COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VIBRATIONS AND WAVES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 2107 VIBRATIONS AND WAVES COMPULSORY 2 2 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.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to distinguish between vibration and the wave motion
2   students will be able to explain the vibration and waves events by using the fundamental concepts and theories
3   students will be able to use of mathematical formulations that describes the motion of vibration and waves
4   students will be able to comprehend under which conditions the forced oscillations occure
5   students will be able to comprehend the basic examples of vibration and waves encountered in different 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 Free vibration of one degree of freedom systems
2 simple harmonic motion and pendulums
3 Coupled oscillations and normal modes
4 Free vibration of more than one degree of freedom systems
5 The normal modes of continuous systems and stationary waves
6 Forced vibration and resonance
7 problem solving
8 midterm exam
9 Progressive waves
10 Boundary effects
11 Characteristics of Sound Waves
12 intensity of sound waves, Doppler effect, beat frequency, Shock waves
13 Characteristics of Electromagnetic waves
14 problem solving
15 Final

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

lecturing, question and answer, group working, problem solving and homework

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

will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.kaya@deu.edu.tr
Ofis tel: 0 232 301 24 24

Office Hours

will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 7 1 7
Preparation for final exam 12 1 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.15
LO.243
LO.35
LO.443
LO.5553