| Course Type | Compulsory Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | 1 |
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| Semester | Second Term (Spring) |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Define basic concepts in electricity and magnetism and relate daily life experiences.
- Learn how scientific theories are being tested in science.
- Comprehend the importance of mathematics in science.
- Comprehend how a scientific theory is testified.
- Apply problem-solving strategies in different scientific cases.
- Gains analysis, synthesis, application and questioning skills.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | No |
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| Course Description | Electrical charges, interactions of electrical charges, Coloumb's Laws, electrical potentials, capacitance and dielectrics, direct current circuits: current, potential difference and resistance, direct current circuits analysis: Kirchoff Rules, magnetic fields, sources of the magnetic field, magnetic induction: Faraday's and Lenz's Laws, magnetic induction and inductance, magnetic properties of matters. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Electrostatics: properties of electric charges, insulators and conductors, Couloumb's Law |
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2nd Week |
Electric fields: electric fields and field lines, electric fields of continuous charge distribution |
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3rd Week |
Electric fields: motions of charged particles in a uniform electric field |
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4th Week |
Gauss's Law and its applications: electric flux and Gauss's Law, conductors in electrostatic equilibrium |
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5th Week |
Electric potential: electric potential and potential difference, electric potential energy |
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6th Week |
Capacitance and Dielectrics : Definition, Calculation and Combination of Capacitances. |
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7th Week |
Capacitance and capacitors:energy stored in a charged capacitor, potential of a charged conductor |
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8th Week |
Current and resistance: electric current, resistance and Ohm's Law, a model for electrical conductivity |
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9th Week |
Direct current circuits: electromotive force, resistors in series and parallel, Kirchoff's Rules, RC circuits |
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10th Week |
Magnetic fields: magnetic field, magnetic force on a current-carrying conductor, current loop in a magnetic field acting force |
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11th Week |
Sources of magnetic fields: Biot-Savart Law, Ampere's Law, magnetic field of a solenoid, magnetic flux |
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12th Week |
Sources of magnetic fields: Gauss's Law in magnetism, displacement current and general form of Ampere's Law |
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13th Week |
Eletromagnetic induction: Faraday's Law of Induction, motional emf, Lenz's Law, induced emfs and electric fields |
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14th Week |
Overview of the course |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Serway, R.A .,Physics For Seientists and Engineers., 8/E, ISBN:.975-8624-08-03, 2002
Halliday, D. Resnick, R., Walker J., Fundamantals of Physics., 8/E, ISBN:.978-0-471-75801, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008 |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
- Problem Solving
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Quiz |
5 |
15 |
| Total(%) |
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55 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
55 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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45 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
5 |
3 |
15 |
| Individual or group work |
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| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
25 |
25 |
| Course hours |
14 |
4 |
56 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
20 |
20 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
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| Quiz |
5 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
| Total Work Load | 122.5 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4.08 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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