GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOUND AND HEARING BIOPHYSICS/BFZ-6010
Course Title: SOUND AND HEARING BIOPHYSICS
Credits 3 ECTS 14
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Nesrin SEYHAN, Assoc.Prof. Ayşe G. CANSEVEN KURŞUN, Assoc.Prof. Göknur GÜLER ÖZTÜRK, Asist. Prof. Dr. Bahriye SIRAV
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/nesrin
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  nesrin@gazi.edu.tr, agcanseven@gmail.com, ggulerozturk@gmail.com, bahriyes76@gmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learning Teaching Sound and physical properties of sound, Hearing threshold, Infrasonic and ultrasonic waves, Piezoelectric phenomenon, middle ear an
To prepare an oral presentation on the article survey proposed by the supervisor
To gain the ability of presentation skills and scientific queries.






 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Sound and physical properties of sound
2. Week  Hearing threshold
3. Week  Infrasonic waves
4. Week  Ultrasnic waves
5. Week  Piezoelectric phenomenon
6. Week  Structure of Ear
7. Week  Outher ear – middle ear
8. Week  Middle ear and amplification of biological pressure
9. Week  Structure of inner ear
10. Week  Role of coclea in hearing
11. Week  Helmholtz Resonance Theory
12. Week  Transmission of sound waves in a coclea
13. Week  Theories of hearing
14. Week  Final Exam
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  - Glaser R.; Biophysics, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. - Pehlivan F.; Biyofizik, Hacettepe – TAŞ, II. Baski, Ankara, 2004.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
0
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
50
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
16
3
48
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
10
4
40
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
7
98
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
14
6
84
 Presentation
14
5
70
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
2
5
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
350
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
14
 ECTS: 
14
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X