Department of Physics, GDC, Banjar, Kullu (H.

P) 175123

Program Learning Objectives (PLOs)

The Department of Physics is committed to impart quality education both in theoretical as well
as experimental physics with special emphasis on ‘learning by doing’ to produce quality
manpower for teaching and research. The objectives of the B.Sc. with Physics programme are:

1. To impart quality education in physics to students through well designed courses

2. To enable the students to acquire deep knowledge in fundamental aspects of all branches
of Physics
3. To be able to apply scientific and technical knowledge and skills to other disciplines and
areas of study
4. To enhance their skills for continuous professional development in response to
technological and social challenges.
5. To inculcate scientific bent of mind and attitude relevant to science such as concern for
efficiency, accuracy and precision, objectivity, integrity, enquiry, effective
communication, ethical responsibilities
6. To motivate the students for a lifelong love of learning
Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the B.Sc. with Physics programme:

 PO1: Students will acquired substantial knowledge of different areas in physics, basic
knowledge in mathematics with advanced knowledge in some specialized areas of
physics
 PO2: Students will demonstrate knowledge of Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetism
and Modern physics etc. and be able to apply this knowledge to analyze a variety of
physical phenomenon.
 PO3: Students will show that they have learned laboratory skills, enabling them to take
measurements in a physics laboratory and analyze the measurements to draw valid
conclusions.
 PO4: Students will be capable of oral and written scientific communication and will
prove that they can think critically and work independently. Impart skills required to
gather information from resources and use them.
 PO5: Students will design and conduct an experiment (or series of experiments)
demonstrating their understanding of the scientific method and processes
 PO6: Students will demonstrate proficiency in the acquisition of data using a variety of
laboratory instruments and in the analysis and interpretation of such data.
 PO8: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of physics and science
on society.
Course Specific Learning Objectives (CLOs):

B. Sc 1ST Year

Mechanics:

 CLO1: Understand the various co-ordinate systems, motion of objects in different frame
of references and transformation laws- Both Galilean and Lorentz transformations.
 CLO2: Understand laws of motion and its applications i.e. projectile motion, simple
harmonic oscillator, Rocket motion, elastic and inelastic collisions.
 CLO3: Understand the idea of conservation of angular momentum, central forces and the
effective potential.
 CLO4: Develop understanding of special theory of relativity and its applications to
understand length contraction, time dilation, conservation of momentum and variation of
mass, relativistic momentum, energy, and mass energy relation.
 CLO5: Understand the application of central force to the stability of circular orbits,
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, scattering.
 CLO6: Understand the dynamics of rotating objects i.e. rigid bodies, angular velocity, the
moment of inertia, the motion of rigid bodies. Non-inertial frames: Pseudo forces,
examples involving the centrifugal force and Coriolis force.

Electricity and Magnetism:

 CLO1: To understand the basic concepts of Electric field, Electric Potential and current.
 CLO2: To learn and understand the magnetic field and magnetic properties of the matter.
 CLO3: Understand the concept of static and time varying fields.
 CLO4: Understand the concept of conductors, dielectrics and capacitance.
 CLO5: Gain knowledge on EM waves using use Maxwell’s equations, propagation and
their properties and concept of Poynting vector,
 CLO6: Ability to describe and make calculations of plane electromagnetic waves in
homogeneous media, including reflection and transmission of such waves in boundaries
B. Sc 2nd Year

Waves and Oscillations:

 CLO1: Understand the concepts of SHM, mechanical and electrical Oscillators and able
to derive their mathematical equations and solutions.
 CLO2: Able to solve wave equation of damped, forced and coupled oscillators for
heavily and lightly damped oscillators.
 CLO3: Understand how several waves or parts of waves interact, and be able to calculate
and analyze diffraction and interference phenomena, and explain the conditions required
for such phenomena to appear.
 CLO4: Analyze different types of diffraction and interference and their applications.
 CLO5: Able to calculate what happens when waves move from one medium to another,
and be able to explain dispersion and group and phase velocity.
 CLO6: Able to solve wave equation for polarization and understand the concept of half
and quarter wave plates.

Thermal and Statistical Physics

 CLO1: Understand the basic statistical methods and concepts like probability, random
variables, expected value, variance, and common probability distributions.
 CLO2: Familiarize in depth about statistical distribution and have basic ideas about
Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi Dirac Statistics and their applications.
 CLO3: Ability to evaluate entropy changes in a wide range of processes and determine
the reversibility or irreversibility of a process from such calculations.
 CLO4: Become familiar with various thermodynamic process and work done in each of
these processes. Understand the efficiency of Carnot’s engine and the significance of first
law and second of thermodynamics and implications of the second law of
thermodynamics.
 CLO5: Understand the interrelationship between thermodynamic and statistics and ability
to use such relationships to solve practical problems. Realize the importance of Thermo
dynamical functions and applications of Maxwell’s Thermodynamical relationships.
 CLO6: Understand the methods of production of very Low temperature. It also exposes
the production of Low temperature, superconductors and methods of liquefaction of gas
B. Sc Final Year
SOLID STATE PHYSICS:
 CLO1: Learn about the basic concepts of crystal structures, Bravais Lattices, packing
fractions, diffraction experiments and reciprocal lattices.
 CLO2: Understand crystal vibrations: phonon, heat capacity and thermal conductivity
 CLO3: Able to classify materials depending on band gap, effective masses, charge carrier
distributions, doping, p-n junctions, ,
 CLO4: Understand free electron Fermi gas: density of states, Fermi level, and electrical
conductivity.
 CLO5: Establish the relationship between conductors and insulators and super
conductivity
 CLO6: Know the properties of superconductors; types, properties, London equations,
BCS theory and applications of superconductors.

Elements of Modern Physics:

 CLO1: To learn about origin of quantum mechanics/modern physics, Planck’s Theory,

Blackbody spectrum, and UV catastrophe.
 CLO2: Understanding the particle nature of light using Photo-electric effect, and
Compton Scattering
 CLO3: To understand wave nature of light using De-Broglie hypothesis and Davisson
and Germer Experiment
 CLO4: To understand the concept of Matter wave and uncertainty principle,
 CLO5: To learn some basics of Quantum Mechanics, Schrödinger wave equation, wave-
function and Born’s interpretation of wave function
 CLO6:To apply Schrödinger wave equation for Quantum mechanical scattering and
tunneling in one dimension - across a step potential and across a rectangular potential
barrier

Nuclear Physics:

 CLO1: Understand the ideas of basics of nucleus, its properties and binding energy.
 CLO2: Able to know about the magic numbers and different types of nuclei.
 CLO3: Understand the various decay modes viz. alpha, beta and gamma decay.
 CLO4: Ability to have insight into various types nuclear reactions, their conservation
laws, Q- value, and formation of compound nucleus.
 CLO5: Understand basic knowledge accelerators and detectors; their construction and
applications.
 CLO6: Ability to apply fundamental conservation laws and symmetries to judge the
viability of production and decay processes for nuclei and elementary particles.
PHYSICS PRACTICALS and CLOs
This laboratory based course provides the ‘hands on’ experience in a number of experimental
techniques, and develops competence in the instrumentation typically used in Physics. The
courses assume a familiarity with optics and electromagnetism, mechanics, thermodynamics
and statistical Physics and solid state physics. The various practical in Physics lab helps
students to realize theoretical concepts in real practice via experimentation.
There are various experiments in Physics Lab according to almost every course subject which
are aimed to provide students experimental knowledge. Some of the important experiments are
given below. The students will be able to;

 CLO1: To learn the mechanics of Fly wheel, bar, Kater’s pendulum, Digital Timer
technique for measuring acceleration due to gravity, use of Sextant,
 CLO2: To acquire the knowledge of electrical devices such as ammeter, voltmeter,
millimeter, series/parallel LCR circuit.
 CLO3: Understand theoretical principles of optics in the experimental method through
the determination of refractive index of the prism using the spectrometer, measurement of
refractive index using Michelson Interferometer, Newton’s Ring apparatus etc.
 CLO4: The ability to formulate, conduct, analyzes and interprets experiments in physics.
 CLO5: The ability to use modern physics techniques and tools, including mathematical
techniques, graphs and laboratory instrumentation like Function generators and Digital
Storage Oscilloscopes (DSO).
 CLO6: Understand physical characteristics of SHM and obtaining solution of the
oscillator using experiment
 CLO7: Use both analytical mathematics and numerical methods to explore the subjects
mentioned above.
 CLO8: Understand the objective of a physics laboratory experiment, properly carry out the
experiments, and appropriately record and analyze the results.
SEMINAR & GROUP DISCUSSION
The purpose of seminar and group discussion is
 CLO1: To Understands advance problem based on topics related to physics courses.
 CLO2: To enhance the ability to communicate their ideas effectively, both orally and in
writing.
 CLO3: To enhance the ability of the students to present the topic in more effective
manner using power point presentations at the end of every week.

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