Announcements

Important:  Please also follow the course moodle page for the announcements. 

                    The midterm exam dates are announced.

   Exams and Grading

• There will be 3 midterm exams and a final exam 

Grading                                                                                            Exam Dates

 Midterm 1 Chapters    1-7     up until linear momentum                 09.03.2026   17:00-18:00                           

 Midterm 2 Chapters    8-11   up until simple harmonic motion       09.04.2026   17:00-18:00    

 Midterm 3 Chapter     14-16  up until thermodynamics                  04.05.2026   17:00-18:00    

40% Midterms (Two highest grade midterms out of three will count)                    

20% Lab Grade (10/20 required to pass the course)

40% Final         All Inclusive

• All exams will be closed book & closed notes.

• Calculators/cell phones/laptops are not allowed. All cell phones must be turned off and visible.

• In all exams you must show your work explicitly and you must use the proper units.

• Attempting to cheat in any of the exams in the university is a serious crime and if caught any disciplinary action can result in being unable to work in or for any state institution for the rest of the career..

• For symbolic calculations with no units, it is strongly recommended to check the dimensions in the final answer.

• All symbolic answers must be in terms of the parameters given in the problem statement  and universal physical constants.

• Students can not leave the exam room in the first 15 minutes of the exam and those who are more than 15 minutes late to the exam will not be admitted to the exam.

• All exam grades will be announced on the course moodle page.

• An objection date/time and place will be announced on the moodle page. Students can only see their exams during this time interval. Do not ask to see your paper some other time as the exams will be immediately sent to archive after the objection.

• There is no option for objection via email. You have to be physically present during the objection time.

Students with a total midterm grade below 10 (out of 40) cannot take the final exam!

 No need based grading!!! This means the following answer to common questions:

-" I am expecting a CC or CB letter grade but I want to repeat this course so could you please lower my grade to DC?" or

" The grade that I will receive from this course will result in the loss of my financial aid since my GPA will be below a critical value. Is it possible to push my letter grade up a notch?" or

" If I fail this course it will cost me one more year and I won't be able to do my internship. Could you please let me pass?" or

" One of my relatives is seriously sick or has just passed away. Therefore, I can not  concentrate in the exams so please do me a favor and let me pass the course even if I performed poorly in the exams"

- No. It is illegal to change a letter grade and such unlawful behavior is "usulsüzlük" which can lead to several months of imprisonment. Furthermore pushing the course instructor to break the course rules by showing up in the office and sending irritating messages is a type of harassment, which can result in disciplinary action against you.

The final letter grades will be determined according to the distribution of cumulative grades.

Labs

For all questions related to lab experiments, see the web page below:

http://physlab.bogazici.edu.tr/

  Textbook

                      University Physics, 15th ed. by Young and Freedman

TOPICS TO BE COVERED (Tentative)

Week 1 

 Chapter 1  Units, Physical Quantities and Vectors, Math Review

Week 2 

 Chapters 2 and 3 Kinematics and Description of Motion

Week 3

 Chapters 4 and 5  Dynamics and The Laws of Motion

Week 4

Chapters 6 and 7 Work and Energy

Week 5

 Chapter 8 Momentum, Impulse and Collisions

Week 6

 Chapters 9 and 10  Rotation of Rigid Bodies

Week 7

Chapters 11 and 14 Equilibrium and Periodic Motion

Week 8

 Chapter 15 Wave Mechanics -1 

Week 9

 Chapter 16 Wave Mechanics - 2 and Chapter 17 Temperature and Heat

Week 10

Chapter 18 and 19  Kinetic Theory and The First Law of Thermodynamics I

Week 11

 Chapter 18 and 19 The First Law of Thermodynamics II

Week 12

Chapter 20 The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Week 13 

Review

 Attendance and Class Participation

There is no attendance requirement. Students are highly encouraged to come to class on time and be ready to discuss the lecture material.