FEDERAL
UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES, EFFURUN
DEPARTMENT
OF PHYSICS
CURRICULUM
FOR B. Sc. (HONS) IN Physics
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Unit 
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Semester 
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Level 
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1
   
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PHY
  111 
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GENERAL
  PHYSICS I 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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2
   
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GSE
  112 
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USE
  OF LIBRARY 
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C 
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1 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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3
   
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GSE
  111 
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COMMUNICATION
  IN ENGLISH 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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4
   
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CSC
  111 
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INTRODUCTION
  TO COMPUTER SCIENCE 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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5
   
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BIO
  119 
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PRACTICAL
  BIOLOGY 1 
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C 
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1 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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6
   
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BIO
  111 
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GENERAL
  BIOLOGY 1 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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7
   
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CHM
  111 
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GENERAL
  INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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8
   
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MTH
  111 
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GENERAL
  MATHEMATICS 1 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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9
   
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PHY119 
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EXPERIMENTAL
  PHYSICS 
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C 
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1 
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First
  Semester 
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100L 
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10
   
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CHM
  129 
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PRACTICAL
  CHEMISTRY 
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C 
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1 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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11
   
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GSE
  121 
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AFRICAN
  CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION 
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C 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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12
   
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CHM
  121 
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GENERAL
  ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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13
   
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MTH
  121 
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GENERAL
  MATHEMATICS II 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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14
   
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PHY
  129 
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EXPERIMENTAL
  PHYSICS II 
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C 
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1 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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15
   
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PHY
  121 
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ELECTRICITY
  AND MAGNETISM 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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16
   
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MTH
  123 
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VECTORS
  AND DYNAMICS 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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17
   
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PHY
  123 
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INTRODUCTION
  TO MODERN OPTICS 
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C 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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18
   
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PHY
  122 
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HEAT
  AND THERMODYNAMICS 
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C 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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100L 
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19
   
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PHY
  211 
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ELECTRIC
  CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONICS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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200L 
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20
   
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GSE
  211 
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PHILOSOPHY,
  LOGIC AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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200L 
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21
   
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CSC
  212 
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INTRODUCTION
  TO FILE PROCESSING 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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200L 
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22
   
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MTH
  211 
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MATHEMATICAL
  METHODS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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200L 
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23
   
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PHY
  219 
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EXPERIMENTAL
  PHYSICS III 
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C 
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1 
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First
  Semester 
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200L 
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24
   
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PHY
  213 
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WAVES
  AND OPTICS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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200L 
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25
   
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PHY212 
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INTRODUCTION
  TO EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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200L 
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26
   
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MTH
  215 
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STATISTICAL
  METHODS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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200L 
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27
   
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GSE
  221 
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COMMUNICATION
  IN ENGLISH 
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C 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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200L 
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28
   
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CSC
  221 
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COMPUTER
  PROGRAMMING 2 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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200L 
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29
   
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MTH
  223 
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NUMERICAL
  ANALYSIS 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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200L 
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30
   
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MTH
  221 
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ELEMENTARY
  DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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200L 
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31
   
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PHY
  229 
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EXPERIMENTAL
  PHYSICS IV 
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C 
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1 
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Second
  Semester 
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200L 
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32
   
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PHY
  221 
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THERMAL
  PHYSICS 
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C 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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200L 
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33
   
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PHY
  222 
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ELECTRIC
  CIRCUIT AND NETWORK ANALYSIS 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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200L 
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34
   
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PHY
  223 
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ELEMENTARY
  MODERN PHYSICS 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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200L 
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35
   
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PHY
  300 
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EXPERIMENTAL
  PHYSICS 4 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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36
   
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GSE
  311 
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ENTREPRENEURIAL
  SKILLS 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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37
   
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MTH
  313 
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COMPLEX
  ANALYSIS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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38
   
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PHY
  315 
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ENERGY
  AND ENVIRONMENT 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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39
   
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PHY
  314 
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SOLID
  STATE PHYSICS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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40
   
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PHY
  316 
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INTRODUCTION
  TO GEOPHYSICS II 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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41
   
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PHY
  311 
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QUANTUM
  MECHANICS 1 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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42
   
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PHY
  312 
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ELECTRICITY
  AND MAGNETISM 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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43
   
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PHY
  313 
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ANALYTICAL
  MECHANICS 1 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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300L 
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44
   
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PHY
  320 
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SIWES 
 | 
  
C 
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6 
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Second
  Semester 
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300L 
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45
   
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PHY
  418 
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NUCLEAR
  AND PARTICLE PHYSICS 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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400L 
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46
   
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PHY
  417 
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DIGITAL
  ELECTRONICS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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400L 
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47
   
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PHY
  416 
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SEMINAR 
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C 
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2 
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First
  Semester 
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400L 
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48
   
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PHY
  415 
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MATHEMATICAL
  METHODS FOR PHYSICS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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400L 
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49
   
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PHY
  414 
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COMPUTATIONAL
  PHYSICS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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400L 
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50
   
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PHY
  413 
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ELECTROMAGNETIC
  FIELDS & WAVES 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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400L 
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51
   
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PHY
  412 
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ANALYTICAL
  MECHANICS II 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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400L 
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52
   
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PHY
  411 
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STATISTICAL
  AND THERMAL PHYSICS 
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C 
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3 
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First
  Semester 
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400L 
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53
   
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PHY
  432 
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POTENTIAL
  FIELD THEORY 
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E 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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54
   
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PHY
  431 
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SOLID
  EARTH PHYSICS 
 | 
  
E 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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55
   
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PHY
  427 
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DIGITAL
  AND SIGNAL PROCESSING 
 | 
  
E 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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56
   
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PHY
  426 
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SPECIAL
  THEORY OF RELATIVITY 
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E 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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57
   
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PHY
  425 
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LOW
  TEMPERATURE PHYSICS 
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E 
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2 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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58
   
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PHY
  424 
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SOLIDSTATE
  PHYSICS 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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59
   
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PHY
  422 
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VECTOR
  AND TENSOR ANALYSIS 
 | 
  
C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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60
   
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PHY
  421 
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QUANTUM
  MECHANICS II 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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61
   
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PHY
  420 
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PROJECT 
 | 
  
C 
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6 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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62
   
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PHY
  423 
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MATHEMATICAL
  METHODS FOR PHYSICS II 
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C 
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3 
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Second
  Semester 
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400L 
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GSE 111 COMMUNICATION IN
ENGLISH                                               2 Credit Units
Effective
communication in English, Language skills in listening, speaking, reading and
writing. Aspects of sound patterns in English, units of grammar, types and
functions of clauses, composition, types, and functions of paragraph, Writing
style, Structuring the Essay, Essay, Dictionary; A study Aid, Word Choice and
Usage, The values of literature in the learning of the use of English.
Punctuation marks, Direct and indirect reported speech. Voice: active and
passive, tense, concord/agreement, Interpretation. Exercises in reading,
Comprehension, writing and listening. Phonetics, arts of public speaking and
oral communication, figures of speech. Research skills, writing of term of term
papers and research papers. 
GSE 112 USE OF LIBRARY                                                                        1 Credit Unit
History
of library, library and education, university libraries and other types of
library and other types of library; study skills (reference services), types of
library materials, using library resources including e-learning, e-materials
etc. understanding library catalogues and classification; copyrights and its
implications, database resources, bibliographic citation and referencing. 
BIO 111 GENERAL BIOLOGY I                                                                    3 Credit Units  
Cell
structure and organization; functions of cellular organelles; diversity,
Characteristics and Classification of living things, General reproduction,
interrelation of organisms; heredity and evolution 
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elements of ecology and types of habitat. Classification, similarities,
differences of the kingdom plantae. Adaptations of plants to their environment
highlighting the evolutionary trend. Biodiversity, Evolution, Genetics and
Hereditary. Current advances in plant biology, highlighting plant structure,
physiology, development and diversity. An analysis of geography of higher plants,
emphasizing process that operate at the species population level, the origin
and diversity of higher plant life, geographic patterns of diversity and
floras, and dynamics of species populations at local and continental scales.
BIO 119 PRACTICAL BIOLOGY I                                        1 Credit Unit                            
Practical
classes in plant cells and tissues. Internal and external features of plants.
Current methods used in plant research.
CSC 111 Introduction to Computer
Science                                                
3 Credit Units
History
of Computers, functional component of computer. Characters of a computer,
problem solving; flow charts, algorithms, computer programming. Statements and
symbolic names. Arrays, subscripts, expressions and control statements.
Introduction to Basic programming language, computer applications.
MTH 111   General Mathematics 1       3 Credits
Trigonometric
Functions of angles of any magnitude, addition and factor formulae, Complex
numbers – Sum, Difference, Product and quotient of complex numbers, polar form,
Argand diagram, locus problems, De Moivre’s theorem. Elementary set theory,
subsets, union, intersection and Venn diagram. Real numbers: integers, rational
and irrational numbers.  Mathematical Induction,
real sequences and series. Theory of quadratic equations, Partial Fractions and
binomial theorem.
PHY 111 General Physics I:
Mechanics and Properties of Matter           
3 Credit Units
Space
and Time, Units and Dimension, Kinematics; Fundamental laws of Mechanics,
statics and dynamics; work and energy; Conservation laws. Elasticity; Hooke’s
law, Young’s shear and bulk moduli, Hydrostatics; Pressure, capillarity, drops
and bubbles. Rotational dynamics, equilibrium of rigid bodies, Oscillation,
gravitation.
PHY 119/129 Experimental Physics
I                                                    
1 Credit Unit
This
introductory course emphasizes quantitative measurements, the treatment of
measurement errors, and graphical analysis. A variety of experimental
techniques will be employed. The experiments include studies of meters, the
oscilloscope, mechanical systems, electrical and mechanical resonant systems,
light, heat, viscosity etc, covered in PHY 111, PHY 121.
CHM III General Inorganic
Chemistry                                            3 Credit Units
Electronic
configuration, periodicity and building up of the periodic table. Hybridization
and shape of simple molecules. Natural occurrence and extraction of metals of
groups Ia – Iva. Comparative chemistry of groups IA – IVA elements.  An introduction to transition metal chemistry
and nuclear chemistry.
CHM I09 Practical Chemistry I                                                   1 Credit Unit
Laboratory
Safety and regulations; Accidents and First Aid in the Laboratory; Record book;
Qualitative Analysis; Preliminary investigations, Test for acidic radicals
(Anions), Test for metallic radicals (Cations) 
Quantitative
Analysis; Volumetric or Titremetric Analysis
GSE 121 AFRICANS CULTURES,
CIVILIZATION & NIGERIA PEOPLE               2 Credit Units 
The
individual, society, environment, language, ethnicity, race and culture;
dynamics of culture change with reference to cultural and social history vis-à-vis
archeological studies; African cultural history and progress from the earliest
times, to the present with special mention of features such as farming,
metallurgy, trade union and rural life. Rural and urban life Nigeria with
emphasis on the socio-cultural and ecological factors predisposing to the
rural-urban dichotomy, family, economics, politics, and belief system.
BIO 121 GENERAL BIOLOGY II                                                              3 Credit Units       
A
generalized survey of plant and animal kingdoms based mainly on the study of
similarities and differences in external features; ecological adaptations of
these forms. Classification, similarities and differences of the Kingdom
Animalia. Adaptive features of the various phyla. A study of diversity of
animals, their structure, physiology and evolution. Special emphasis is placed
on the unique features of fishes and their functional adaptations to aquatic
environments. A study of fish biology (icthyology), including antomy,
systematic, physiology, behaviour, and ecology of fresh water and marine
fishes. 
MTH 121 General Mathematics II       3 Credits
Function
of a real variable and their graphs. Treatment of limits and continuity.
Derivatives as limits of rate of change. Differentiation techniques, including
products, quotients, etc. Extreme curve sketching, Partial Derivative.
Integration as an inverse of differentiation. Methods of Integration.
Integration techniques including substitution, parts and partial fractions.
Differentiation and Integration of Logarithm and exponential functions,
trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and their inverses. Definite integrals.
Applications to areas and volumes.
MTH 123 Vectors and Dynamics       3 Credits
Geometric
representation of Vectors in 1-3 dimensions, components, direction cosines.
Addition and Scalar Multiplication of Vectors. Scalar and Vector Products of
two vectors. Differentiation and integration of two vectors with respect to a
scalar variable. Two-dimensional co-ordinate geometry. Straight lines, circles,
parabola, ellipse, hyperbola. Tangents and normals. Kinematics of a particle.
Components of Velocity and acceleration of a particle moving in a plain. Force,
momentum, laws of motion under gravity. Projectiles, resisted vertical motion,
elastic string, simple pendulum impulse. Impact of two smooth spheres and of a
sphere on a smooth sphere.
PHY 121 General Physics II:
Electricity and Magnetism                         3 Credit Units
Electrostatics;
conductors and currents; electric field, Gauss’s law, Electric Potential,
Capacitor and dielectric, Electromotive force and circuits. Magnetic fields and
induction. Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law of induction: Maxwell’s equations;
electromagnetic oscillations and waves; Applications. 
PHY 122 General Physics III: Heat
and Thermodynamics                        
2 Credit Units
Temperature,
thermometry, Heat and heat measurements, gas laws, Thermal properties of
matter, Molecular theory of matter. Kinetic theory of gasses. Heat transfer. Prevost
theory of heat exchange. Thermal radiation detectors; Optical pyrometer, Laws
of thermodynamics.
PHY 123 Introduction to Modern
Optics                                                
3 Credit Units
Geometric
Optics: Snell’s law of refraction and reflection, Refraction and reflection at
spherical surfaces, Thin lens equation, Mirror equation, Microscope and
Telescope, Wave Optics: Interference, Interference in thin films, Young’s
fringes, The Michelson interferometer, Diffraction, diffraction gratings,
Fraunhofer diffraction from single and multiple slits, Polarization of Light, Maxwell
Equations and boundary conditions, the Laser, different types and
characteristics of laser, Use and application of laser in Optics.
CHM I21 General Organic Chemistry                                                   3 Credit Units
Classification
of Organic Compounds; Functional groups and homologous series; Isolation and
purification of organic compounds; Isomerism: Structural, stereoisomers, cis
and trans geometrical Isomerism; Nomenclature of simple organic compounds; Chemistry
of simple hydrocarbons – alknaes, alkenes, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids
and amines (general preparations, reactions and uses).
PHY 211 Electric Circuit and
Electronics                                                
3 Credit Units
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 121
Principles
of Semiconductors, the pn junction, transistors characteristics and equivalent
circuits, amplifiers, feedback, oscillators, operational amplifiers.
PHY 212 Introduction to Exploration
Geophysics                                   2
Credit Units
Geophysics
as a discipline.  Generation and
propagation of elastic waves, seismic, gravity, magnetic and electrical
methods, methods of examining earth structure, seismic studies mechanism of
earthquakes. Heat flow, concept of plate tectonics and continental drift.
PHY 213 Waves and Optics                                                                      3 Credit Units
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 111, PHY 121
Wave
Phenomena; Acoustical Waves; the harmonic oscillator; waves on a string; energy
in wave motion; longitudinal waves; standing waves; group and phase velocity;
Doppler effect; Physical Optics; Spherical Waves; interference and Diffraction,
thin films; crystal diffraction, holography; dispersion and scattering,
Geometrical Optics, Waves and rays; reflection at a spherical surface, thin
lenses, optical lenses; mirrors and prisms.
MTH 211 Mathematical Methods I       3 Credits
Real-valued
functions of a real variable. Review of differentiation and integration and
their application. Mean value theorem. Taylor series. Real valued function of
two or three variables. Partial derivatives chain rule, extrema, language
multipliers, Increments, differentials and linear approximations. Evaluation of
line, integrals.
MTH 215 Statistical Methods            3 Credits
Distribution
free procedures – Parametric vs. non-parametric tests, power robustness. Sign,
signed Rank, Sum of Rank tests. Chi-squared test. Rank transformations.
Analysis
of designed experiments – Completely randomized design, Randomized Blocks.
Factorial designs. Multiple Comparisons. Analysis of residuals.
Transformations. Model Fitting – Estimation and inference relating to multiple
linear regression models. Sampling methods – Industrial sampling. Process
control charts for means, proportions and range. 
GSE 211 PHILOSOPHY, LOGIC AND
CONFLICT RESOLUTION         2 Credit Units                  Introduction
to the nature of philosophy; its scope, problems and key concepts, The nature
and scope of logic. Laws of thought as aid to rational inquiry and their role
in the formation of arguments. The role of logical equivalence and conditional
statements. Kinds of logical equivalence and logical and their definition in
symbolic logic. The roles of inference and their application in the evaluation
of resolution. Peace and vehicle of unity and development. Conflict issues,
types of conflicts, causes of conflicts and violence in Africa, the
indigene/settler phenomenon, peace building, conflict management, peace
mediation and peace keeping, alternative dispute resolution, role of
international organization such as ECOWAS, African Union and United Nations in
peace keeping and conflicts resolution.
CSC 212 Introduction to File
Processing                                               2
Credit Units
Introduction
to data management files; and job-control language application; an overview of
I/O (Input/output) system architecture; logical file organizations; mapping
logical organization unto physical storage; Back-up processing procedure, file
recovery, Higher level language data management data facilities.
PHY 221 THERMAL PHYSICS                                                          2 Credit
Units
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 121                                                                         
The
foundations of classical thermodynamics including the zeroth law and definition
of temperature; the first law, work heat and internal energy; Carrot cycles and
the second law; entropy and irreversibility, Thermodynamic potentials and the
Maxwell relations. Application: Qualitative discussion of phase transitions;
third law of thermodynamics; ideal and real gases. Elementary kinetic theory of
gases including Boltzmann counting, Maxwell-Boltzmann Law of distribution of
velocities, simple applications of the distribution law.
PHY 222 ELECTRIC CIRCUIT AND
NETWORK ANALYSIS                          3 Credit Units  
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 211                                                                       
Circuit
analysis; Resistive networks, Kirchhoff’s laws and the measurement of currents,
voltage and resistance, Nodal, mesh analysis, thevenins. Sinusoidal steady
state circuit analysis. Response of simple circuits. Laplace transform.
PHY 223 ELEMENTARY MODERN PHYSICS                                                    3 Credit Units 
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 111, PHY 121                                                                        
Photoelectric
effect, Thermionic emission, Atomic Spectra, x-rays production and properties;
Atomic structure, the nuclear atom, Radioactivity, Laser, Laser beam production
and application. Special Relativity; Defects in Newtonian Mechanics; the speed
of light; the Lorentz transformation; transformation of velocities. Experimental
basis of quantum theory; Black body radiation; electrons and quanta; Bohr’s theory
of atomic structure; DeBroglie hypothesis, the uncertainty principle; Schrodinger’s
equation and simple applications.
MTH 221 Elementary Differential
Equation                                              3 Credit Units
First
order differential equations. Existence and uniqueness. Second order
differential equations with constant co-efficients. General theory of nth order
linear equations. Laplace transform, solution of initial-value problems by
laplace transform method. Single treatment of partial differential equations in
two independent variables. Application of O.D.E and P.D.E to physical life and
social sciences.
MTH 223 Numerical Analysis I                                                                   3 Credit Units
Solution
of algebraic and transcendental equations. Curve fitting. Error analysis.
Interpolation and application. Zeros and non-linear equations to one variable.
Systems of linear equations. Numerical differentiation and integral equations.
Initial value problem for ordinary differential equations.
CSC 221 Computer Programming
II                                                           3 Credit Units
Principles
of good programming; structured programming concepts; Debugging and testing;
string processing, Internal searching and sorting, Data structures, recursion.
C++ or any other widely used programming language will be used in teaching the
above. 
GSE 311 ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS        2 Credit Units                          
Introduction
to entrepreneurship and new ventures creation; Theory and practice of
entrepreneurship; The opportunity, forms of business; staffing, Marketing and
the new venture; determining capital requirements, raising capital; financial
planning and managements. Starting a new business feasibility studies;
innovation; legal issues; insurances and environment considerations. Possible
business opportunities in Nigeria; case studies.
GSE 311 ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS                                                     2 Credit Units     
Introduction to entrepreneurship and new ventures creation; Theory and practice of entrepreneurship; The opportunity, forms of business; staffing, Marketing and the new venture; determining capital requirements, raising capital; financial planning and managements. Starting a new business feasibility studies; innovation; legal issues; insurances and environment considerations. Possible business opportunities in Nigeria; case studies.
PHY 300 EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS                                               2 Credit Units 
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 219, PHY 229                                                                         
A year long series of mini courses on important experimental techniques. Topics covered include electronics, optics, electricity, atomic, molecular, nuclear and low temperature physics, statistics and data handling and scientific writing
PHY 311 QUANTUM PHYSICS                                                        3 Credit Units   
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 223                                                                       
Wave particle duality and the Uncertainty principle; basic principles of the quantum theory; energy levels in potential wells; reflection and transmission of potential barriers; Atomic and molecular structure and reactions, fission and fusion; magnetic resonance; elementary particles.
PHY 312 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM                                        3 Credit Units
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 121, PHY 211, PHY 222                                                                          
Electrostatics and Magnetostatics, Laplace equation and boundary value problems; Multiple expansions, dielectric and magnetic materials. Faraday’s law. A.C. Circuits. Maxwell’s equations. Lorentz covariance and special relativity.
PHY 313 ANALYTICAL MECHANICS I                                   2 Credit Units
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 111, MTH 123                                                                          
Newtonian Mechanics; motion of a particle in one, two and three dimensions; systems of particles and collision theory; Newtonian gravitation; conservative forces and potentials, oscillations, central force problems; accelerated frames of reference; rigid body dynamics; generalized motion; mechanics of continuous media.
PHY 314 SOLID STATE PHYSICS                                                       3 Credit Units
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 123, PHY 213                                                                        
Crystal structure and crystal binding. Elastic properties; lattice vibrations. Diffraction, Bragg condition, x-ray scattering, reciprocal lattice. Mechanical properties of crystal, Ionic, covalent and metallic crystal, defects in crystals, Effects of defects on physical properties. Free-electron model, heat capacity, electrical and thermal conductivities, Super-conductivity.
PHY 315 ENEGRY AND ENVIRONMENT                                              3 Credit Units
Understanding the environment. The concept of energy and power. Principle demands and outlook. Transformation of energy and its costs. Energy from fossil fuels, hydro costs, capacity, storage, reserves, efficiency and environmental effects. Nuclear reactors fission and fusion. Alternate sources of energy, Geothermal, tidal, wind energy etc. Promises and problems. Need for an energy policy and management.
PHY 316 INTRODUCTION TO GEOPHYSICS II                                      2 Credit Units
PRE-REQUISITE - PHY 212
Seismic methods. Wave propagation in elastic media. Seismic reflection prospecting. Acquisition of seismic data on land. Gravity method. Fundamental methods of gravity prospecting. Magnetic methods. Radiometric method. Geophysical well-logging.
MTH 313 Complex Analysis I                                                           3 Credit Units
Functions of complex variable, Limits and continuity of functions of complex variable. Derivation of Cauchy-Riemann equations. Analytic functions. Bilinear transformations, conformal mapping, Contour integrals. Cauchy’s theorem and its main consequences. Convergence of sequences and series of functions of a complex variable. Power series, Taylor series. 
PHY 320 SIWES                                                             					6 Credit Units

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