COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPUTATIONAL APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 2908 COMPUTATIONAL APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS COMPULSORY 4 2 0 8

Offered By

Physics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR KADIR AKGÜNGÖR

Offered to

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 Findin 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 Allocation, Pointer
9 Libraries used in physics (Slatec and Lapack etc.) Linking with the libraries
10 Introduction to Matlab
11 Some packages in Matlab (Image processing, symbolic,
12 Some packages in Matlab (Image processing, symbolic,

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: `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.Laboratory 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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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

Assessment Criteria

1. Lab grade evaluated at the end of each lab session with the successfully completion of the assignment
2. Final examination and midterm will be evaluated by examination technique.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kadir.akgungor@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Labratory 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparing assignments 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.141515212115111
LO.241515212115111
LO.341515212115111
LO.441515212115111
LO.541515212115111