BSc Forensic Science Physical Science III Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 of the Academic Council of 17 May 2022, brought in one year at a time from 2022-23. The University has published no NEP 2020 syllabus for it. The University examines only the third year of this degree centrally, under exam forms 1S00815 and 1S00816; the colleges examine the first four semesters.
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Syllabus for Physical Science III
Module I: Nuclear Reaction and Safety:
- Nuclear Reactions, Conservation Laws in Nuclear Reactions, Q-
- value of Nuclear Reaction. Applications of Radio Isotopes,
- Radiometric Dating, Radiation Hazards, Radiation Levels of Safety, Biological Effects of Nuclear Radiation, Radiation Protection
- Methods, Nuclear Disasters, Nuclear Waste Disposal, Radiation
- Damage, Roentgen and Roentgen Equivalent Physical (Rep) and
- Man (Rem), Radiation Dose, Shielding of Radioactive Sources.
Module II: Sound
- Generation of Sound, Definition of Sound Intensity, Loudness,
- Pitch, Quality and Timber, Acoustic Intensity Level Measurement,
- Acoustic Pressure and It’s Measurement, Reverberation Time and
- Reverberation of a Hall, Sabine’s Formula (without Derivation),
- Stroboscope.
- Ultrasonic: Introduction, Properties, Production and Detection of
- Ultrasonic Waves, Piezoelectric Effect & Piezoelectric Generator,
- Magnetostriction Effect and Oscillators, Applications of Ultrasonic Waves (Measurement of Depth of Sea, SONAR System and Medical Science).
Module III: Basic Electronics and Signal Processing:
- Active and Passive Components (Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors,
- Diodes, Transistors), IC’s and IC packages, Identification
- Techniques of Components, Basics of LCR Circuits, Rectifier
- Circuits, Timer Circuits (using IC 555 &UJT), Introduction to
- OPAMP (Inverting & Non-inverting Amplifier) and Applications.
- Active Filters: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass.
- Waveform Generators: Working Principle of Oscillators, Waveform Generators; Sine (Phaseshift and Wien Bridge), Square, Triangular, Sawtooth.
- Signal Converters: Analog to Digital Converters (Dual Slope
- &Successive Approximation), Digital to Analog Converters
- (Weighted Resistors &R-2R Ladder).
- Wave Shaping Circuits: Wave Clipping, Clamping Circuits.
Module IV: Power Electronics:
- Construction, operation, equivalent circuit, I-V characteristics
- and applications of SCR, TRIAC, DIAC, UJT,Power Transistors
- and MOSFET Optocouplers.
- Phase Firing Circuits, Solid State Relay, Regulated Power Supplies, Switch Mode Power Supply,
- Principle and working of Inverter.
Text books and Additional References
- 1 Nuclear Physics; S. N. Ghoshal
- 2 Nuclear Physics: An Introduction; S. B. Patel
- 3 Nuclear Forensic Analysis; Kenton J. Moody
- 4 Electronics Principles; Malvino, Bates
- 5 Basic Electronics; B. L. Theraja
- 6 Principles of Electronic Devices and Circuits; B. L.Theraja
- 7 Principles of Electronics; V. K. Mehta
- 8 Integrated Electronics; Millman, Halkias
- 9 Digital Principles and Applications; Malvino, Leach
- 10 Digital Design; Morris Mano
- 11 Measurements, Instrumentation and Experiment Design in Physics and Engineering; Michael Sayer
- 12 Instrumental Analysis; Skoog, Holler and Crouch
- 13 Transducers and Instrumentation; D. V. S. Murty
- 14 Electronic devices and Circuit and Introduction; Allen Mottershed
- 15 Engineering Physics; R.K.Gaur, S.L. Gupta
- 16 Basic Acoustic; D.E.Hall
- 17 Fundamentals of Acoustics; Kinsler
- 18 Textbook of Sound; Khanna, Bedi
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Forensic Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2023-24. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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