The Department of Physics

Programme Content

8 compulsory courses split between the proposed renewable energy-based courses and the already existing management courses. 

Students will be required to complete 4 courses from the list of 6 elective courses as well as the 9-credit Research Project course. 

To complete a course, students must pass both the Coursework component and the Final Examination. The Core and Elective courses, together with the Research Project, total 45 credits.

Core Compulsory (8 courses – 24 credits)

Semester I

• RENT 6001 - Energy Economics (3 credits)
• RENT 6002 - Shaping Sustainable Energy Systems (3 credits) 
• PSMA 6106 - Programme and Project Management (3 credits) 
• PHYS 6295 - Solar Energy Conversion (3 credits) 
• RENT 6005 - Wind Energy I (3 credits) 
• RENT 6006 - Bioenergy I (3 credits) 

Semester II

• RENT 6007 - Energy Use and Energy Auditing (3 credits) 
• RENT 6008 - Electrical Integration of Renewables (3 credits) 

Electives (Any 4 courses – 12 credits)

Semester II

• RENT 6009 - Hydro and Marine Power (3 credits) 
• RENT 6010 - Geothermal Energy (3 credits) 
• RENT 6011 - Energy Storage (3 credits) 
• RENT 6012 - Advanced Solar Energy (3 credits) 
• RENT 6013 - Wind Energy II (3 credits) 
• RENT 6014 - Bioenergy II (3 credits) 

RENT 6000 - Research Project : Three months’ work + Presentation and Report (9 credits Supervised) 

NB: Additional information available in the Faculty of Science and Technology Postgraduate Booklet. 

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