PhD (Environmental Physics)
Overview
The past few decades have brought enormous and rapid changes in human resource development in all areas of human activity. Today’s globalized world is giving rise not only to new demands but also to far-reaching changes in many aspects of scientific applications. These rapid changes also affect educational processes. Couple with fast-growing technology and high awareness of environmental change issues, there is high demand for better physical theories to solve the uncertainties in key environmental change concerns. Therefore, the challenges of educational system today are not only limited to knowledge transfer but also to create new learning programmes that can be directly applied to solve issues very dear to human life.
The Environment is degrading rapidly, mainly due to human activities. The results of deforestation, overgrazing, land degradation, biomass burning and industrialization have profoundly modified the composition of the air, soil, and water bodies. Environmental pollution has a negative impact on important socio-economic sectors such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, water resources, human health, settlements and ecological systems.
In pursuit of applying physics to solve environmental problems, the department of physics has PhD degree programme in Environmental Physics, which goal will be among others: to apply laws of physics to solve issues of environmental (atmospheric, land and water bodies) concerns that will improved knowledge on environmentally oriented decisionmaking, describe the general procedure of environmental systems analysis, and use different tools of environmental system analysis, and critically evaluate integrated analyses of complex environmental systems.
Aims:
The PhD Environmental Physics is designed to produce qualified personnel to applying physics to solve environmental problems (atmospheric, land and water bodies) concerns that will improve knowledge on environmentally oriented decision making, describe the general procedure of environmental systems analysis, and use different tools of environmental system analysis, and critically evaluate integrated analyses of complex environmental systems.
Objectives
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To equip PhD students with the necessary analytical skills in research to tackle complex environmental issues and challenges
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To provide a forum for the exchange of research output through theses, seminars, conferences and publications
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To produce professionals with postgraduate qualifications in Environmental Physics needed for the economic development of Ghana.
Structure of the programme
1 Theory (T) = 1 Credit (C) and 4 Practical (P) = 1 Credit (C)
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Year One (1) Semester One (1)
Core
Code
Course Name
T
P
C
MATH 581
Advanced Analysis and Algebra
2
0
2
PHYE 553
Environmental Fluid Dynamics
1
4
2
3
4
4
Electives
Students are to Select Two (2) base on their Research Area
STAT 491
Data Science for Physics
1
4
2
MATH 583
Advanced Numerical Analysis
1
4
2
PHYE 551
Terrestrial Physics
2
0
2
PHYG 597
Environmental Geophysics
1
4
2
MET 555
Atmospheric Physics
2
0
2
CHEM 597
Environmental Chemistry
2
0
2
PHYC 581
Advanced Programming I
2
4
2
Total
5, 6, 7
4,8,12
8
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Year One (1) Semester Two (2)
Core
Code
Course Name
T
P
C
MET 554
Environmental pollution
2
0
2
GE 598
Geovisualization and Mapping
2
4
3
PHY 572
Research Methods for Physics
1
0
1
5
4
6
Electives
Students are to Select One (1) base on their Research Area
PHYC 582
Advanced Programming II
1
4
2
MET 564
Climate Change and Modelling
2
0
2
MET 566
Environmental Measurement Techniques
1
4
2
PHYG 598
Hydrogeological Disaster Mitigation
2
0
2
PHYN 598
Environmental Radiation Physics
2
0
2
Total
6, 7
4, 8
8
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Year Two (2) Semester One (1)
Code
Course Name
T
P
C
PHYE 750
Seminar
0
0
0
PHYE 760
Research Work
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
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Year Two (2) Semester Two (2)
Code
Course Name
T
P
C
PHYE 750
Seminar
0
0
0
PHYE 760
Research Work
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
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Year Three (3) Semester One (1)
Code
Course Name
T
P
C
PHYE 750
Seminar
0
0
0
PHYE 760
Research Work
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
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Year Three (3) Semester Two (2)
Code
Course Name
T
P
C
PHYE 750
Seminar
0
0
0
PHYE 760
Research Work
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
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Year Four (4) Semester One (1)
Code
Course Name
T
P
C
PHYE 750
Seminar
0
0
0
PHYE 760
Research Work
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
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Year Four (4) Semester Two (2)
Code
Course Name
T
P
C
PHYE 750
Seminar
0
0
0
PHYE 760
Research Work
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0