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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2024/2025

SIF2009 ELECTRONICS PRACTICAL (2 CREDIT)

Experiments that involve electronic components such as diodes,
rectifiers, transistors, amplifiers and digital electronics.

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 0%
Continuous Assessment: 100%

SIF2010 PHYSICS PRACTICAL II (2 CREDITS)
Practical classes for experiments in fundamental physics on topics
including electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, optics,
spectroscopy and others.

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 0%
Continuous Assessment: 100%

SIF2026 MECHANICS II (3 CREDITS)
Brief history of analytical mechanics (force & energy based approach);
Newton equation of motion in noninertial frame of reference (linear and
angular acceleration, rotating coordinate system, centrifugal force,
Coriolis force, Foucault pendulum, modelling of planetary
meteorological phenomena); Coupled oscillation (two-coupled
oscillator and normal coordinates, vibration of molecules, dissipative
systems). Nonlinear oscillation (Nonlinear oscillating systems,
qualitative discussion of motion, phase diagrams, bifurcation, chaos,
fractal geometry); Lagrangian dynamics (generalized coordinates,
D’Alembert principle, Lagrange’s equation of motion, problem solving
using Lagrange equation, Noether theorem for conservation laws,
Lagrange equation for nonnonholonomic constraints and dissipative
systems ); Hamiltonian dynamics (Hamilton’s principle, Hamiltonian,
Hamilton’s equation of motion, phase space, Liouville’s theorem,
Poisson bracket ); Special theory of relativity (Einstein’s postulates,
Lorentz transformation, length contraction, time dilation, covariant
formulation, four vectors, relativistic dynamics, lagrange and
Hamiltonian formulation for relativistic mechanics), Capita Selecta.

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

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