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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / MAT447 - MATHEMATICS

Code: MAT447 Course Title: HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS I Theoretical+Practice: 4+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st 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 SEYDİ BATTAL GAZİ KARAKOÇ (sbgkarakoc@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) SEYDİ BATTAL GAZİ KARAKOÇ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Discovers origin of Mathematics

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Discovers origin of Mathematics PO-6 Have the ability to know himself as an individual; to use his creative and strong sides, build personal and institutional communication.
Examination
LO-2 Learns how Mathematics developed to modern era PO-8 Learn the life-long learning and quality management processes and apply them, attend social, cultural and artistic events on his field.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
B.C and A.D. Mathematics and Mathematics in Mesopotamia and Egypt
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Egyptian Mathematics Oral representation
2 Mesopotamian Mathematics Oral representation
3 Mathematics of the Ionian and Pythagorean Periods Oral representation
4 Mathematics of the Heroic Era Oral representation
5 Plato and Aristotelian Mathematics Oral representation
6 Alexandrian Euclidean Mathematics Oral representation
7 Archimedes Mathematics of Syracuse Oral representation
8 mid-term exam
9 Mathematics of the Period of Apollonius of Perga Oral representation
10 Greek Trigonometry and Measurement Period mathematics Oral representation
11 The Mathematics of the Resurrection and Decline of Greek Mathematics Oral representation
12 Chinese and Indian Mathematics Oral representation
13 Mathematics of the Period of Arab Hegemony Oral representation
14 European Mathematics in the Middle Ages Oral representation
15 European Mathematics in the Middle Ages Oral representation
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 1. Carl B. Boyer, ' A History of Mathematics', John Wiley and Sons, Inc, New York, 1968.
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) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 14 70
       b) Search in internet/Library 8 2 16
       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 8 2 16
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 8 2 16
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 178