COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VIBRATIONS AND WAVES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZK 3007 VIBRATIONS AND WAVES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP KAYA ŞENGÖREN

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to give prospective physics teachers a general knowledge about types and features of vibration and waves in various systems in daily life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To be able to distinguish between vibration and the wave motion
2   2. To be able to use of mathematical formulations that describes the motion of vibration and waves
3   3. To be able to explain the vibration and waves events observed in daily life by using the fundamental concepts and theories
4   4. To be able to comprehend under which conditions the forced oscillations occure
5   5. To be able to comprehend the basic examples of vibration and waves encountered in other fields of physics 5. To be able to comprehend the basic examples of vibration and waves encountered in other fields of physics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 vibration and periodic motions
2 süperposition of vibrations
3 Free vibrations of physical systems
4 Damped and forced vibration
5 Resonance
6 Coupled oscillations and normal modes
7 The normal modes of continuous systems
8 Course overview, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Fourier analysis
10 Waves concept, characteristics of wave
11 stationary waves
12 Progressive waves
13 Sound Wave and seismic wave
14 Boundary effects and interference
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Waves, Berkeley Physics ( this is the translation of the third edition of the book into Turkish by A. AYDINURAS and et al, 1990.)
2. Serway, R. A. Physics for Scientists and Engineers II, ( This is the translation of the six edition of the book into Turkish by K. ÇOLAKOĞLU et al., Palme publication, 1996).
3. Hect E and Zajac A, (1974) Optics. Addison Wesley Publishing Company, Reading Massachusetts

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

: lecture, question and answer, group work, problem solving and homerwork .

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 6 1 6
Preparation for final exam 9 1 9
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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