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PHY 101
2 Unit(s) (LH 30)
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. identify and deduce the physical quantities and their units; 2. differentiate between vectors and scalars; 3. describe and evaluate motion of systems on the basis...
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Space and time, units and dimension, vectors and scalars, differentiation of vectors:
displacement, velocity and acceleration. Kinematics: Newton laws of motion (Inertial frames,
Impulse, force and action at a distance, momentum conservation), relative motion. Application
of Newtonian mechanics: equations of motion, conservation principles in physics, conservative
forces, conservation of linear momentum, kinetic energy and work, potential energy, system
of particles, centre of mass. Rotational motion, torque, vector product, moment, rotation of
coordinate axes and angular momentum, polar coordinates, conservation of angular
momentum; Circular motion. Moments of inertia, gyroscopes and precession. Gravitation:
Newton’s Law of gravitation, Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion, gravitational potential energy,
escape velocity, satellites motion and orbits.
PHY 101
2 Unit(s) (LH 30)
On completion, student should be able to: 1. identify and deduce the physical quantities and their units; 2. differentiate between vectors and scalars; 3. describe and evaluate motion of systems on the basis of the funda...
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Space and time, units and dimension, vectors and scalars, differentiation of vectors:
displacement, velocity and acceleration. Kinematics: Newton laws of motion (Inertial frames,
Impulse, force and action at a distance, momentum conservation), relative motion. Application
of Newtonian mechanics: equations of motion, conservation principles in physics, conservative
forces, conservation of linear momentum, kinetic energy and work, potential energy, system
of particles, centre of mass. Rotational motion, torque, vector product, moment, rotation of
coordinate axes and angular momentum, polar coordinates, conservation of angular
momentum; Circular motion. Moments of inertia, gyroscopes and precession. Gravitation:
Newton’s Law of gravitation, Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion, gravitational potential energy,
escape velocity, satellites motion and orbits.
PHY 102
2 Unit(s) (LH 30)
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. describe the electric field and potential, and related concepts, for stationary charges; 2. calculate electrostatic properties of simple charge distributions using...
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Forces in nature. Electrostatics (electric charge and its properties, methods of charging).
Coulomb’s law and superposition. Electric field and potential. Gauss’s law. Capacitance.
Electric dipoles. Energy in electric fields. Conductors and insulators. DC circuits (current,
voltage and resistance. Ohm’s law. Resistor combinations. Analysis of DC circuits. Magnetic
fields. Lorentz force. Biot-Savart and Ampère’s laws. Magnetic dipoles. Dielectrics. Energy in
magnetic fields. Electromotive force. Electromagnetic induction. Self and mutual inductances.
Faraday and Lenz’s laws. Step up and step-down transformers. Maxwell's equations.
Electromagnetic oscillations and waves. AC voltages and currents applied to inductors,
capacitors, and resistance.
PHY 102
2 Unit(s) (LH 30)
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. describe the electric field and potential, and related concepts, for stationary charges; 2. calculate electrostatic properties of simple charge distributions using...
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Forces in nature. Electrostatics (electric charge and its properties, methods of charging).
Coulomb’s law and superposition. Electric field and potential. Gauss’s law. Capacitance.
Electric dipoles. Energy in electric fields. Conductors and insulators. DC circuits (current,
voltage and resistance. Ohm’s law. Resistor combinations. Analysis of DC circuits. Magnetic
fields. Lorentz force. Biot-Savart and Ampère’s laws. Magnetic dipoles. Dielectrics. Energy in
magnetic fields. Electromotive force. Electromagnetic induction. Self and mutual inductances.
Faraday and Lenz’s laws. Step up and step-down transformers. Maxwell's equations.
Electromagnetic oscillations and waves. AC voltages and currents applied to inductors,
capacitors, and resistance.
PHY 107
1 Unit(s) (PH 45)
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. conduct measurements of some physical quantities; 2. make observations of events, collect and tabulate data; 3. identify and evaluate some common experimental erro...
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This introductory course emphasizes quantitative measurements. Experimental techniques.
The treatment of measurement errors. Graphical analysis. The experiments include studies of
meters, the oscilloscope, mechanical systems, electrical and mechanical resonant systems,
light, heat, viscosity, etc. (covered in PHY 101, 102, 103 and PHY 104). However, emphasis
should be placed on the basic physical techniques for observation, measurements, data
collection, analysis, and deduction.
PHY 107
1 Unit(s) (PH 45)
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. conduct measurements of some physical quantities; 2. make observations of events, collect and tabulate data; 3. identify and evaluate some common experimental erro...
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This introductory course emphasizes quantitative measurements. Experimental techniques.
The treatment of measurement errors. Graphical analysis. The experiments include studies of
meters, the oscilloscope, mechanical systems, electrical and mechanical resonant systems,
light, heat, viscosity, etc. (covered in PHY 101, 102, 103 and PHY 104). However, emphasis
should be placed on the basic physical techniques for observation, measurements, data
collection, analysis, and deduction.
PHY 108
1 Unit(s) (PH 45)
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. conduct measurements of some physical quantities; 2. make observations of events, collect and tabulate data; 3. identify and evaluate some common experimental erro...
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This practical course is a continuation of PHY 107 and is intended to be taught during the
second semester of the 100 level to cover the practical aspect of the theoretical courses that
have been covered with emphasis on quantitative measurements, the treatment of
measurement errors, and graphical analysis. However, emphasis should be placed on the basic
physical techniques for observation, measurements, data collection, analysis and deduction.
PHY 108
1 Unit(s) (PH 45)
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. conduct measurements of some physical quantities; 2. make observations of events, collect and tabulate data; 3. identify and evaluate some common experimental erro...
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This practical course is a continuation of PHY 107 and is intended to be taught during the
second semester of the 100 level to cover the practical aspect of the theoretical courses that
have been covered with emphasis on quantitative measurements, the treatment of
measurement errors, and graphical analysis. However, emphasis should be placed on the basic
physical techniques for observation, measurements, data collection, analysis and deduction.
PHA 301
2 Unit(s) (LH 15; PH 45)
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. know the various routes of drug administration and how they influence onset of drug action; 2. know the factors that affect drug absorption, distribution, metaboli...
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Introduction: history of Pharmacology and relationship of Pharmacology to other
pharmaceutical and clinical subjects, pharmacology textbooks and journals, definition and
sources of drugs, routes of drug administration, drug absorption, distribution, elimination and
factors affecting them, enzyme induction and enzyme inhibition, mechanisms of drug action
– receptor and non-receptor theory, drug dosage and dose response curves, and
measurement of some pharmacological parameters.
400 Level Courses
Courses to be taught at this level should include courses in Physiology, seminar presentation
and a final year research project.
ANA 322
2 Unit(s) (PH 90)
The students should, at the end of the course, be able to: 1. describe the relationship between the morphology and the chemistry of a cell; 2. explain the methods, principles and techniques used in tissue culture; 3. dem...
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Principles and techniques of histochemistry, commonly used histochemical techniques and
their applications in diagnosis and research, tissue components covered will include nucleic
acids, mucins and other carbohydrates, pigments and biogenic amines, lipids, proteins and
enzymes the nature of amyloid, the occurrence of amyloid and its demonstration in tissue
sections, immunocytochemical techniques, tissue preparation, physical and chemical effects
of fixation, limitations of chemical fixation and alternatives to chemical fixation, cryotechniques
in histochemistry, embedding techniques, special treatment of mineralised tissue, histological
staining structure of dyes, binding of dyes to tissues, mechanisms of selective staining, effects
of non-staining components of dye solutions on staining, metachromasia, metallic
impregnation techniques, cytological techniques, advantages of exfoliative cytology, methods
of cell collection and smear preparation, morphology of cells found in normal smears with
emphasis on gynaecological and sputum specimens, changes in smears with age and
menstrual cycle.