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Posted in 2026-04-02
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1. Physics Program Curriculum Structure

Category Type No. of Courses Total Credit Hours Percentage (%)
University Requirements Required 1 2 6.45%
  Elective 0 0 0%
College Requirements Required 0 0 0%
  Elective 0 0 0%
Department Requirements Required 6 17 35.48%
  Elective 2 6 38.71%
Thesis - 1 6 19.36%
Total   10 31 100%

2. Course Distribution by Academic Level

Level 1

Course Code Course Title Type Prerequisite Credit Hours Category
PHYS 611 Computational Physics Required - 3 (3,0,0) Department
PHYS 612 Advanced Quantum Mechanics Required - 3 (3,0,0) Department
PHYS 613 Electrodynamics Required - 3 (3,0,0) Department

Level 2

Radiation and Radiation Protection Track

Course Code Course Title Type Prerequisite Credit Hours Category
PHYS 621 Advanced Nuclear Physics Required PHYS 612, 613 3 (3,0,0) Department
PHYS 622 Radiation Physics and Measurements Required PHYS 612, 613 3 (3,0,0) Department

Materials Science and Applications Track

Course Code Course Title Type Prerequisite Credit Hours Category
PHYS 624 Semiconductor Physics and Technology Required PHYS 612, 613 3 (3,0,0) Department
PHYS 625 Advanced Materials Characterization Required PHYS 612, 613 3 (3,0,0) Department

Level 3

Course Code Course Title Type Prerequisite Credit Hours Category
PHYS 623 Statistical Physics Required PHYS 612, 613 2 (2,0,0) Department

Elective Courses (Based on Track)

  • Two elective courses (each 3 credit hours)

Level 4

Course Code Course Title Type Prerequisite Credit Hours Category
PHYS 640 Thesis Required PHYS 630 6 Department

3. Elective Courses

Radiation and Radiation Protection Track

Course Code Course Title Prerequisite Credit Hours
PHYS 631 Applications of Ionizing Radiation Physics PHYS 621, 622 3 (3,0,0)
PHYS 632 Radiation Detection and Measurement PHYS 622 3 (3,0,0)
PHYS 633 Detector Devices PHYS 621, 622 3 (3,0,0)
PHYS 634 Radiation Protection PHYS 622 3 (3,0,0)

Materials Science and Applications Track

Course Code Course Title Prerequisite Credit Hours
PHYS 635 Heat Transfer in Microelectronic Devices PHYS 611 3 (3,0,0)
PHYS 636 Solar Cells PHYS 624 3 (3,0,0)
PHYS 637 Amorphous Materials PHYS 625 3 (3,0,0)
PHYS 638 Nanostructure Engineering PHYS 624 3 (3,0,0)
PHYS 639 Optical Properties of Nanomaterials PHYS 624 3 (3,0,0)