COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD ELECTIVE 7 (NUCLEAR PHYSICS 2)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 4121 FIELD ELECTIVE 7 (NUCLEAR PHYSICS 2) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA BAKAÇ

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to understand nuclear stability and binding energy, nuclear force, nuclear reactions, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, accelerators, applications of nuclear physics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To express nuclear forces, artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics
2   To comprehend nuclear forces, artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics
3   To apply nuclear forces, artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics
4   To analyze nuclear forces, artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics
5   To evaluate nuclear forces, artificial nuclear reactions and applications of nuclear physics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Nuclear stability and binding energy, liquid-drop model
2 Nuclear isobar curves
3 Nuclear reactions-energy and dynamics
4 Nuclear reactions cont.-types of nuclear reactions
5 Nuclear reactions cont.-unnatural radioactivity
6 Nuclear fission
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Nuclear fission reactors-uncontrolled fission reactors
9 Nuclear fusion-solar fusion
10 Controlled fusion
11 Accelerators
12 Accelerators cont.
13 Applications of nuclear physics-trace element analysis
14 Applications of nuclear physics cont.-Diagnostic nuclear medecine, Therapeutic nuclear medicine
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Nuclear Physics II course material
2) Nuclear Physics. Volumes I and 2 Kenneth S. Krane. Çeviri Editörü: Başar ŞARER, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara-2001, 2002.
3) Nuclear Physics. Prof. Dr. Besim TANYEL. Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, Izmir, 1994
4) Nuclear Physics Problem Solitions: Krane. Çeviri Editörü: Başar ŞARER, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara-2001.
5) Nuclear Physics Problems. Ass. Dr. Şevket ÖZKÖK. Çağlayan Kitabevi, Istanbul-1990.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

expression, question-answer, discussion, group study, active learning methods

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

Exams, attendance to the classes, homeworks.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The students are expected to come to the lectures, and to be present at the lectures at least 70%.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e mail: mustafa.bakac@deu.edu.tr
Tel office: +90 232 3012382

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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