Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
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Course Goals	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 Students will acquire knowledge about materials and techniques of art and art management. PO-2 Students will acquire enough knowledge of art history to recognise historical examples, periods, movements and artists in terms of style, subjects, material and techniques. PO-3 Students will have knowledge of ethics. PO-4 Students will be knowledgeable about institutional structuring and processes of Art Management. PO-5 Students will be able to design and manage a project considering the conditions of time and space. PO-6 Students will acquire basic knowledge of advertisement and public relations. PO-7 Students will be able to identify and deal with the problems regarding their fields. They will be able to design things that associate these problems with global and regional ones. PO-8 Student will have basic knowledge about administration and will bw able to associate this with art management. PO-9 Student will be open to new ideas and novelties. PO-10 Students will be able to recognise important art institutions and activities in Turkey and around the world. PO-11 Students will be able to configure production of art in an economic way considering the balance of supply and demand. PO-12 Students will be able to configure production of art in a cultural way considering the balance of supply and demand. PO-13 Students will be aware of the importance of library and archives studies and will be knowledgeable about research methods. PO-14 Students will acquire an analytic approach towars the subdisciplines art management. PO-15 Students will be knowledgeable about legal arrangements and procedures of art and art management.

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 LO-4 Recognizing celestial objects and the sky

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