COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERN PHYSICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP ÇALIŞKAN

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide acquisition of information about the physics which was reshaped with relativity and quantum theories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain birth of modern physics and the events which cannot explained by classical physics
2   To explain concepts, principles, laws and theories in modern physics
3   To relate concepts, principles, laws and theories in modern physics
4   To explain events in the nature by using modern physics knowledges
5   To solve the problems of modern physics
6   To evaluate and compare information obtained from modern physics with classical physics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Relativity (Galileo and Einstein relativity and results of these)
2 Michelson-Morley Experiment and simultaneity
3 Realtivity of time and length
4 Lorentz and reverse Lorentz transformation equations
5 Relativistic momentum
6 Relativistic energy
7 Doppler effect
8 General Reivew, Course Evaluation, Mid-term Exam
9 Relativity and electromagnetism
10 General relativity
11 Equivalence Principle; gravity and inertia masses
12 Space-time curvature; deviation of light in gravity, gravitational red shift
13 Radioactivity
14 Fission and Fusion
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Serway A. R.ve Beichner R.J. (2005). Fen ve Mühendislik için Fizik 3-Modern Fizik, Istanbul: Palme Yayıncılık
Supplementary Book(s): 1. Beiser, A. (Çeviren: Önengüt, G.) (2006). Modern Fiziğin Kavramları, Akademi Yayınları.
2. Taylor, J. R., Zafiratos, C. D., Dubson, M. A.(2008), Fen ve Mühendislikte Modern Fizik, Ankara:Okutman yayıncılık.

Materials: Modern physics videos in internet

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, problem solving and discussion methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Mid-term and final examination scores determine the course achievement . Classical exam, Tests.

Assessment Criteria

To explain concepts, laws and theories of modern physics, to relate with classical physics and to solving problem.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is important

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.caliskan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Weekdays between 09: 00-17: 00 and outside class hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 7 1 7
Preparation for final exam 13 1 13
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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