GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE/FİZ1121
Course Title: THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Teach the history of Science and Technology
Basis of the birth of modern science to understand and interpret
The correct understanding of science
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Arab astronomy
2. Week   Arab medical science
3. Week  Medieval Science
4. Week  Science from Aristotle to Einstein
5. Week   Aristotle and the science
6. Week  Ibn-i Sina and science
7. Week  Newton and science
8. Week  Midterm exam. Bohr and science
9. Week  Maxwell and science
10. Week  Eistein and science
11. Week  The World view of modern science
12. Week  The Europe view of modern science
13. Week  The Turkey view of modern science
14. Week  The relationship between medievaland modern sciences
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
5
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
5
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
14
0
0
 Reading Tasks
2
2
4
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
4
8
 Material Design and Implementation
4
2
8
 Report Preparing
1
8
8
 Preparing a Presentation
1
2
2
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
3
3
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
0
0
0
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
78
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.12
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To be able to evaluate the case in terms of physics.X
2Improving experimental practicality.X
3To earn the ability of problem solving and analysis.X
4Analyzing current problems with physical thought.
5To learn the relationship between the courses taught in the other departments and to learn to use these features.X
6To develop the ability to connect physics and mathematics and to model natural phenomena.X
7Informing the audience correctly in an milieu where physics-related events are discussed.X
8To learn how to use the acquired knowledge in the development of society.X
9To have a competing personality to compare the acquired knowledge with those given in similar institutions and to go further.X
10To have a self-confident personality in the international scientific arena.X
11To have the ability to follow every development related to his / her profession and to use the acquired knowledge.X
12To educate people who are aware that scientific work will never end and should always be studied.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Ziya Merdan)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ziyamerdan)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ziyamerdan@gazi.edu.tr)