Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / KİM617 - TEKLİF EDİLEN KIMYA (DOKTORA)

Code: KİM617 Course Title: POLYMER PHYSICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 3rd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TEKLİF EDİLEN KIMYA (DOKTORA)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MÜRÜVVET BEGÜM ÖZEN (begumozen@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The course aims to enable students to acquire the physical phenomena of polymer materials and concepts related to physical structure.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can define basic physical concepts about polymers. PO-1 Develop advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in the field, depending on undergraduate and graduate qualifications.
PO-5 Can have the ability to search literature, make presentations, design and prepare experimental setups, and interpret the relevant results.
Examination
Oral Examination
Presentation
LO-2 Can identify of micro and macro structural properties of polymers PO-1 Develop advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in the field, depending on undergraduate and graduate qualifications.
PO-4 Can systematically follow up-to-date information in the field.
PO-5 Can have the ability to search literature, make presentations, design and prepare experimental setups, and interpret the relevant results.
Examination
Oral Examination
Presentation
LO-3 Can establish the relationship between the performance of polymers and their physical structure. PO-1 Develop advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in the field, depending on undergraduate and graduate qualifications.
PO-5 Can have the ability to search literature, make presentations, design and prepare experimental setups, and interpret the relevant results.
PO-8 Can design theoretical, experimental, or modeling-based research that will contribute to progress in the field, develop new scientific methods, and apply a known method to a different field.
Examination
Oral Examination
Presentation
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Within the scope of the course, the physical concepts of polymers will be discussed, and then the relationship between the molecular structure and physical properties of polymers will be emphasized.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Explanation of the aim, scope and methods of the course Brainstorming, discussion, question and answer method
2 Basic concepts in polymer physics Lecture, question and answer method
3 Molecular weight in polymers Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification, question solutions
4 Polymer chain structures Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification, question solutions
5 Polymer microstructures Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification
6 Properties of amorphous state and amorphous polymers Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification
7 Crystalline and semicrystalline states and properties of crystalline and semicrystalline polymers Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification
8 mid-term exam
9 Thermal transitions in polymers Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification, question solutions
10 Thermal properties in polymers Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification, question solutions
11 Polarity in polymers Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification
12 Liquid crystal structures Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification
13 Properties of polymer solutions Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification
14 Oral presentations, discussions Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification
15 Oral presentations, discussions Lecture, question and answer, discussion, exemplification
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Sperling, L. H. (2006). Introduction to Physical Polymer Science, Wiley.
Required Course instruments and materials
Lecture notes, computers, books, and supplementary materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 12 2 20
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 40

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 11 33
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 4 9 36
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 6 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 7 21
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180