Applied Physics

General Information

Course Number PHY-150

Credit Hours 3 hours
Prerequisite None
Course Coordinator Muzafar ali channa

Course Objectives
Students will be able to do the following after the completing the course: the course of
applied physics introduced for the students of Mathematics. Students should be able to
translate a physical description of a sophomore-level physical problem to a mathematical
equation necessary to solve it. Students should be able to explain the physical meaning of
the formal and/or mathematical formulation of and/or solution to a sophomore-level
physics problem. Students should be able to achieve physical insight through the
mathematics of a problem.

Catalog Description

PHY-150

Course Content

Session No. Date / Suggested Readings

Week Topics
01-04 Week 01 Newtonian Mechanics: Mechanics
of single particle, finite sized body
or many body system , problems

05-08 Week 02 Gravitation​, Gradient ,

Divergence and curl , Related Chapter 1,2
Variational_Principles_in_Classical_Mech
problems anics_r2e
09-12 Week 03 Motion in Two Chapter
Dimention:Uniform circular Halliday, Resnick, Walker
motion
13-16 Week 04 Projectile motion, Related
problem Chapter :
17-20 Week 05 Propagation of Light: The Halliday, Resnick, Walker
electromagnetic spectrum, light
waves, wave fronts, reflection&
refraction, total internal reflections

1​st​ Mid Term Exam

21-24 Week 06 Electrostatics: Coulomb’s Law and
its application. Linear ,surface, and
volume charge density
Chapter :
25-28 Week 07 Electric Field:​ Calculation of Halliday, Resnick, Walker
electric field, Gauss’s Law and its
application
29-32 Week 08 Potential:​ Electric potential
Relation between electric field and
electric potential,
Gradient Potential, the concept of
voltage.

Week 09
33-36

Chapter :
37-40 Week 10 the electron volt etc. Halliday, Resnick, Walker
Current, resistance& EMF
41-44 Week 11 Semiconductor/Solid State
Physics: Free electron theory of
solids, the band theory of
solids, Intrinsic
semiconductors, extrinsic
semiconductors. Properties of
current carriers, Doping, PN
Junction, PN Diodes
2​nd​ Mid Term Exam
49-52 Week 13 . EM Waves: Introduction,
speed of an electromagnetic
wave, energy in
electromagnetic
waves,Poynting vector,
electromagnetic waves in Chapter
Halliday, Resnick, Walker
matter.
53-56 Week 14 Thermodynamics:0​th law of
thermodynamics,Ist law of
thermodynamics , 2​nd law of
thermodynamics and their
applications, Entropy
57-58 Week 15 Quantum theory: Wave function,
Probabilistic interpretation of wave
function,Eigenfunction,Eigenvalue,
Hamiltonian , Normalization,
Quantum computing, classical bit,
quantum bits.
 59-0 -Revision-

Final Exam

Text Book

1. Fundamental of Physics, by Halliday, Resnick and krain(5​th​ edition)

Reference Material
1. Electronic Devices, by Thomas Floyd
3. Conceptual Physics, by Paul. H. Hewitt
4. Quantum-Computing-since-Democritus, by scott Aaronson

Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
To learn the basic knowledge of fundamentals of Physics.
1

2 To apply the applications concepts of Physics in the real world.

CLO-SO Map
SO IDs
CLO ID GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7 GA8 GA9 GA10 GA11 GA12
CLO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLO 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Approvals
Prepared By Muzafar Ali Channa
Approved By
Last Update 13/01/2020