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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FIZ 3105	THERMODYNAMICS	COMPULSORY	2	2	0	3

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RABIA TANEL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To introduce fundamental concepts and laws of thermodynamics. Make students to understand meanings of these concepts and laws, relationships between them.
To relate fundamental concepts and laws of thermodynamics with everyday life examples. To gain ability of problem solving by using Thermodynamics laws.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to describe the concepts which define macroscopic systems such as temperature, heat, pressure, internal energy and entropy.
2	Being able to describe the laws of Thermodynamics.
3	Being able to grasp the relationships between fundamental Thermodynamics concepts which define macroscopic systems such as temperature, heat, pressure, internal energy, entropy.
4	Being able to relate the laws of thermodynamics with everyday life examples and being able to give samples.
5	Being able to solve a faced problem or difficulty by using the laws of Thermodynamics.
6	Being able to describe the importance of the concepts and laws of Thermodynamics with justification.
7	Being able to give original, new examples on the laws of Thermodynamics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Fundamental Concepts, Heat and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
2	Thermometers, Absolute and ideal gas temperature scales,
3	Thermal expansion and applications
4	Ideal gases and the equation of state of ideal gases, differentials changes in state,
5	Work done in Thermodynamics processes
6	Internal Energy, heat and units, heat exchanges
7	The first law Thermodynamics and its applications.
8	General Review, Course Evaluation, Mid-term Exam
9	Internal Energy and specific heats of ideal gases, solids and liquids
10	Heat transfer, adiabatic process for ideal gases
11	The second law of Thermodynamics, heat engines, thermal efficiency
12	Refrigerators and heat pumps, reversible and irreversible state changes
13	Carnot cycle, Carnot principles, Carnot heat engine, refrigerator and heat pump
14	Entropy, the principle of increase of entropy, what causes entropy change, the third law of Thermodynamics
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Çengel, Y. A., Boles, M. A., Çeviren: Taner Derbentli, Mühendislik Yaklaşımıyla Termodinamik, McGraw-Hill-Literatür Yayıncılık, 1996.
2. Jones, J. B., Dugan, R. E., Çeviren: Hamra Atılgan, Mühendislik Termodinamiği, Beta Basım Yayım, 2003.
3. Recep Yamankaradeniz, Mühendislik Termodinamiğinin Temelleri, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2004.
4. Serway, R.A., Fen ve Mühendislik için Fizik., Cilt I. (Çeviri Editörü: Çolakoğlu, K.), Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, question and answer method, problem solving, active learning methods, group study

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

Midterm, Homework / Presentations and Final exam determine student achievement grade. Classical exams, multiple choice test type exams, homework / presentation quality

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are required to attend class regularly, attend 70% of the classes, complete their weekly assigned readings on time, and participate in class discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

rabia.tanel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

it will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Tutorials	13	2	26
Preparation for midterm exam	7	1	7
Preparation for final exam	13	1	13
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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