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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / MAT503 - MATHEMATICS

Code: MAT503 Course Title: CATEGORY THEORY I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department MATHEMATICS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SAMED ÖZKAN (ozkans@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to teach some concepts in Category Theory in detail, to create the ability of Mathematical idea and commend, to help to gain the categorical knowledge and ability for their graduate educations.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can define the concepts of category, subcategory, initial object and final object, can give examples. Know some special morphisms. PO-2 Ability to assimilate mathematic related concepts and associate these concepts with each other.
PO-4 Ability to learn scientific, mathematical perception and the ability to use that information to related areas.
Examination
LO-2 Learn the concepts of source and sink. Perceive the product and coproduct of objects in categories. PO-2 Ability to assimilate mathematic related concepts and associate these concepts with each other.
PO-4 Ability to learn scientific, mathematical perception and the ability to use that information to related areas.
PO-5 Ability to gain qualifications based on basic mathematical skills, problem solving, reasoning, association and generalization.
Examination
LO-3 Know the concepts of equaliser and limit. Can build pullback and pushout diagrams. PO-2 Ability to assimilate mathematic related concepts and associate these concepts with each other.
PO-4 Ability to learn scientific, mathematical perception and the ability to use that information to related areas.
PO-5 Ability to gain qualifications based on basic mathematical skills, problem solving, reasoning, association and generalization.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Fundamental Concepts, Definitions of Category and Subcategory, Examples, Initial and Final Objects, Examples, Some Special Morphisms, Examples, Sources and Sinks, Product in Categories, Coroduct in Categories, Equalisers and Coequalisers, Pullback and Pushout Diagrams, Limits and Colimits, General Exercises.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Fundamental Concepts Lecturing
2 Definitions of Category and Subcategory Lecturing
3 Examples Lecturing
4 Initial and Final Objects Lecturing
5 Examples Lecturing
6 Some Special Morphisms Lecturing
7 Examples Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Sources and Sinks Lecturing
10 Product in Categories Lecturing
11 Coroduct in Categories Lecturing
12 Equalisers and Coequalisers Lecturing
13 Pullback and Pushout Diagrams Lecturing
14 Limits and Colimits Lecturing
15 General Exercises Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 O. Mucuk, Topoloji ve Kategori, Nobel Yayın, Ankara, 2010.
2 İ. Karaca, Kategori Teorisi, Yüksek Lisans Ders Notları, 2010.
3 J. Adamek, H. Herrlich, G.E. Strecker, Abstract and Concrete Categories, Wiley, New York, 1990.
Required Course instruments and 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
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

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 5 14 70
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 4 16
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 5 4 20
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180