1 Course code BIO110
2 Course Title Basic Biology (Refresher course)
3 Credits 0
4 Course Coordinator Dr. Eswarayya Ramireddy
5 Nature of Course L&T- lectures and Tutorials
6 Pre requisites (if any) None.
7 Objectives & Outcomes Objectives:
Students attending this course need not have taken biology
at the HSC level. This course aims to introduce you to
fundamental concepts of biology from its very basics for
any beginner in Biology, and prepare the student for a
course with more detailed description of Biology to follow
in BIO111
8 Course contents Introduction: What is biology? Salient features of life;
Importance of biology on the frontiers of science and
technology (1-2L)
Basic Biology: Biological Levels-Species, organisms,
Tissues, Cells & Cellular Constituents. Describe
examples/designs and simple organizational principles
(2L)
Diversity of life: Prokaryotes versus Eukaryotes; Plants
versus Animals; Explain the main differences and relate
them to functions (2L)
Genetics: Mendel’s Laws of heredity in Monohybrid and
dihybrid crosses (2-3L)
Evolution: Basic definition & underlying mechanism
focusing on dispelling the mistaken notions associated
with Darwinian evolution (3-4L)
9 Evaluation components The course runs for 4-6 weeks, following which an
with weightage examination will be conducted for a pass/fail.
10 Suggested readings 1. Biology: A Global Approach, Global Edition
Paperback – 27 Feb 2017 by Neil A. Campbell, Lisa A.
Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V.
Minorsky & Jane B. Reece
2. Biology: McGraw Hill Education by Peter H. Raven,
George B. Johnson, Kenneth A. Mason, Jonathan B.
Loson, & Susan R. Singer
1 Course code BIO111
2 Course Title Foundations of Biology I: Basic principles
3 Credits 3 (Two Lecture hours per week)
4 Name of Course Dr. Swarup Roy Chaudhary*,
Coordinator & Prof.Ramesh Sonti,
participating faculty Dr.Suchi Goel
(if any) Dr. Hussain Bhukya
Dr. Nandini Rajamani
5 Type of Course/Open L (only lectures); BS-MS (1st Semester)
in/to
6 Pre-requisite None
7 Course Objective & Students attending this course need not have taken biology at the
Outcome HSC level. The course is intended as an introduction to the main
conceptual framework of biology as a science, outlining the
diversity, organization and fundamental principles of living
systems. This course also aims to introduce you to several
important facts and fundamental concepts in biology. It is aimed
to give you an insight on how organisms work at the single and
multicellular levels (cellular aspects) by initially providing a
molecular framework to understand the basic inter-molecular
interactions (biochemical aspects) that drive underlying cellular
processes. This course, more than anything, hopes to spark your
imagination and thinking about how biological systems function
and are regulated.
8 Course Content Basic Biology: Salient features of life; Importance of biology
on the frontiers of science and technology; Brief history of
biology; Structure-function relationship, theme and
variations, individual variability and plasticity. (4L)
Evolution: History and evolution of life on earth; Concept of
adaptive versus neutral evolution; Genetic basis of natural
selection; The logical structure of biology: Concepts of
complexity, emergent properties, adaptation, biological species
diversity, chance and necessity; How plants, animals and
microorganisms shaped human history; Introduction to the
world of living organisms; Levels of biological organization
(molecular, cellular, organismal and population levels);
Diversity of life. (8L)
Plant Biology: Origin and classification of plants; Aquatic to
land plants; Nomenclature of flowering plants; Plant
adaptations; Differences between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
Cells; Plant cell structure; Cell wall and Cell membrane;
Plastid; Peroxisome; Photosynthesis. (8L)
Biomolecules: Water, buffers; Amino acids, peptide bond,
conformation, protein structure; Nucleotides and nucleic acid;
Carbohydrates and polysaccharides; Lipids and membranes;
Conjugated macromolecules and bio-molecular complexes.
(4L)
Cell Biology: Compaction and organization of the genetic
material (DNA) into chromatin, Bacterial and eukaryotic
chromatin; Cell Division including mitosis and meiosis; Role
of various organelles: Nucleus, Centrioles, Microtubules,
Microfilaments, Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex. (8L)
9 Grading Scheme 15 % Quiz 1
35 % Mid semester
15 % Quiz 2
35 % End semester
10 Suggested Reading Biology: N Campbell and J. Reece (7th edition). Pearson,
Benjamin and Cummings Biochemistry: D. Voet and J. G. Voet
(4th edition) Wiley
Molecular Biology of the cell: B. Alberts, A. Johnson, J. Lewis,
M. Raff, K. Roberts and P. Walter (5th edition) Garland Science.
Plant Systematics, A Phylogenetic Approach Fourth Edition
Walter S. Judd, Christopher S. Campbell, Elizabeth A. Kellogg,
Peter F. Stevens, and Michael J. Donoghue
1 Course code BIO112
2 Course Title Biology Lab I: Basic Biology
3 Credits 3
4 Course Coordinator Dr.Pakala Suresh Babu*,
Dr.Sanjay Kumar,
5 Nature of Course P-lab alone
6 Pre requisites(if any) None
7 Objectives & Outcomes Objectives: This course aims to introduce different
interesting concepts in biology: Microbiology, Genetics and
Plant biology. Students who have not had biology in their
high secondary will also appreciate this basic lab course,
which emphasises on observation, draw and describe.
Systematic observation and good laboratory practice will be
emphasised during the lab sessions.
Outcomes: Every student who takes this course will surely
be fascinated by the diversity biology offers. With all the
diversity, life sustains in an orderly manner. Students will
learn to methodically observe a biological experiment,
record it in their notebooks. The viva will train them to
defend their observations and inferences from the
experiment.
8 Course contents Module 1: General biology-Microbiology Orientation,
Good lab practices. Introduction to microscope and
hanging drop to demonstrate different organisms and
their motility. Sterilisation, preparation of liquid media,
solid agar. Isolation, Grams staining.
Module 2: Plant science: Plant Morphology, Plant
Anatomy, Plant Movement, Plant biochemistry.
Module 3: Genetics: Cell division, Blood cell types,
Hemocytometer/blood cell counting, Barr body
staining.
9 Evaluation /assessment a. End- sem examination- 35%
b. Mid-sem examination- 35%
c. Quiz/viva/internal assessment- 30%
10 Suggested readings 1. Microbiology by Michael J.Pelczar, E.C.S Chan, Noel
R. Krieg (available in library)
2. Bruck biology of microorganisms, Michael th
Madiger, John Martinko, Kelly Bender et al, 4
Edition th
3. Janeway’s immunology, 8 th edition
4. Prescott’s Microbiology, 8 edition, Plant Anatomy,
Morphology and Physiology by Clive Koelling
(Editor)
1 Course Code CHM111
2 Course Title General Chemistry
3 Credits 3
4 Type of Course/Open in/to L T – Lecture and Tutorial
5 Name of Course Coordinator Kiran Kumar Pulukuri*, Janardan Kundu, and Pankaj Koli
& participating faculty
This course would be introductory to other major courses in
inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. It lays the
foundation for the in-depth coverage of all the topics
introduced herein, in subsequent semesters. It also provides the
6 Objective and Outcome link between the 12th-grade science and undergraduate general
chemistry. By the end of this course the students should have
gained a broad perspective of the major themes in chemistry
and be adept in the beginning to think like a chemist.
7 Pre-requisite NONE
Measuring matter and errors associated therein, Behavior of
gases, Introduction to thermodynamics, Chemical equilibrium,
Chemical kinetics, Properties of solutions, Solubility,
Understanding acid-base buffers, Introduction to the periodic
8 Course Content table and periodic properties of elements, chemical bonding,
metals in biology, introduction to organic chemistry, basic
principles of organic chemistry, nomenclature, isomerism,
optical isomers, stereochemistry: R and S nomenclature and
optical rotation, enantiomeric excess.
Quizzes - 30% (2 quizzes, one each in the first part and
second part contributing 15% each)
9 Grading Scheme Mid-semester exam – 35% (includes only 1st part)
End-semester exam – 35% (includes only 2nd part)
Students are primarily expected to be thorough with class
notes, tutorials and home exercises and provided by the
instructor. In addition, the following books can be used for
reference:
(a) Atkins’ Physical Chemistry (8th or 9th or 10th edn.) by P.
10 Suggested Readings W. Atkins, & Julio de Paula (Oxford University Press)
(b) Organic Chemistry by T. W. G. Solomons, 2nd or 3rd
edition, John Wiley & Sons
c) Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J. D. Lee (5th edition) John
Wiley and Sons
d) Essential Chemistry by Raymond Chang
Course Details for MTH110 : Monsoon Semester 2021
1 Course Code MTH110
2 Course Title Basic Mathematics
3 Credits 0
4 Course Coordinator H.A. Gururaja
gururaja@iisertirupati.ac.in.
5 Nature of Course L+T
6 Pre-requisites None
7 Objectives This course gives a rapid introduction to mathematics at the
high school level to students who have not taken mathemat-
ics after 10th standard. Upon successful completion of this
course students will be familiar with basic tools of mathe-
matics which will enable them to understand more advanced
courses.
8 Course Contents Introduction to basic functions like polynomial, exponential,
logarithm, absolute value function and trigonometric func-
tions, trigonometric identities.
Coordinate geometry in 2 dimensions, equation of line, circle,
parabola, hyperbola, intersections of these curves.
Introduction to limits and derivatives, derivatives of some sim-
ple functions, derivative and tangent lines.
Integration and some simple integration techniques, integra-
tion and area.
Additional Topics : Introduction to matrices.
(Reference: [1])
9 Evaluation/Asessment None
10 Suggested Readings [1] NCERT Textbooks for Class XI and Class XII, NCERT,
New Delhi.
Course Details for MTH111 : Monsoon Semester 2021
1 Course Code MTH111
2 Course Title Introduction to Mathematics
3 Credits 3
4 Course Coordinator Anilatmaja Aryasomayajula
anil.arya@iisertirupati.ac.in
5 Nature of Course L+T
6 Pre-requisites None
7 Objectives The aim of this course is to introduce the students to the lan-
guage of sets, rudiments of number theory and combinatorics.
We discuss techniques of proof in the context of theory of sets,
number theory and combinatorics. Techniques of proof will
include proofs by deduction, case analysis, construction, in-
duction, and contradiction.
8 Course Contents Mathematical logic and Set theory: Axioms, statements with
quantifiers, implication, negation, contrapositive, compound
statements, proofs and methods of proof.
Reference: Ch. 2 of [1] , Ch. 1 of [3] & [6].
Sets, Number Systems: Z, Q, R and C, Set operations, Func-
tions, injective, surjective and bijective functions, equivalence
and order relations, Well ordering property of N, principle of
mathematical induction, cardinality, countable and uncount-
able sets.
Reference: Ch. 1, 2, 3 of [2] & Ch.2 - Ch.6 of [3].
Number theory: Integers, divisibility, primes, Fundamental
theorem of arithmetic, infinitude of primes, greatest common
divisor, Euclidean algorithm, congruences, Chinese remainder
theorem.
Reference: Ch. 2, 3, 4 and 5 of [5].
Combinatorics: Counting, permutations and combinations,
binomial and multinomial theorem, pigeonhole principle and
inclusion-exclusion principle.
Reference: Ch. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of [4].
9 Evaluation/Asessment 2 Quizzes 15% each, Midsem 30%, Endsem 40%
10 Suggested Readings [1] John P. D’Angelo, Douglas B. West, Mathematical Think-
ing: Problem-Solving and Proofs, Prentice Hall, 2000
[2] I. Kaplansky, Set theory and metric spaces, 2th edn, AMS
Chelsea, 2001.
[3] A. Kumar, S. Kumaresan, B. K. Sarma A Foundation
Course in Mathematics, Narosa, 2018.
[4] R. Brualdi, Introductory Combinatorics, Pearson, 1999.
[5] D. M. Burton, Elementary number theory, 6th edn.
McGraw-Hill, 2007.
[6] Daniel Solow, How to Read and Do Proofs, Wiley, 2014.
1 Course code PHY111
2 Course Title World of Physics: Mechanics
3 Credits 3
4 Nature of Course LT-lecture and tutorials
5 Course Coordinator Dileep Mampallil
6 Objectives & Outcomes Objectives: To review basics of particle mechanics and
conservation laws with applications to prepare students for
the higher level courses in Physics.
To learn about mechanics of two bodies, collisions, and
mechanics of rotating bodies, understanding special
relativistic effects in mechanics.
Outcomes: Ability to solve basic physics problems in
particle mechanics.
7 Pre-requisites(if any) NIL
8 Course contents 1. Review : Vector algebra, Matrix operations and
Cramer’s rule, Coordinate transformation (plane
polar, cylindrical polar and spherical polar
coordinates)
2. Newton’s laws: Inertial frame of reference, Motion
under conservative forces, Dissipative forces, Friction
& Drag forces
3. Work-energy theorem: Potential and force,
Conservation of mechanical energy, Gravitational
potential and force,
4. Conservation laws: energy, linear momentum, angular
momentum,
5. Pseudo-forces: Non-inertial frame of reference,
Galilean transformation, Rotating coordinate systems,
centrifugal force
6. Simple harmonic motion: Spring-mass system and
Hooke’s law, equation of SHM and its solution,
Simple pendulum, Physical pendulum, Torsional
pendulum
7. System of particles: center of mass, collision of
particles
8. Central force: Inverse square law and central force,
Gravitational force, Kepler’s two-body problem,
conservation of mechanical energy, angular
momentum, Effective potential, Equation of orbits,
satellite orbits,
9. Rigid body dynamics: Fixed axis rotation, Moment of
inertia tensor, Torque, Rigid body rotation,
precession,
10. Special theory of relativity: Frame of references,
Michelson-Morley experiment, relative velocity and
speed of light, Galilean transformation and Lorentz
transformation, Simultaneity, Length contraction,
Time dilation.
11. Introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian:
Constraints and generalized coordinates, degrees of
freedom, virtual work, phase space, Lagrange’s
equation, Hamilton’s equations.
12. Applications : Physics of Roller-Coaster, Rocket
motion, Coriolis force, Hohmann transfer orbits,
gyroscope,Twin paradox
9 Grading scheme a. End- sem examination- 30%
b. Mid-sem examination- 30%
c. Quiz- 20% × 2
10 Suggested readings 1. An Introduction to Mechanics, Kleppner & Kolenkow,
McGraw Hill Education, 2017.
2. Berkeley Physics (Vol.1): Mechanics, McGraw Hill
Education, 2017.
3. Classical Mechanics, Gregory, Cambridge University
Press, 2006
4. Classical mechanics- J Taylor, University Science
Books
5. Physics-Mechanics- E. Clark, CBS 2001.
6. Feynmann Lectures Vol.1, Pearson Education, 2012.
1 Course code IDC111
2 Course Title Mathematical Methods
3 Credits 3
4 Course Coordinator & Annwesha Dutta
participating faculty (if annwesha@iisertirupati.ac.in
any)
5 Nature of Course LT -Lectures & Tutorials (2 Lectures and 1 Tutorial
(pl tick one of them) per week)
Open to BS-MS 1st Semester Students
6 Prerequisites (if any) None
7 Objectives & Outcomes Objectives:
(goals, which semester To equip students with essential mathematical tools
offered outcomes etc) required by any undergraduate student pursuing
natural sciences.
Outcomes:
By the end of this course, the students should be able
to familiarize themselves with applications of basic
calculus, complex numbers, linear algebra, Fourier
series, partial differentiation, ordinary differential
equations and overall appreciate how mathematics is
useful to solve problems in natural science.
8 Course contents 1. Complex Numbers: Review of complex numbers,
(Section wise listing of polar representation, application to AC circuits,
topics with no. of lectures de-Moivre’s theorem, complex logarithms and
for each) complex powers. [2]
2. Partial Differentiation: definition of partial
derivative, total differential and total derivative, exact
and inexact differentials, change of variables,
Taylor’s theorem for multivariate function, stationary
values of two-variable functions, stationary value
under constraints, applications to thermodynamics,
differentiation of integrals. [4]
3. Linear Algebra: Introduction to vector space,
concepts of linear span, linear independence,
subspaces, basis and dimension, inner product,
Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, linear operators;
Matrices - basic matrix algebra, transpose and
conjugates of a matrix, trace, determinant and inverse
of a matrix; simultaneous linear equations,
symmetric, anti-symmetric and orthogonal matrices,
eigenvectors and eigenvalues, diagonalization of
matrices, similarity transformation. [7]
4. Introduction to Vector Calculus: Gradient,
Divergence, Curl, Vector Integration, Gauss’
Theorem, Stokes Theorem [3]
5. Fourier Series: periodic functions, Fourier series
of periodic functions, Dirichlet’s conditions, even and
odd functions, Parseval’s identity. [3]
6. Ordinary Differential Equations: first order
equations: separable equations; linear equations,
integrating factors. Second-order linear equations
with constant coefficients; particular integrals and
complementary functions; constants of integration
and number of necessary boundary/initial conditions.
[4]
7. Introduction to Basic Statistics:
Describing data sets (Bar Graphs, Pie Charts,
Histograms), Using Statistics to summarize data sets
(Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation). [3]
9 Evaluation /assessment a. End-sem examination- 35%
(Components with b. Mid-sem examination-35%
weightage for each) c. Quiz/ Assignments- Two quizzes 30% (One
before the mid-sem and one after)
10 Suggested readings a. Mathematical Methods for Physics and
(Full list with authors, Engineering, R.F. Riley, M.P. Hobson and S.J.
publisher, year, edn etc. Bence, 3rd Edition
for each) b. Mathematical Methods in the Physical
Sciences, M. L. Boas, 3rd Edition
c. Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Erwin
Kreyzig, 10th Edition
d. Introductory Statistics: Sheldon Ross, 3rd
Edition
1 Course code HSS110
2 Course Title Functional English
3 Credits 0
4 Course Coordinator
5 Nature of Course L-lecture alone
6 Pre requisites(if any) None
7 Objectives & Outcomes Objectives: This course intends to familiarize students to the
various communicative functions and English language skills
required for each of them. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing
with their respective sub- skills are included. It aims to help
students to understand, process, organize and express
information/ideas based on the communicative demands.
Outcomes:
After participating in the course, students will be able to:
introduce themselves and others
preview, predict, skim, and scan texts for specific
purposes
infer meaning from contextual clues
seek information and respond to information questions
describe people, objects, places
recognize the structure of a paragraph and write a
structured paragraph
compose compare, process and cause & effect
paragraphs
comprehend simple and easy audio texts
make 3-minute presentations
8 Course contents 1. Introducing self and others
2. Describing people, objects, places
3. Reading: preview, predict, skimming, scanning,
identifying the author's tone and intention
4. Speaking: asking for and giving information (‘wh’ &
yes/no questions, role plays)
5. Reading: identifying topic sentence, main idea and
supporting details
6. Speaking: JAMs and informal GDs
7. Inferring meaning from contextual clues
8. Paragraph writing: structure and sequence
9. Writing: compare, process and cause & effect
paragraphs
10. Listening skills
11. Oral presentations
9 Evaluation /assessment 1. Continuous assessment (100% weightage)
10 Suggested readings Study material will be provided by the instructor.
