COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 1103 PHYSICS I COMPULSORY 3 2 0 4

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZEYNEP DEMIR VATANSEVER

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Textile Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Mining Engineering
Geological Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Industrial Engineering

Course Objective

The course will provide a theoretical introduction and an overview of the fundamental applications of Newtonian mechanics based on the classical physics principles.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define the physical quantities with their units
2   Being able to identify differences between vectors and scalar quantities
3   Being able to understand the conservation principles of laws of motion
4   Being able to gain an ability to apply Newton s laws of motion to physical problems
5   eing able to calculate work and energy for simple mechanical systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Physics and Measurement
2 Motion in One Dimension
3 Vectors
4 Motion in Two Dimension
5 The Laws of Motion
6 Circular Motion
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Energy of a System
9 Conservation of Energy
10 Linear Momentum and Collisions
11 Rotation od a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis (1)
12 Rotation od a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis (2)
13 Angular Momentum
14 General Review and Problem Solving

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics, Raymond A. Serway, Saunders College Publishing, 0-03-015654-8,USA (1996)
2. University Physics, H.D. Young, R.A. Freedman, A.L. Ford, Pearson Education (2009)
3. Fundamentals of physics, David Halliday, Robert Resnick, John Wiley & Sons Inc.,ISBN978-0-470 (2011)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Tutorials, Laboratory, Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 LAB LABORATORY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

It will be announced by lecturer.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

It will be announced by lecturer.

Office Hours

It will be announced by lecturer.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1311
LO.2311
LO.3311
LO.4311
LO.5311