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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / MAT448 - MATHEMATICS

Code: MAT448 Course Title: HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS II Theoretical+Practice: 4+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring 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, Learns how Mathematics developed to modern era

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Comprehends the stages of mathematics in the period starting from the Renaissance period until the 20th century. 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 Understands mathematicians and their contributions to mathematics from the Renaissance period to the 20th century. PO-8 Learn the life-long learning and quality management processes and apply them, attend social, cultural and artistic events on his field.
Examination
LO-3 PO-4 Analytically use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
PO-8 Learn the life-long learning and quality management processes and apply them, attend social, cultural and artistic events on his field.
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Medieval European Mathematics and Renaissance Mathematics
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Renaissance Era Oral presentation
2 Transition Period to Modern Mathematics Oral presentation
3 Transition Period to Modern Mathematics Oral presentation
4 Fermat and Descartes Era Oral presentation
5 Transition Mathematics Oral presentation
6 Newton and Leibnitz Era Oral presentation
7 Bernoulli Era Oral presentation
8 mid-term exam
9 Euler Era Oral presentation
10 French Revolution Era Oral presentation
11 Gauss and Cauchy Era Oral presentation
12 Gauss and Cauchy Era Oral presentation
13 The Period of Arithmeticization of Analysis Oral presentation
14 The Rise of Algebra Oral presentation
15 A Look at 20th Century Mathematics Oral presentation
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 15 75
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       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; 167