COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMF 6036 INSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA EROL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To understand teaching methods of basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, nuclear forces, nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to say teaching methods of basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, nuclear forces, nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics
2   Be able to comprehend teaching methods of basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, nuclear forces, nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics
3   Be able to apply teaching methods of basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, nuclear forces, nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics
4   Be able to analyze teaching methods of basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, nuclear forces, nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics
5   Be able to evaluate teaching methods of basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, nuclear forces, nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Instruction of Basic Concepts of Nuclear Physics
2 Instruction of Radioactivity and the radioactive decay law
3 Instruction of Sequence radioactive decay law
4 Instruction of Radioactive series-Radioactive dating-units for measuring radiation
5 Instruction of Types and properties of decays Alpha decay, beta decay
6 Instruction of Types and properties of decays cont. Gamma decay
7 Instruction of Detecting nuclear radiations
8 Midterm Exam
9 Instruction of Nuclear stability and binding energy, liquid-drop model
10 Instruction of Nuclear reactions
11 Instruction of Nuclear reactions
12 Instruction of Nuclear fission
13 Instruction of Nuclear fusion-
14 Instruction of Applications of nuclear physics
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Nuclear Physics I course material
2) Nuclear Physics. Volumes I and 2 Kenneth S. Krane. Çeviri Editörü: Başar ŞARER, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara-2001, 2002.
3) Nuclear Physics. Prof. Dr. Besim TANYEL. Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, Izmir, 1994

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

expression, question-answer, discussion, group study, active learning methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e mail: mustafa.bakac@deu.edu.tr Tel ofis: 0232 3012382

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Paper preparation 7 4 28
Research presentation 7 3 21
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 180

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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