Teaching

At the University of KwaZulu-Natal, SA, I have given the following courses:


  • ASTR301 (Astronomy beyond the visible) for 3rd year astronomy major students (Semester 1, 2016, 2017)(39 lectures + 26 tutorials for each semester)
    (Course outline: Introductory radiative transfer -- Ionisation losses and Bremsstrahlung - Synchrotron emission -- High energy photon interactions and scattering )

  • MATH703 (Cosmology) for 4th year honours students (Semester 2, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)(39 lectures + 26 tutorials for each semester)
    (Course outline: Einstein's Universe and the Robertson-Walker metric -- Friedmann's models -- The Early Universe and the thermal history -- Introduction to basic Inflation theory -- Introduction to Structure formation )


  • MATH718 (General Relativity) for 4th year honours students (Semester 1, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)(39 lectures + 26 tutorials for each semester)
    (Course outline: Review of tensor analysis, Particle motion in curved space, Curvature, Einstein's field equations, Schwarzschild spacetime, Gravitational Radiation)

  • MATH344 (Tensors) for 3rd year students (Semester 2, 2009, 2010 & 2011)(39 lectures + 26 tutorials for each semester)(2010 & 2011)
    (Course outline: Tensor concept and properties, Tensor algebra, Differentiation of tensors, Applications to fluid dynamics and geometry in curved spaces, Special relativity, Tensor calculus in Riemannian geometry, Introduction to general relativity.)

  • MATH 343 (Advanced Mechanics) for 3rd year students (July-November, 2010 & 2011)(39 lectures + 26 tutorials for each semester)
    (Course outline: Generalised forces, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, Hamilton-Jacobi formulations, Canonical Transformations, Liouville's theorem, Rigid body motion, Small oscillations)

  • MATH334 (Advanced Differential Equations) for 3rd year students (Semester 1, 2010)(39 lectures + 26 tutorials for each semester)
    (Course outline: Power series solution, Special functions, Boundary value problem, Partial differential equations, Dirichlet problem)

  • MATH235 (Mechanics) for 2nd year students (Semester 1, 2011,2012,2013)(52 lectures + 26 tutorials)
    (Course outline: Vectors, Newton's laws of motion and conservation laws. Kepler's laws, central forces and planetary motion. Moving frames and Coriolis forces. Motion of a rigid body and Euler's Equations. Introduction to mechanics of continuous media.)
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