2021 Batch MSC Curriculum
2021 Batch MSC Curriculum
Curriculum for
M.Sc. Degree Programme
2021 Batch
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
Curriculum for M.Sc. Degree Programme
2021 Batch
Sl.No. Details Page No.
1 Credit Requirement 2
2 Chemistry 4
3 Mathematics 6
4 Physics 10
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M.Sc. Degree Programme
2021 Batch
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Branch Code: CY
M.Sc. Chemistry
2021 Batch
Semester 1
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 CY5011 Transition Metal and Bioorganic Chemistry 3 0 0 0 6 9
2 CY5013 Conceptual Organic Chemistry 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 CY5015 Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 CY5017 Principles of Quantum Mechanics 3 1 0 0 9 10
5 CY5019 Organometallic Chemistry 3 0 0 0 6 9
6 CY5021 Computational Chemistry Lab 0 0 0 3 0 3
7 CY5023 Organic Chemistry Lab 0 0 0 3 0 3
Total Credits : 52
Semester 2
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
Main Group Chemistry and Spectroscopic
1 CY5012 3 0 0 0 6 9
Characterization of Inorganic Compounds
2 CY5014 Reactive Intermediates and Concerted Reactions 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 CY5016 Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 CY5018 Chemical Bonding and Group Theory 3 0 0 0 6 9
Analytical Chemistry: Principles, Practices and
5 CY5020 3 0 0 0 6 9
Applications
6 CY5022 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 0 0 0 3 0 3
7 CY5024 Physical Chemistry Laboratory 0 0 0 3 0 3
Total Credits : 51
Semester 3
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 CY6011 Solid State Chemistry 3 0 0 0 6 9
2 CY6013 Spectroscopic Applications in Organic Chemistry 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 CY6015 Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 CY6017 Optical and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 3 0 0 0 6 9
CY6019 Modern Synthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry
5 or Or 3 0 0 0 6 9
CY6023 New Methods and Strategies in Organic Synthesis
6 CY6025# Project – I 0 0 0 0 9 9
Total Credits : 54/45
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Semester 4
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 DPE1 Department Elective 1 3 0 0 0 6 9
2 DPE2 Department Elective 2 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 DPE3 Department Elective 3 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 CY6026 Project – II 0 0 0 0 18 18
Or Or or
DPE4 Department Elective 4 # 3 0 0 0 6 9
DPE5 Department Elective 5 # 3 0 0 0 6 9
DPE6 Department Elective 6 # 3 0 0 0 6 9
Total Credits : 45/54
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Branch Code: MA
M.Sc. Mathematics
2021 Batch
Semester 1
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 MA5320 Algebra I 3 0 0 0 6 9
2 MA5310 Linear Algebra 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 MA5330 Real Analysis 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 MA5370 Multivariable Calculus 3 0 0 0 6 9
5 MA5390 Ordinary Differential Equations 3 0 0 0 6 9
6 MA5400 Probability Theory 3 0 0 0 6 9
Total Credits : 54
Semester 2
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 MA5340 Measure and Integration 3 0 0 0 6 9
2 MA5360 Complex Analysis 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 MA5380 Topology 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 MA5920 Partial Differential Equations 3 0 0 0 6 9
5 MA5350 Combinatorics 3 0 0 0 6 9
6 MA5470 Numerical Analysis 3 0 0 0 6 9
Total Credits : 54
Semester 3
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 MA5450 Functional Analyses 3 0 0 0 6 9
2 DPE1 Department Elective 1 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 DPE2 Department Elective 2 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 DPE3 Department Elective 3 3 0 0 0 6 9
5 DPE4 Department Elective 4 3 0 0 0 6 9
6 MA5260/ Seminar / 6 6
MA5261 Programming Lab
Total Credits : 51
Semester 4
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 DPE5 Department Elective 5 3 0 0 0 6 9
2 DPE6 Department Elective 6 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 DPE7 Department Elective 7 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 DPE8 Department Elective 8 3 0 0 0 6 9
5 DPE9 Department Elective 9 or Project ** 3 0 0 0 6 9
Total Credits : 45
** Students have the option to take either project or Department Elective 9
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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
List of M.Sc. Electives (Existing)
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Sl. No. Course No. COURSE NAME Credit
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Sl. No. Course No. COURSE NAME Credit
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Branch Code: PH
M.Sc. Physics
2021 Batch
Semester 1
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 PH5010 Mathematical Physics I 3 1 0 0 6 10
2 PH5030 Classical Mechanics 3 1 0 0 6 10
3 PH5100 Quantum Mechanics I 3 1 0 0 6 10
4 PH5040 Electronics 3 0 0 0 6 9
5 PH5060 Physics Lab. I (PG) 0 0 0 9 3 12
Total Credits : 51
Semester 2
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 PH5020 Electromagnetic Theory 3 1 0 0 6 10
2 PH5080 Statistical Physics 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 PH5170 Quantum Mechanics II 3 0 0 0 6 9
4 PH5160 Condensed Matter Physics I 3 1 0 0 6 10
PH5250 (or) Advanced Electronics & Lab (or)
5 3 0 0 3 6+0 12
PH5720 Numerical Methods and Programming Lab
6 PH5120 Physics Lab. II (PG) 0 0 0 9 3 12
Total Credits : 62
Semester 3
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 PH 5410 Atomic and Molecular Physics 3 1 0 0 6 10
PH5110 (or) Optics and Photonics (or)
2 3 0 0 0 6 9
PH5050 Mathematical Physics II
PH5210 (or) Condensed Matter Physics II (or)
3 3 0 0 0 6 9
PH5211 High Energy Physics
4 DPE1 Elective – I 3 0 0 0 6 9
5 PH5270 Physics Lab. III (PG) 1 0 0 6 2+2 11
PH5291 (or) Project I (or)
6 0 0 0 0 9 9
DPE4 Elective IV
Total Credits : 57
* Project (PH5290*) Grades will be awarded at the end of 4th semester
Semester 4
S.No Course No Course Name L T E P O C
1 DPE2 Elective – II 3 0 0 0 6 9
2 DPE3 Elective –III 3 0 0 0 6 9
3 PH5230 Seminar 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 PH5240 Viva voce 0 0 0 0 6 6
PH5300 (or) Project II (or)
5 DPE5 & Elective V and 0 0 0 0 18 18
DPE6 Elective VI
Total Credits : 45
Instead of PH5291 (Project I) in Semester 3 and PH5300 (Project II) in Semester 4, the students
have the option to take Department Elective IV in Semester 3 and Department Electives V & VI in
Semester 4.
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