KANNUR UNIVERSITY
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES (PO)
PO 1. Critical Thinking
1.1. Acquire the ability to apply the basic tenets of logic and science to thoughts,
actions and interventions.
1.2. Develop the ability to chart out a progressive direction for actions and interventions
by learning to recognize the presence of hegemonic ideology within certain dominant
notions.
1.3 Develop self-critical abilities and the ability to view positions, problems and social
issues from plural perspectives.
1.3 Develop self-critical abilities and also the ability to view positions,
problems and social issues from plural perspectives.
PO 2. Effective Citizenship
2.1. Learn to participate in nation building by adhering to the principles of sovereignty
of the nation, socialism, secularism, democracy and the values that guide a republic.
2.2. Develop and practice gender sensitive attitudes, environmental awareness,
empathetic social awareness about various kinds of marginalisation and the ability to
understand and resist various kinds of discriminations.
2.3. Internalise certain highlights of the nation‘s and region‘s history. Especially of the
freedom movement, the renaissance within native societies and the project of
modernisation of the post-colonial society.
PO 3. Effective Communication
3.1. Acquire the ability to speak, write, read and listen clearly in person and through
electronic media in both English and in one Modern Indian Language
3.2. Learn to articulate, analyse, synthesise, and evaluate ideas and situations in a wellinformed manner.
3.3. Generate hypotheses and articulate assent or dissent by employing both reason and
creative thinking.
PO 4. Interdisciplinarity
4.1. Perceive knowledge as an organic, comprehensive, interrelated and integrated
faculty of the human mind.
4.2. Understand the issues of environmental contexts and sustainable development as a
basic interdisciplinary concern of all disciplines.
4.3. Develop aesthetic, social, humanistic and artistic sensibilities for problem solving
and evolving a comprehensive perspective.
PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES OF
BSc Physics Programme
PSO1: Understand and apply the principles of Classical mechanics, Quantum
mechanics, Thermodynamics, Nuclear physics and Electrodynamics
PSO 2:Understand and apply the principles of Solid state physics, Optics, Photonics
and Spectroscopy
PSO 3:Understand the principles of Electronics, Design and test electronic circuits
PSO 4: Understand and apply the principles of Mathematical Physics and
Computational Physics and do Error analysis in measurements
