University requirements:
Faculty Requirements
The faculty of science requirements are 21 obligatory credit hours, these include the following:
Course No. |
Course Title |
Weekly hrs |
credit hrs |
Pre-requisite |
Theoretical |
Experimental |
0301101 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
- |
0302101 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
High school physics or Remedial Physics (0302099) |
0303101 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
High school chemistry or Remedial chemistry (0303099) |
0304101 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
- |
0305101 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
- |
0301131 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
- |
1901102 |
Computer Skills-2 (C++) |
3 |
- |
3 |
Pass Remedial Computer Skills exam (1902099) |
Department Specialty Requirements:
The physics specialization requirements total at 84 credit hours preparing students with in-depth knowledge of core theoretical and practical physics. Two types of specialty requirements are described below.
A.4.1 Obligatory Specialization courses
Obligatory specialty courses with 66 credit hours in total, these include the following:
Course No. |
Course Title |
Weekly hrs |
credit hrs |
Pre-requisite |
Theoretical |
Experimental |
0301102 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0301101 |
0301201 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0301102 |
0302102 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0302101 |
0302111 |
|
- |
3 |
1 |
0302101 or concurrent |
0302112 |
|
- |
3 |
1 |
0302102 or concurrent |
0302199 |
|
- |
3 |
1 |
- |
0302215 |
Practical Physics-3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0302221 |
0302221 |
Optics-1 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302112 |
0302231 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0302112 |
0302261 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0302102 |
0302280 |
Software Packages in Physics |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0302261 |
0302281 |
Mathematical Physics-1 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0301102 |
0332282 |
Mathematical Physics-2 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302281 |
0352311 |
Practical Physics-4 |
- |
6 |
2 |
0302215 and 0302261 |
0302312 |
|
- |
3 |
1 |
0302231 or concurrent |
0302331 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0332282 |
0342332 |
Electricity and Magnetism-2 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302331 |
0332341 |
Thermal Physics |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302261 |
0302351 |
Classical Mechanics-1 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302281 |
0332352 |
Classical Mechanics-2 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302351 |
0302360 |
Special Theory of Relativity |
2 |
- |
2 |
0302351 |
0332361 |
Quantum Mechanics-1 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302281 and 0302261 |
0342411 |
|
- |
6 |
2 |
0352311 and 0342461 |
0342461 |
Quantum Mechanics-2 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0332361 |
0302463 |
Nuclear Physics |
3 |
- |
3 |
0332361 |
0302471 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0332361 |
0302490 |
|
1 |
- |
1 |
Department approval |
A.4.2 Elective Specialization courses
Elective Specialization requirements are 18 hours in total and can be selected from the following list.
Course No. |
Course Title |
Weekly hrs |
credit hrs |
Pre-requisite |
Theoretical |
Experimental |
0301221 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0301102 |
0331321 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0301221 |
0302265 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0302261 |
0332271 |
Polymer Physics |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302102 |
0302300 |
Environmental Physics |
3 |
- |
3 |
- |
0302301 |
Alternative Energy Sources |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302101 |
0302321 |
Optics-2 |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302221 |
0302330 |
Digital Electronics |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302231 |
0302366 |
Nondestructive Testing |
3 |
- |
3 |
0332361 |
0332371 |
|
3 |
- |
3 |
0302261 |
0302447 |
Statistical Physics |
3 |
- |
3 |
0332341 |
0302462 |
Atomic and Molecular Physics |
3 |
- |
3 |
0332461 |
0302464 |
Astrophysics |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302351 and 0342332 |
0342466 |
Elementary Particles |
3 |
- |
3 |
0332361 |
0302472 |
Physics of Semiconductors |
3 |
- |
3 |
0302471 |
0302496 |
Special Topics |
3 |
- |
3 |
Department approval |