Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
FİZU0010		Fundamentals of Astronomy	2/0/0	EL	Turkish	2

Course Goals	To acquire fundamental knowledge in astronomy, to recognize the science of astronomy, to learn the sky and celestial objects, to understand the motions in the sky
Prerequisite(s)	Course Code Course Name…
Corequisite(s)	Course Code Course Name…
Special Requisite(s)	The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül F. Yelkenci, Professor Dursun Koçer
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule	This course will not open in 2023-2024 fall and spring terms.
Office Hour(s)	Ayşegül F. Yelkenci tuesdays 13:00-14:00, 3A-14
Teaching Methods and Techniques	-Presentation and multimedia
Principle Sources	-“AstroBilgi”, 2020, Aslan Z.,  Koçer D., Derman E., Tunca Z., Evren S., Yelkenci A.F., Yelkenci K.F., Demirciler T., Koçer M., Özyar Ü.F., İkizler U., ed. Evren S., İKÜ Yayınevi, ISBN: 978-605-4763-81-8
Other Sources	-

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Role of Astronomy in the history of science	Presentation and multimedia
2. Week	What is in our universe?	Presentation and multimedia
3. Week	Introduction to Fundamentals of Astronomy	Presentation and multimedia
4. Week	Motions in the Sky, constellations	Presentation and multimedia
5. Week	The Sun and The Solar System	Presentation and multimedia
6. Week	Earth and its Moon	Presentation and multimedia
7. Week	Eclipses	Presentation and multimedia
8. Week	Light Pollution	Presentation and multimedia
9. Week	Telescopes	Presentation and multimedia
10. Week	Properties of Stars	Presentation and multimedia
11. Week	Deep Space Objects	Presentation and multimedia
12. Week	Space Explorations	Presentation and multimedia
13. Week	Exoplanets and the life in the universe	Presentation and multimedia
14. Week	Multidisciplinary Astronomy	Presentation and multimedia
15. Week	Finals	Evaluation
16. Week
17. Week

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	40
Final Exam	1	60