COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OPTICS AND WAVES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 2049 OPTICS AND WAVES COMPULSORY 0 2 0 2

Offered By

Physics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HAMZA POLAT

Offered to

Physics
Physics(Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to realize vibrations and waves motions and to analyse results from experiments regarding them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to gain skills for designing new experiments
2   Being able to work cooperatively
3   Being able to realize vibrations and waves experimentally
4   Being able to examine measurement results and data analysis
5   Being able to present as a report results from an experiment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Information sesion for the laboratory studies
2 Reflection and Refraction Laws
3 Irreversibility and Dispersion
4 Concave Mirror and Convex Lenses
5 Diffraction
6 Interference through double slit
7 Polarization
8 Midterm
9 Damped oscillations and resonance
10 Charge oscillations in RLC circuits
11 Water waves
12 Helical springs and Coupled oscillations

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: Vibrations and Waves Laboratory Booklet prepared by Dokuz Eylül University Physics Department (2012).
Auxiliary references:
1. Pain, H. J. (2000). The Physics of Vibrations and Waves, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Experimental studies
2. Question-Answer sessions
3. Discussing
4. Lecturing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.70 + FIN * 0.30
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.70 + RST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm score calculated as arithmetic average points obtained from experiments is essential in the achievements of students for the course.
2. Final exam will be added to the achievements of students for the course (to the midterm), thereby the student's success will be determined.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 80% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.
4. Students, who do not participate in midterm exams and regularly do the assignments, not allowed entering the final exam

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hamza.polat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On Tuesday and Thursday between 15:00 - 16:00 p.m

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Labratory 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1333521441324
LO.2111322551313
LO.3454531441213
LO.4555532541315
LO.5455212553215