designed to train students to enter into a career as experimental or theoretical physicists.

For this
purpose, students are encouraged to follow their own inclinations and can take any combination of
basic theoretical courses including current research topics, as well as advanced laboratory courses,
along with courses like electronics and experimental methods.

Interdisciplinary Courses

The pattern of course work followed at BBAU permits students specializing in other disciplines or
areas, also to take courses from Physics. Thevarious courses like; Mathematical Methods, Nonlinear
Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Nanoscale Physics and Material Science are offered such that students
interested in other disciplines also benefit from them.Similarly, a student interested in a career in
Physics and interdisciplinary areas related to Physics, can take courses from other disciplines. Some
such courses are Neurobiology, Genetics, Biophysics etc from Biology; Statistical Thermodynamics,
Symmetry and Group Theory, Quantum Chemistry etc from Chemistry; and Differential Geometry,
Statistics, Complex Analysis etc from Mathematics. During Semesters V and VI, students have to take
at least one course from another discipline.

Semester Projects

Unique to the BBAU undergraduate program is the laboratory training/theory project offered in each
semester during the four semesters V-VIII. This gives an opportunity to work under the guidance of a
faculty member on a topic of mutual interest to earn six credits. This allows students to slowly build a
solid platform from which they may launch themselves into a more challenging fifth-year research
project later on. Any specialization or advanced training needed, in addition to the courses offered, can
be achieved through careful choice of this lab training/theory projectcourse.

Semester IX-X

During the final two semesters of the program, students do an extended project for six credits that
result in the M.Sc. thesis.

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