Admission Requirements
Bachelor’s degree with at least 2nd class Honours Upper Division OR Other qualifications recognized by JKUAT Senate.
Year 1
Core Units
- SPH 3100 Classical Mechanics
- SPH 3101 Electrodynamics
- SPH 3102 Quantum Mechanics
- SPH 3103 Statistical Mechanics
- SPH 3104 Mathematical Physics (Core for Theoretical Physics)
- SPH 3105 Advanced Physics Practicals (Core for Experimental Physics)
Elective Units
Physics of Materials
- SPH 3106 Material Physics
- SPH 3107 Ceramics and Glasses
- SPH 3108 Solar Energy Materials
- SPH 3109 Characterization and Structure of Polymers
- SPH 3110 Mechanical Properties of Polymers
- SPH 3111 Electrical Properties of Polymers
- SPH 3146 Research Project 2 Units
Solid State Physics
- SPH 3112 Electrons in Crystals
- SPH 3113 Transport Phenomena in Solids
- SPH 3114 Optical Transition in Impurity Crystals
- SPH 3115 Elements of Crystal Physics
- SPH 3116 Applied X-Rays and Structure of Solids
- SPH 3117 Armophous Solids
- SPH 3146 Research Project 2 Units
Electronics and Instrumentation
- SPH 3118 Analogue Circuits
- SPH 3119 Digital Systems and Circuits
- SPH 3120 Microprocessor Systems and Applications
- SPH 3121 Solid State Electronics
- SPH 3122 Instrumentation and Measurements
- SPH 3146 Research Project 2 Units
Renewable Energy and the Environment
- SPH 3123 Energy
- SPH 3124 Total Energy Systems
- SPH 3125 Energy Conversion Methods I
- SPH 3126 Energy Conversion Methods II
- SPH 3127 Meteorology
- SPH 3128 Energy Policy, Planning and Economics
- SPH 3146 Research Project 2 Units
Nuclear Physics
- SPH 3129 Nuclear Structure
- SPH 3130 Nuclear Reactions
- SPH 3131 Nuclear Spectroscopy
- SPH 3132 Radiation Physics
- SPH 3146 Research Project
Atomic and Molecular Physics
- SPH 3133 Atomic Collisions
- SPH 3134 Molecular Orbital Theory and Lasers
- SPH 3135 Molecular Spectroscopy
Earth Sciences
- SPH 3136 Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
- SPH 3137 Electromagnetic Induction
- SPH 3138 Applied Geophysics
Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics
- SPH 3139 General Relativity and Cosmology
- SPH 3140 Stellar and Solar Dynamics
- SPH 3141 Astrophysics I
- SPH 3142 Astrophysics II
- SPH 3143 Space Physics
Year 2
All Theoretical Physics students will take the FOUR (4) core units, any TWO (2) elective units, and a compulsory Research Project (equivalent to TWO (2) units)
CORE UNITS
- SPH 3201 Group Theory
- SPH 3202 Advanced Mathematical Physics
- SPH 3203 Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Non-Relativistic)
- SPH 3204 Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Relativistic)
ELECTIVE UNITS
- SPH 3205 High Energy Physics (Weak Interactions)
- SPH 3206 High Energy Physics (Strong Interactions)
- SPH 3207 General Theory of Relativity
- SPH 3208 Plasma Physics
- SPH 3209 Quantum Field Theory
- SPH 3210 Advanced Quantum Field Theory