| Course Name | Optics and Modern Physics |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PHYS 202 | Spring | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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| Course Language | English | ||||||||||||||
| Course Type | Required | ||||||||||||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | ||||||||||||||
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| Course Objectives | To give students, at the first level of university study, a general survey of the theory of the physics of optics and some modern physics and the application of this theory to practical problems. The basic laws of the physics of optics and modern physics will be introduced using mathematical derivations and the development of physical formulae based on calculus. The students will work problems to develop their analytical skills to see how the physical laws work in explaining the mechanisms of inanimate nature. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Knowledge related to optics, interference, diffraction, relativity, quantum mechanics, molecule and condense matter physics, nuclear and particle physics is given coherently. |
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| Core Courses | X |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | The nature and Propagation of light | Chap. 33 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1078-1104. |
| 2 | Geometric optics | Chap. 34 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1111-1142. |
| 3 | Geometric optics, interference | Chap. 34+35 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1143-1179. |
| 4 | Diffraction | Chap. 36 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1186-1210. |
| 5 | Relativity | Chap. 37 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1218-1245. |
| 6 | Photons: light waves behaving as particles, Particles behaving as waves | Chap. 38+39 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1254-1286. |
| 7 | Particles behaving as waves | Chap. 39 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1286-1313. |
| 8 | Quantum mechanics I: wave functions | Chap. 40 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1321-1345. |
| 9 | Quantum mechanics I: wave functions, Quantum mechanics II: atomic structure | Chap. 40 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1345-1375. |
| 10 | Quantum mechanics II: atomic structure | Chap. 41 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1376-1401. |
| 11 | Molecules and condensed matter | Chap. 42 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1407-1434. |
| 12 | Nuclear physics | Chap. 43 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1440-1464. |
| 13 | Nuclear physics, particle physics and cosmology | Chap. 43+44 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1464-1494. |
| 14 | Particle physics and cosmology | Chap. 44 in H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016), 1494-1519. |
| 15 | General Course Review | |
| 16 | Final Exams |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | H.D. Young+R.A. Freedman+A. L. Ford, “Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics” (14th Ed.), Pearson (2016) |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, “Fundamentals of physics” (9th ed.); Giancoli, “Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics and Mastering Physics” (4th Ed.) |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
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| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 3 | 75 |
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| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 25 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 75 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 25 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 32 | 1 | 32 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 3 | ||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | ||
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| Midterms | 20 | ||
| Final Exams | 1 | 26 | |
| Total | 154 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications, | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method, | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions, | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably, | X | ||||
| 5 | To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License, | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in, | |||||
| 7 | To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance, | |||||
| 8 | To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results, | |||||
| 9 | To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life, | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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