Honours course outline
| Semester 1 | ||||
| Module Name | Credits | Code | Core/ Elective | Lecturer |
| Semester 1 | ||||
| Classical Field Theory | 16 | PHYS701 | Core | Prof Sivakumar venkataraman, Prof Francesco Petruccione |
| Fluid Dynamics | 16 | MATH732 | Core | Dr Anne Marie |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 16 | PHYS724 | Core | Prof Mike Kosch, Prof Sivakumar venkataraman, Dr Fidy A Ramamonjisoa and Dr Khadija EL Bouchefry |
| Mathematical and Computational Physics | 16 | PHYS736 | Core | Dr Ilya Sinayskiy, Dr Judy Stephenson |
| General Relativity | 16 | MATHS718 | Core | Dr Rituparno Goswami |
| Semester 2 | ||||
| Module Name | Credits | Code | CORE/ELECTIVE | Lecturer |
| Space Science | 16 | PHYS722 | Elective | Dr Sibusiso Mthembu, Dr Zolile Mtumela, Prof sivakumar-venkataraman, Dr Zama Katamzi, and Dr Judy Stephenson |
| Plasma Physics | 16 | PHYS723 | Elective | Dr Suleman Moolla and Prof Richard Mace |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 16 | PHYS725 | Elective | Dr Yin-Zhe Ma |
| Cosmology | 16 | MATH703 | Elective | Prof Ray Subharthi |
| Research Project | 32 | PHYS735 | Elective | TBD |
Click here to download the UKZN NASSP Honours Course Content 2019
CORE – Compulsory, Elective – Choice is given to students to select (2 out of 4). Note : All the elective course depends upon number of students enrolled and availability of staff.
| Semester 1 | ||||
| Module Name | Credits | Code | Core/ Elective | Lecturer |
| Classical Field Theory | 16 | PHYS701 | Core | Prof Sivakumar venkataraman, Prof Francesco Petruccione |
| Fluid Dynamics | 16 | MATH732 | Core | Dr Anne Marie |
| Astrophysics and Space Science | 16 | PHYS724 | Core | Dr Matt Hilton, Prof Mike Kosch, Prof Sivakumar venkataraman, Kenda Knowles, Devin Crichton |
| Mathematical and Computational Physics | 16 | PHYS736 | Core | Dr Ilya Sinayskiy, Dr Judy Stephenson |
| Semester 2 | ||||
| Module Name | Credits | Code | CORE/ELECTIVE | Lecturer |
| Space Science | 16 | PHYS722 | Elective | Dr Suleman Moolla, Prof sivakumar-venkataraman, Dr Zama Katamzi, Dr Judy Stephenson and Prof Mike Kosch |
| Plasma Physics | 16 | PHYS723 | Elective | Dr Suleman Moolla and Prof Ray Subharthi |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 16 | PHYS725 | Elective | Dr Yin-Zhe Ma |
| Cosmology | 16 | MATH703 | Elective | Prof Ray Subharthi |
| Research Project | 32 | PHYS735 | Elective | TBD |
Click here to download the UKZN NASSP Honours Course Content 2018
CORE – Compulsory, Elective – Choice is given to students to select (2 out of 4)..
Note : All the elective course depends upon number of students enrolled and availability of staff.
BESIDES NASSP Honours programme, the School of Chemistry and Physics offer Honours programme in Physics
for more details, you may visit Honours in Physics
| Semester 1 | ||||
| Module Name | Credits | Code | Core/ Elective | Lecturer |
| Classical Field Theory | 16 | PHYS701 | Core | Prof Sivakumar venkataraman, Prof Francesco Petruccione |
| Fluid Dynamics | 16 | MATH732 | Core | Dr Anne Marie |
| Astrophysics and Space Science | 16 | PHYS724 | Core | Dr Matt Hilton, Prof Mike Kosch |
| Mathematical and Computational Physics | 16 | PHYS736 | Core | Dr Ilya Sinayskiy, Dr Judy Stephenson |
| Semester 2 | ||||
| Module Name | Credits | Code | CORE/ELECTIVE | Lecturer |
| Space Science | 16 | PHYS722 | Elective | Dr Suleman Moolla, Prof sivakumar-venkataraman, Dr Zama Katamzi, Dr Judy Stephenson and Prof Mike Kosch |
| Plasma Physics | 16 | PHYS723 | Elective | Dr Suleman Moolla and Prof Ray Subharthi |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 16 | PHYS725 | Elective | Dr Yin-Zhe Ma |
| Cosmology | 16 | MATH703 | Elective | Prof Ray Subharthi |
| Research Project | 32 | PHYS735 | Elective | TBD |
Click here to download the UKZN NASSP Honours Course Content 2017
CORE – Compulsory, Elective – Choice is given to students to select (2 out of 4)..
Note : All the elective course depends upon number of students enrolled and availability of staff.
BESIDES NASSP Honours programme, the School of Chemistry and Physics offer Honours programme in Physics
for more details, you may visit Honours in Physics
| Semester 1 | |||
| Module Name | Credits | Code | Lecturer |
| Computational Physics [CP] | 8 | PHYS766W1 | Prof Jonathan Sievers |
| Mathematical Methods [MM] | 8 | PHYS769W1 | Dr Ilya Sinayskiy |
| Classical Field Theory [CFT] | 16 | PHYS701W1 | Prof Sivakumar Venkataraman |
| Ordinary Differential Equations [ODE] | 16 | MATH714W1 | Dr Rivendra Narain |
| Fluid Dynamics | 16 | MATH732W1 | Dr Anne Marie |
| Semester 2 | |||
| Module Name | Credits | Code | Lecturer |
| Space Physics | 8 | Dr Judy Stephenson | |
| Plasma Physics | 8 | PHYS771W1 | Dr Suleman Moolla |
| Cosmology | 16 | PHYS703W2 | Prof Ray Subharthi |
| Project | 32 | MATH798W2 | TBD |
Click here to download the UKZN NASSP Honours Course Content 2016