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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2024/2025

B. Sc. Physics

SYNOPSES OF COURSES

CORE COURSES
LEVEL 1

SIF1003 THERMAL PHYSICS (2 CREDITS)
Temperature, heat conduction, diffusion; Zeroth law of
thermodynamics; PVT system, Ideal gas, van der Waal gas; Work,
heat, internal energy; First, Second and Third laws of
thermodynamics; Entropy, enthalpy, thermodynamic potentials;
Phase transition, phase diagrams; Kinetic theory for ideal gas;
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; Real gas。

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF1005 ELECTRONICS I (2 CREDITS)
DC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
Circuit Theory: Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, Thevenin’s theorem,
Norton’s theorem, Current and voltage divider. Circuit analysis
technique: mesh and nodal analysis methods.
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
Energy band diagrams, properties of semiconductor, PN junction,
forward and reverse bias conditions, the current-voltage
characteristics and simple diode circuits; Diodes Application: Zener
diode, half-wave, full-wave, bridge rectifiers; transformer, capacitor-
input and choke-input filters, voltage regulators.
Bipolar junction Transistor (BJT): Characteristics of transistor, simple
transistor circuit, current and voltage gain, load line concept, biasing
requirements, D.C analysis of the BJT circuit。

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

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