COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NUCLEAR PHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZK 4005 NUCLEAR PHYSICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA BAKAÇ

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To understand basic nuclear concepts, basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity, decay properties, radiation detector ,nuclear stability and binding energy, nuclear reactions, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, applications of nuclear physics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to express basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity, decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics.
2   To be able to comprehend properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics.
3   To be able to apply properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity, decay law, the rules of radiation measurement,artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics.
4   To be able to analyze properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity, decay law, the rules of radiation measurement, artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics.
5   To be able to relate properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity, decay law, the rules of radiation measurement , artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introductory Nuclear Physics-Basic Concepts
2 Basic properties of atom and nuclei
3 Radioactivity and the radioactive decay law
4 Sequence radioactive decay law- problems
5 Types and properties of decays Alpha decay, beta decay
6 Types and properties of decays cont. Gamma decay
7 Detecting nuclear radiations
8 Generally Repeating Course Evaluation Midterm Exam
9 Counting of nuclear radiation and counting statistics, Errors
10 Nuclear stability and binding energy, liquid-drop model
11 Nuclear reactions
12 Nuclear fission
13 Nuclear fusion
14 Applications of nuclear physics
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Nuclear Physics I and II course material. Prof.Dr. Mustafa BAKAÇ
Supplementary Book(s):
Nuclear Physics. Volumes I and 2 Kenneth S. Krane. Çeviri Editörü: Başar ŞARER, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara-2001, 2002.
Nuclear Physics. Prof. Dr. Besim TANYEL. Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, Izmir, 1994
Nuclear Physics Problem Solitions: Krane. Çeviri Editörü: Başar ŞARER, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara-2001.
Nuclear Physics Problems. Doç. Dr. Şevket ÖZKÖK. Çağlayan Kitabevi, Istanbul-1990.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face -to- Face, explaining, question and answer, discussion, inverstigation

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

Reflections of discussions and activities within the lectures.

Assessment Criteria

expression, question-answer, discussion, group study, active learning methods

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

None

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mustafa.bakac@deu.edu.tr Tel ofis: 0232 3012382
aslihan.kartal@deu.edu.tr Tel ofis: 02323012394

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.5445

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