The course provides an overview of participatory research and its relevance and applications, especially in the field of development. It helps students understand the concepts (e. g. co-produced knowledge, “main researcher,” “partners,” community action and involvement, etc.) and nuances (e.g. participatory learning, participatory appraisal etc.) in participatory research and gain the necessary methodological skills to design and conduct participatory research projects from beginning to end. Alongside design exercises, students are to engage in practical exercises and observations of professional practices through field trips.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: Participatory Research
Course Name:
03140123161 / MSJ3161
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: PHY 101
Course Name:
Physics I
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Structure of Matter. States of matter: Solid, liquid and gas. Classification of solids: amorphous, crystalline, ceramics & polymers, Atomic arrangement in solids. Different types of bonds in solids: metallic, Van der Walls, ionic bond, packing in solids. Inter-atomic distances and forces of equilibrium, x-ray diffraction: Bragg’s law. Plasticity and elasticity. Distinction between metal, insulator and semiconductor.
Waves & Oscillations: Simple harmonic motion, damped simple harmonic oscillation, forced oscillations, resonance. Vibrations of membranes &. columns, combinations &. composition of simple harmonic motions. Lissajous’ figures. Transverse &. longitudinal nature of waves, traveling & standing waves, intensity of a wave, energy calculation of progressive & stationary waves. Phase velocity, group velocity. Sound waves: velocity of longitudinal wave in a gaseous medium, Doppler effect. Architectural acoustics: Sabine’s formula, requisites of a good auditorium.
Course Code: PHY 101
Course Name:
Physics (Waves and Oscillation, Optics and Thermal Physics)
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Waves and Oscillation: Different equations of SHM, total energy and average energy, combination of SHM, spring mass systems, tensional pendulum; Two-body oscillation, reduced mass, damped oscillation, forced oscillation, resonance, progressive wave, power and intensity of wave, stationary wave, group and phase velocity. Optics: Defects of imaging, spherical aberration, astigmatism, coma, distortion, curvature, chromatic aberration. Theories of light, interference of light, Young’s experiment, Fresnel prism, and interference in thin films. Newton’s rings, interferometers, diffraction by single slit, diffraction from a circular aperture, resolving power of optical instruments, diffraction at double slit and N-slits, diffraction grating. Polarization and polarized light. Brewster’s law, polarization by double refraction, Nicol prism, optical activity and Polarimeters. Thermal Physics: Heat and work- the first law of thermodynamics and its applications; Kinetic Theory of gases Kinetic interpretation of temperature, specific heats of ideal gases, equipartition of energy, mean free path, Maxwell’s distribution of molecular speeds, reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot’s cycle, second law thermodynamics, Carnot’s theorem, entropy, Thermodynamic functions, Maxwell relations, Clausius and Clapeyron equation.
Course Code: PHY 102
Course Name:
Physics Laboratory
Credit Hours:
1.00
Detailed Syllabus:
In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the
theories and concepts learned in PHY 101.
Course Code: PHY 1101
Course Name:
Physics I
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Vectors and motions: The SI units, position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, vectors & scalars, adding vectors, components of vectors, unit vectors, projectile motion. Forces: Newton’s laws of motion, friction, Newton’s gravitation, concepts of work & energy, conservation laws, planets & satellites, concepts of equilibrium. Oscillations: Simple harmonic motion, pendulum, resonance, transverse & longitudinal waves, Lissajous’ figures, musical sounds, beats, Doppler Effect. Thermodynamics: Temperature & heat, Laws of thermodynamics, engines, refrigerators.