COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPUTATIONAL APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS I **,++

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 3101 COMPUTATIONAL APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS I **,++ ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7

Offered By

Physics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR KADIR AKGÜNGÖR

Offered to

Physics(Evening)
Physics

Course Objective

In this course students will be able to write basic programs in Fortran90/95 programming language

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   By using Fortran90/95 being able to write basic calculations
2   Having knowledge of a computer
3   Able to use different computer operating systems
4   Able to develop algorithms for numerical solutions
5   Having knowledge of hardware

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Finding roots (bisection method)
2 Finding roots(Newton-Raphson method)
3 Funtion and subroutine
4 Module
5 Complex variables
6 Random numbers and Monte-Carlo method
7 Differential equations, Euler method
8 Libraries used in physics (Slatec and Lapack etc.) Linking with the libraries
9 Midterm
10 Runge-Kutta method
11 Introduction to Matlab
12 Introduction to Matlab

Recomended or Required Reading

`Fortran90/95 for Scientist and Engineers , S.J. Chapman, McGraw-Hill, 2nd Ed., 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Homework
3.Presentation
4.Laboratuvar application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 LAB LABORATORY
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + LAB * 0.25 + ASG * 0.15 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + LAB * 0.25 + ASG * 0.15 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students, missing 4 labs, get the lab work grade zero point

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kadir.akgungor@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wensday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Labratory 13 2 26
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 12 5 60
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.153221
LO.2125321
LO.35321
LO.45221
LO.5214521