drinks, Food for Lunch, Easting Places Home, Furniture, Places to visit Near buy, Rooms, Things in the room Daily routines, Time, Free-time activities, Places, Calendar

3. Basic Conversation & Grammar 4. Listening, Reading and Writing activities in Japanese Self-introduction My Family Favorite Food My family's breakfast My breakfast, My lunch My home, My room My daily life My week's schedule

Course: USC2 – Foreign Language II (German) Credit: 2 (2L-0T-0P)

Component: Theory

Lesson 4:

Speech acts: Talk about food, planning a shopping, conversations during shipping, conversations ina Restaurant, understanding texts with W-Questions.

Grammar: Positions in a sentence, sentence structure, ‘Akkusativ’ and 'Akkusativ'-verbs.

Vocabulary: meals, groceries, beverages, shops and businesses.

Lesson 5:

Speech acts: Understanding of time and to call, informations with date and time, talking aboutfamily, planning an appointment, to apologise for delay, cancellation of an appointment over thetelephone.

Grammar: Informations with date and time with prepositions 'um’, 'am’, 'von’……. ‘bis’,possessive articles, Modal verbs,

Vocabulary: Daily routine, time, family.

Lesson 6:

Speech acts: Planning something together, to speak about birthdays, to receive and send invitations,talk about events, finding of particular informations in a text.

Grammar: separable verbs, preposition 'für’ for ‘Akkusativ’, personal pronouns, past tense of'haben’ and 'sein’.

Vocabularies: Hobbies, food, beverages, passion and events

Course: USC2 – Foreign Language II (Spanish) Credit: 2 (2L-0T-0P)

Component: Theory

1. Gustar , Encantar, Doler Verb2. Some More irregular Verbs- Saber , Conocer , querer, hacer etc3. Past Tense:- Preterite indefinido

4. Audio

5. Conversation

6. Comprehension

7. Picture description

8. Letter Writing

9. Paragraph Writing

10. Form Filling

Course: USC2 – Foreign Language II (Japanese) Credit: 2 (2L-0T-0P)

Component: Theory

a. Course Title: Japanese Language Course

b. Learning Objectives:

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.

Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.

Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help. d. Text Books:

① Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Starter A1 Coursebook for communicative language competences (Goyal Publisher & Distributer Pvt Ltd. New Delhi)

② Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Starter A1 Coursebook for communicative language activities (Goyal Publisher & Distributer Pvt Ltd. New Delhi)

1. Japanese Script Kanji 2. Japanese Vocabulary Hobbies (sports, films, music, etc.), Places, Events, Calendar

Transport, Places in Town, Locations

Souvenirs, Counting Numbers, Clothes, Prices

Holiday activities 3. Conversation & Grammar

4. Listening, Reading and Writing activities in Japanese My hobby

My town

My shopping last week

Clothes that I like

My Holiday trip

Experiences in Japan