BSc Forensic Science Physical Science I 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 I
Module I: Optics-Reflection, Refraction and Dispersion of light:
- Laws of reflection, Real and virtual image, Laws of refraction, Physical significance of refractive index, Refraction through number of media, Total internal reflection, Dispersion and dispersive power, Deviation without dispersion and dispersion without deviation, Fermet’s principle, Refraction through thin and thick lenses, Combination of two thin lenses( including derivation for focal length and cardial point), Magnification- lateral, longitudinal and angular,
- Focal length of a lens immersed in a liquid.
Module II: Interference and Aberration:
- Interference: Introduction, Conditions for interference of light, Interference in thin film, Newton’s ring, Wedge- shaped film, Determination of refractive index of a liquid, Applications of interference- interference filters, thickness of thin film coating, anti- reflecting coating.
- Aberration: Achromatic and chromatic aberration, Types of Achromatic aberration and their reduction- Spherical aberration, Coma, Astigmatism, Curvature of field, Distortion, Types of
- chromatic aberration- achromatism ( lenses in contact and separated by finite distance).
Module III: Polarization and Diffraction:
- Polarization: Introduction, Polarization of light waves, Types of polarization, Plane of polarization, Brewster’s law, Law of Malus, Production of polarized light, Laurent’s half shade polarimeter, Biquartz polarimeter, Polarizer and analyzer.
- Diffraction: Introduction to Fresnel and Fraunhoffer’s of diffraction, Difference between interference and diffraction, Plane diffraction
- grating. Resolving power: Rayleigh’s criterion of resolution, resolving
- power of grating and microscope, Huygen’s and Ramden’s eye pieces and their comparison.
Module IV: Lasers and Fiber Optics:
- Lasers: Introduction, Spontaneous and stimulated emission, Interaction of light with matter and quantum processes, Population inversion, Pumping system, Production of laser, Types of lasers- The Ruby laser, gas laser, semiconductor laser, Uses of laser, Properties of laser.
- Holography: Principle, Recording of a hologram, Applications of holography.
- Fiber optics: Introduction, Principle, structure and
- classification of optical fiber, Numerical aperture, Fiber optic
- communication system, Losses in optical fiber, Applications of
- optical fiber.
Text books and Additional References
- 1 A text book of Optics, Multicoloured Revised Edition 2014, Subramanyam, Brij Lal, Avadhanulu,S. Chand and Co. Pvt. Ltd, ISBN 2611
- 2 Engineering Physics Seventh Enlarged, Revised Edition 2004, M.N. Avadhanulu and P.G. Kshirsagar, S. Chand and Company Ltd.
- 3 Optics – Ajoy Ghatak (3rd Ed) Mc. Graw Hill Co.
- 4 Modern Physics Concept and Applications – Sanjeev Puri, Narosa Publication.
- 5 Principles of Optics – B. K. Mathur and T. P. Pandya (3rd Ed.) 1981, McGraw Hill International.
- 6 Fundamentals of Optics – Khanna and Gulati (1994), S. Chand.
- 7 Optics – C. L. Arora, S. Cand and Co. Ltd (2001)
- 8 Fundamentals of Physics-Resnik, Halliday and Walker, John Wiley Publication.
- 9 Fundamentals of Optics – Jenkins and White. (4th Ed) McGraw Hill International.
- 10 Fibre Optics – Kaiser, McGraw Hill
- 11 Lasers: Theory and Applications; Thyagrajan
- 12 Introduction to Lasers; , Avadhanulu , Hemane
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Forensic Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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