Courses of Study IISER Mohali July 2019 c 2019, IISER Mohali Contents 1 Course Structure 1 1.1 BS-MS Programme Core Semesters . 1 1.2 BS-MS Programme Majors . 2 Biology . 2 Chemistry . 3 Mathematics . 3 Physics . 4 1.3 BS-MS Programme Research Year . 5 1.4 Integrated PhD Programme . 5 Biology . 5 Chemistry . 6 Mathematics . 7 Physics . 8 2 BS-MS Programme Core Courses 9 2.1 Biology Core Courses . 9 BIO101: Cellular basis of life . 9 BIO111: Biology Lab I . 10 BIO102: Gene expression and development . 10 BIO112: Biology Lab II . 11 BIO201: Genetics and evolution . 11 BIO211: Biology Lab III . 12 BIO202: Behaviour and ecology . 13 BIO212: Biology Lab IV . 13 2.2 Chemistry Core Courses . 14 CHM101: Chemistry of elements and chemical transformations . 14 CHM111: Chemistry Lab I . 15 CHM102: Atoms molecules and symmetry . 15 CHM112: Chemistry Lab II . 16 CHM201: Spectroscopic and other physical methods . 17 CHM211: Chemistry Lab III . 18 CHM202: Energetics and dynamics of chemical reactions . 18 CHM212: Chemistry Lab IV . 19 2.3 Humanities Core Courses . 20 HSS101A: Language skills-A . 20 HSS101B: Language skills-B . 20 HSS102: History of science . 22 HSS202: Philosophy of science . 22 2.4 Mathematics Core Courses . 23 MTH101: Symmetry . 23 MTH102: Analysis in one variable . 24 i MTH201: Curves and surfaces . 25 MTH202: Probability and statistics . 25 2.5 Physics Core Courses . 26 PHY101: Mechanics . 26 PHY111: Physics Laboratory I . 27 PHY102: Electromagnetism . 27 PHY112: Physics Laboratory II . 28 PHY201: Waves and optics . 28 PHY211: Physics Laboratory III . 29 PHY202: Thermodynamics and statistical physics . 29 PHY212: Physics Laboratory IV . 30 2.6 Inter-disciplinary Core Courses and Core Electives . 30 IDC101: Introduction to computers . 30 IDC102: Hands-on electronics . 31 IDC201: Astronomy and astrophysics . 32 IDC202: Chemical biology . 33 IDC203: Introduction to earth sciences . 33 IDC204: Theory of computation . 34 IDC205: Differential equations for scientists . 34 IDC206: Quantum physics for scientists . 35 IDC207: Number theory and cryptography . 36 IDC211: Workshop Training . 36 3 Major Mandatory Courses 38 3.1 Biology Major Courses . 38 BIO301: Animals: Form and function . 38 BIO302: Advanced cell biology . 39 BIO303: Experimental design and hypothesis testing . 40 BIO304: Essential biochemistry . 40 BIO305: Advanced developmental biology . 41 BIO306: Plants: Form and function . 42 BIO311: Molecular methods in biology lab . 43 BIO312: Development and physiology lab . 44 BIO401: Structure and function of genomes . 44 BIO402: Microbial physiology and microbial genetics . 45 BIO403: Advanced evolutionary biology . 46 BIO404: Cellular and molecular basis of the immune response . 47 BIO411: Bioinformatics lab . 48 BIO412: Lab on biophysical and spectroscopic tools . 49 3.2 Chemistry Major Courses . 49 CHM301: Quantum chemistry . 49 CHM302: Organic chemistry . 50 CHM303: Main group chemistry . 51 CHM304: Symmetry in chemistry . 52 CHM305: Physical organic chemistry . 52 CHM306: Transition metal chemistry . 54 CHM311: Organic chemistry lab . 54 CHM312: Inorganic chemistry lab . 55 CHM401: Molecular spectroscopy . 56 CHM402: Chemistry of materials . 57 CHM403: Analytical chemistry . 58 CHM404: Statistical thermodynamics . 60 CHM411: Physical chemistry lab . 60 ii CHM412: Analytical chemistry laboratory . 61 3.3 Mathematics Major Courses . 63 MTH301: Analysis in Rn ......................... 63 MTH302: Integers, polynomials and matrices . 63 MTH303: Ordinary and partial differential equations . 64 MTH304: Topology . 65 MTH305: Complex analysis . 65 MTH307: Discrete mathematics . 66 MTH308: Groups and fields . 67 MTH309: Measure and probability . 68 MTH402: Functional analysis . 69 MTH403: Manifolds . 70 3.4 Physics Major Courses . 71 PHY301: Classical mechanics . 71 PHY302: Quantum mechanics . 72 PHY303: Electrodynamics . 72 PHY304: Statistical mechanics . 73 PHY306: Advanced quantum mechanics . 74 PHY310: Mathematical methods for physicists I . 75 PHY311: Advanced optics and spectroscopy lab . 76 PHY312: Advanced electronics and instrumentation lab . 76 PHY401: Nuclear and particle physics . 76 PHY402: Solid state physics . 77 PHY403: Atomic and molecular physics . 78 PHY411: Nuclear physics lab . 79 PHY412: Condensed matter physics lab . 79 4 Electives and PhD Courses 81 4.1 Biological Sciences . 81 BIO307: Microbial technology . 81 BIO308: Fundamentals of microbiology . 82 BIO405: Advanced biochemistry . 82 BIO451: Microbial genetics . 83 BIO452: Infectious diseases and epidemiology . 84 BIO453: Principles underlying instrumental biomacromolecular analy- ses . 85 BIO454: Neuroscience . 86 BIO455: Computational structural biology . 86 BIO456: Cancer cell biology . 87 BIO457: Ecosystem ecology . 88 BIO458: Advances in plant cell and molecular biology . 89 BIO501: Topics in biology-I . 90 BIO512: Topics in biology-II . 91 BIO601: Techniques in biology . 93 BIO602: Regulation of gene expression . 93 BIO606: Biostatistics . 93 BIO609: Immunology . 94 BIO610: Advanced topics in molecular genetics . 95 BIO611: Fluorescence in biology . 96 BIO612: RNA biology . 96 BIO613: Developmental neurobiology . 97 BIO614: Topics in evolutionary biology . 97 BIO615: Developmental biology . 98 iii BIO616: Animal behaviour: Proximate mechanism, ultimate causes . 99 BIO623: Protein folding, misfolding and amyloid biology . 100 BIO624: Case studies in hypotheses-driven molecular and cellular biology . ..