The aim of the course is to understand the methods of scientific discoveries, learn about the universe, stars, galaxies and other celestial objects, understand the structure of the universe and our place in the universe.
Prerequisite(s)
N/A
Corequisite(s)
N/A
Special Requisite(s)
none
Instructor(s)
Professor Dursun Koçer
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Tuesdays 13:00-15:00, ZD3
Office Hour(s)
Tuesday, 15:00-16:00, 3A-3
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Multimedia demonstration, simulations
Principle Sources
· AstroBilgi, Editör Serdar Evren, İKÜ Yayınları, 2020
· Evreni Anlama Serüveni, Editör Tolga Güver, Nobel Yayınları, 2017
Other Sources
-Astronomy Today”, 8th Edition, E. Chaisson, S. McMillan, 2014, Pearson
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Light Pollution and Its Consequences
Lecture demonstration and simulation
2. Week
A cosmic voyage into the Universe-1
Lecture demonstration and simulation
3. Week
A cosmic voyage into the Universe-2
Lecture demonstration and simulation
4. Week
The Birth of Modern Science
Lecture demonstration and simulation
5. Week
Solar System and Beyond -1
Lecture demonstration and simulation
6. Week
Solar System and Beyond -2
Lecture demonstration and simulation
7. Week
Our Star: The Sun
Lecture demonstration and simulation
8. Week
Midterm Exam
9. Week
Introduction to Stars
Lecture demonstration and simulation
10. Week
The Evolution of Stars -1: Dwarfs
Lecture demonstration and simulation
11. Week
The Evolution of Stars-2: Giants
Lecture demonstration and simulation
12. Week
Our Galaxy: The Milky Way
Lecture demonstration and simulation
13. Week
Space Exploration -1
Lecture demonstration and simulation
14. Week
Space Exploration -2
Lecture demonstration and simulation
15. Week
Interdisciplinary Astronomy
Lecture demonstration and simulation
16. Week
Final
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Possess knowledge about the theories on children’s, adolescent’s and adults’ physical, emotional, cognitive and ethical development characteristics and applies the methods to solve problems that appear within that domain.
PO-2
Design, develop and apply plans and activities on psychological counseling and guidance targeted to rehabilitate teachers, administrators, parents and individuals to accord with their corresponding institutions.
PO-3
Understand the assessment criteria and the methods in the field of Psychological Counseling and Guidance and can apply these purposefully and evaluate their outcomes.
PO-4
Possess the knowledge of professional ethics and the legal obligations while providing guidance service and follows the progress and performs within its limits.
PO-5
Respect all who wants to benefit from the guidance services without discriminating on the grounds of religion, language, race, social class, belief and ideas and tries to support them by paying close attention to the cultural differences.
PO-6
Put their skills on research, inquiry, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity into use for solving problems faced both in professional life and the daily life.
PO-7
Distinguish the pathological cases from the regular cases and correctly identify behavioral and pathological problems and redirects the cases to the related institutions when necessary.
PO-8
Form joint work, run projects and plan activities with colleagues, teachers, administrators, families, social organizations, diverse group of individuals and institutions to help support students’ development and learning.
PO-9
Make use of their technological knowledge and cognitive abilities in following the professional advancements, in literature review, in research and data analysis, in creating plans and various other professional activities.
PO-10
Possess knowledge on learning theories, on the ways in which learning is initiated, on what the effective learning strategies are, and on how these strategies are applied inside and outside the classroom settings and facilitates appropriate environments and organizes programs to this end to support effective individual and group learning.
PO-11
Gain practical skills to perform individual and group psychological counseling to the counselees in the process of identifying individual specific goals, in helping problem solving, in understanding self and developing character.
PO-12
Possess knowledge on special education and identifies individuals in need of special education, and creates individualized educational programs and redirects related cases to the relevant institutions.
PO-13
Help students in their career plans, possesses skills in doing the necessary research for helping students understand the nature of various professions and making the right choices for themselves.
PO-14
Possess the technical information for gathering data about the student, for getting to know the student and in helping the students get to know themselves, and possesses the knowledge of putting their skills on effective communication into use such as listening, posing questions and supporting the case.
PO-15
Take charge in social service efforts with an understanding of the social responsibilities.
PO-16
Present the knowledge and skills acquired within the academic framework of the Psychological Counseling and Guidance program by making links to the interdisciplinary themes and the information on research and inquiry techniques.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Understanding our place in the universe
LO-2
comparing the structure of our universe from micro to macro
LO-3
Exemplifying key discoveries are made with a scientific policy
