GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NUCLEAR PHYSICS LABORATORY/FİZ4123
Course Title: NUCLEAR PHYSICS LABORATORY
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Course Semester 7 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
Establishment of experiments
Analysis of data
Interpretation of results
Learning basic radioisotopes
To realize the application of some of the basic knowledge learned in nuclear physics and to learn the use of detectors.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Rules of Nuclear Physics Laboratory
2. Week  Radiation Detectors: G-M counters, Scintillation Detectors, Solid State Detectors
3. Week  Counting Statistics, G-M tube operating voltage and efficiency determination
4. Week  Obtaining the beta disintegration curve and disintegration energy determination
5. Week  Energy spectrum of Cs-137 source
6. Week  Absorption of gamma rays
7. Week  Determination of mass attenuation coefficient
8. Week  Mid-term exam, Absorption of Beta Particles
9. Week  Thickness Determination Using Radiation Absorption
10. Week  Density Measurement Using Radiation Absorption
11. Week  Observation of Alpha Particles
12. Week  Determination of Th, U
13. Week  Compensation Lab.
14. Week  Compensation Lab.
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 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
1
14
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
14
2
28
 Reading Tasks
2
1
2
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
2
4
 Material Design and Implementation
5
1
5
 Report Preparing
1
4
4
 Preparing a Presentation
1
4
4
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
6
6
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
0
0
0
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
70
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.8
 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.X
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)
   (Assoc. Prof. M. Hicabi Bölükdemir , Assoc. Prof. Aynur ÖZCAN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ()
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (hicabi@gazi.edu.tr , aynur@gazi.edu.tr)