Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
INTRODUCTION TO CRYSTALLOGRAPHY	Third cycle	KİM 520		1	7.50	7.50	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	without preconditions
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Prof Dr Şaban Patat
Lecturer(s)	Prof Dr Orhan Türkoğlu and Prof Dr Nilgün Özpozan Kalacıoğlu
Teaching assitant(s)	no
Mode of delivery	face to face direct expression
Course objective	The aim of this course is to teach the students the symmetry of crystals and diffraction of x-rays by crystals
Course description	Point symmetry operations, crystal lattices, cystal systems, the 14 Bravais lattices, the 32 crystalographic point groups, symmetry elements involving translation (screw axes and glide planes), space groups, the reciprocal lattice, Miller indices and International Tables for Crystallography.

Course contents

1	structure and lattice
2	planes and directions
3	crystal geometry
4	atomic coordinates
5	X-ray powder photographs
6	reciprocal lattice
7	reciprocal lattice (continued)
8	mid-term exam
9	electron diffraction
10	32 crystallographic point groups
11	screw axes and glide planes
12	space groups
13	space groups (continued)
14	space groups (continued)
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	structure and lattice
2	planes and directions
3	crystal geometry and atomic coordinates
4	X-ray powder photographs
5	reciprocal lattice and electron diffraction
6	32 crystallographic point groups
7	screw axes and glide planes
8	space groups
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	13	3	39
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	13	2	26
Homework	13	2	26
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	13	2	26
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	10	4	40
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	12	2	24
Total work load			185
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Mckie, D. ve Mckie C., Essentials of Crystallography, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1986.
Additional references	West, A.R.,Solid State Chemistry and Its Applications, John Wiley&Sons, Chichester, 1988

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