Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FBÖ2062013334INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PHYSICSCompulsory243
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To provide the students to have ideas about observations and theories of the 20th century that carried the physicists' world-view away from the classical.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Göksel KAYA
Learning Outcomes
1Describes the concept of quantum and some of the basic concepts in quantum mechanics.
2Describes the concept of quantum and some of the basic concepts in quantum mechanics.
3Defines the underlying ideas and basic experiments of modern physics theories.
4Defines the underlying ideas and basic experiments of modern physics theories.
5Explains important modern physics practices.
6Explains important modern physics practices.
7Applies modern physics knowledge to solving simple physics problems.
8Applies modern physics knowledge to solving simple physics problems.
9Knows important experiments that cause modern physics theories.
10Knows important experiments that cause modern physics theories.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Relativity: Relativity of time, Relativity of dimensions: Length contradiction, Relativistic Momentum,mass and Energy, Structure of atom : Atoms models, Energy levels, Spectrums of atomic and molecular, Photons: Conception of Quantum, Blackbody radiation, Photoelectric effect, Compton effect, Quantum mechanics: Wave-particle duality , De-Broglie waves, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle,Schrödinger Wave (Ψ)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Born of Modern Physics, Coordinate systems and Galile Transformations
2Michelson-Morley experiment, Special Relativity, Lorentz Transformations
3Relativity of time and dimensions: Length contradiction, Relativistic Momentum,mass and Energy
4Structure of atom : Atoms models
5Energy levels
6Spectrums of atomic and molecular
7Photons: Conception of Quantum
8Mid-term exam
9Blackbody radiation
10Photoelectric effect
11Compton effect
12 Quantum mechanics: Wave-particle duality
13De-Broglie waves
14Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
15Schrödinger Wave (Ψ)
16Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Problem Solving14228
Question-Answer14114
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination199
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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