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 2914 COMPUTATIONAL APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICS COMPULSORY 4 2 0 6

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

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

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

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.

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
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 12 2 24
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

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