PHY101 Physics I
2026-2027 Fall

Most recent announcement: Oct26

(check Grades-CENG / Grades-PNGE October 28, 2026 21:05)

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

THURSDAY

Contents

08:30 - 09:10


PHY101.3 (CENG) – (T)
B1-04


09:20-10:00


PHY101.3 (CENG) – (T)
B1-04


10:10-10:50


PHY101.3 (CENG) – (T)
B1-04


11:00-11:40



PHY101.9 (PNGE) – (L)
H1-60 (Quiz) / H2-60 (Lab.)

11:50-12:30



PHY101.9 (PNGE) – (L)
H1-60 (Quiz) / H2-60 (Lab.)

13:30-14:10

PHY101.9 (PNGE) – (T)
B1-04


PHY101.3 (CENG) – (L)
H1-60 (Quiz) / H2-60 (Lab.)

14:20-15:00

PHY101.9 (PNGE) – (T)
B1-04


PHY101.3 (CENG) – (L)
H1-60 (Quiz) / H2-60 (Lab.)

15:10-15:50

PHY101.9 (PNGE) – (T)
B1-04



16:00-16:40




16:50-17:30




Instructor

Cem Özdoğan

office: Department of Engineering Sciences, H1-33,
office hours: 14:20 - 15:50 Friday
office phone: +90 (232) 270 54 70

office phone: +90 (232) 329 35 35 / 3803
email address: cozdogan11@gmail.com

TA

Merve İzmirli

office: Department of Engineering Sciences, H1-31 & H2-60
office hours:
office phone:
email address: merve.izmirli@ikcu.edu.tr


Announcements

Watch this space for the latest updates. Last updated:

Dear PHY101 Students, Problem-solving as a group (Open Source Quiz), October 29, 2026 15:00 o'clock for PNGE and October 29, 2026 15:00 o'clock for CENG . You have 60 minutes. Answer all the question(s) and write down the solutions explicitly and clearly by using the physical terminology. You will solve the questions and then will scan/take a picture them as being filed in a SINGLE pdf/doc document. Upload your solutions as a SINGLE pdf/doc/docx FILE to your UBYS system (Week7 Homeworks & Quiz6_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) until 16:20 (16:20) o'clock (e-mail will not be accepted). Your quiz paper will be evaluated by using this uploaded file too.

Sınıfta grup çalışması ile mini sınav (Açık Kaynak Sınav), 29 Ekim 2026 15:00 (PNGE bölümü için) ve 29 Ekim 2026 15:00 (CENG bölümü için). 60 dakikanız var. Tüm soruları cevaplayın ve fiziksel terminolojiyi kullanarak çözümleri açık ve net bir şekilde yazın. Soruları çözdükten sonra TEK bir pdf/doc belgesinde dosyalanmış olarak tarayın/fotoğrafını çekin. Çözümlerinizi TEK BİR pdf/doc/docx DOSYASI olarak UBYS sisteminize (7.Hafta Ödevler & Quiz6_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) saat 16:20 (16:20)'a kadar yükleyin (E-gönderiler kabul edilmeyecek). Mini Sınav kağıdınız bu yüklenen dosya da kullanılarak değerlendirilecektir.

Dear PHY101 Students, Problem-solving as a group (Open Source Quiz), October 29, 2026 14:00 o'clock for PNGE and October 29, 2026 14:00 o'clock for CENG . You have 60 minutes. Answer all the question(s) and write down the solutions explicitly and clearly by using the physical terminology. You will solve the questions and then will scan/take a picture them as being filed in a SINGLE pdf/doc document. Upload your solutions as a SINGLE pdf/doc/docx FILE to your UBYS system (Week7 Homeworks & Quiz5_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) until 15:20 (15:20) o'clock (e-mail will not be accepted). Your quiz paper will be evaluated by using this uploaded file too.

Sınıfta grup çalışması ile mini sınav (Açık Kaynak Sınav), 29 Ekim 2026 14:00 (PNGE bölümü için) ve 29 Ekim 2026 14:00 (CENG bölümü için). 60 dakikanız var. Tüm soruları cevaplayın ve fiziksel terminolojiyi kullanarak çözümleri açık ve net bir şekilde yazın. Soruları çözdükten sonra TEK bir pdf/doc belgesinde dosyalanmış olarak tarayın/fotoğrafını çekin. Çözümlerinizi TEK BİR pdf/doc/docx DOSYASI olarak UBYS sisteminize (7.Hafta Ödevler & Quiz5_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) saat 15:20 (15:20)'a kadar yükleyin (E-gönderiler kabul edilmeyecek). Mini Sınav kağıdınız bu yüklenen dosya da kullanılarak değerlendirilecektir.

Dear PHY101 Students, Problem-solving as a group (Open Source Quiz), October 26, 2026 15:00 o'clock for PNGE and October 27, 2026 10:00 o'clock for CENG . You have 50 minutes. Answer all the question(s) and write down the solutions explicitly and clearly by using the physical terminology. You will solve the questions and then will scan/take a picture them as being filed in a SINGLE pdf/doc document. Upload your solutions as a SINGLE pdf/doc/docx FILE to your UBYS system (Week6 Homeworks & Quiz4_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) until 16:10 (11:10) o'clock (e-mail will not be accepted). Your quiz paper will be evaluated by using this uploaded file too.

Sınıfta grup çalışması ile mini sınav (Açık Kaynak Sınav), 26 Ekim 2026 15:00 (PNGE bölümü için) ve 27 Ekim 2026 10:00 (CENG bölümü için). 50 dakikanız var. Tüm soruları cevaplayın ve fiziksel terminolojiyi kullanarak çözümleri açık ve net bir şekilde yazın. Soruları çözdükten sonra TEK bir pdf/doc belgesinde dosyalanmış olarak tarayın/fotoğrafını çekin. Çözümlerinizi TEK BİR pdf/doc/docx DOSYASI olarak UBYS sisteminize (6.Hafta Ödevler & Quiz4_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) saat 16:10 (11:10)'a kadar yükleyin (E-gönderiler kabul edilmeyecek). Mini Sınav kağıdınız bu yüklenen dosya da kullanılarak değerlendirilecektir.

Dear PHY101 Students, Problem-solving as a group (Open Source Quiz), October 19, 2026 15:00 o'clock for PNGE and October 20, 2026 10:00 o'clock for CENG . You have 50 minutes. Answer all the question(s) and write down the solutions explicitly and clearly by using the physical terminology. You will solve the questions and then will scan/take a picture them as being filed in a SINGLE pdf/doc document. Upload your solutions as a SINGLE pdf/doc/docx FILE to your UBYS system (Week5 Homeworks & Quiz3_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) until 16:10 (11:10) o'clock (e-mail will not be accepted). Your quiz paper will be evaluated by using this uploaded file too.

Sınıfta grup çalışması ile mini sınav (Açık Kaynak Sınav), 19 Ekim 2026 15:00 (PNGE bölümü için) ve 20 Ekim 2026 10:00 (CENG bölümü için). 50 dakikanız var. Tüm soruları cevaplayın ve fiziksel terminolojiyi kullanarak çözümleri açık ve net bir şekilde yazın. Soruları çözdükten sonra TEK bir pdf/doc belgesinde dosyalanmış olarak tarayın/fotoğrafını çekin. Çözümlerinizi TEK BİR pdf/doc/docx DOSYASI olarak UBYS sisteminize (5.Hafta Ödevler & Quiz3_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) saat 16:10 (11:10)'a kadar yükleyin (E-gönderiler kabul edilmeyecek). Mini Sınav kağıdınız bu yüklenen dosya da kullanılarak değerlendirilecektir.

Dear PHY101 Students, Past Years (Midterm/Final) Examinations Questions are available, see Course Schedule section.

Dear PHY101 Students, Problem-solving as a group (Open Source Quiz), October 08, 2026 11:00 o'clock for PNGE and 13:30 o'clock for CENG . You have 60 minutes. Answer all the question(s) and write down the solutions explicitly and clearly by using the physical terminology. You will solve the questions and then will scan/take a picture them as being filed in a SINGLE pdf/doc document. Upload your solutions as a SINGLE pdf/doc/docx FILE to your UBYS system (Week4 Homeworks & Quiz2_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) until 12:20 (14:50) o'clock (e-mail will not be accepted). Your quiz paper will be evaluated by using this uploaded file too.

Sınıfta grup çalışması ile mini sınav (Açık Kaynak Sınav), 08 Ekim 2026 11:00 (PNGE bölümü için) ve 13:30 (CENG bölümü için). 60 dakikanız var. Tüm soruları cevaplayın ve fiziksel terminolojiyi kullanarak çözümleri açık ve net bir şekilde yazın. Soruları çözdükten sonra TEK bir pdf/doc belgesinde dosyalanmış olarak tarayın/fotoğrafını çekin. Çözümlerinizi TEK BİR pdf/doc/docx DOSYASI olarak UBYS sisteminize (4.Hafta Ödevler & Quiz2_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) saat 12:20 (14:50)'e kadar yükleyin (E-gönderiler kabul edilmeyecek). Mini Sınav kağıdınız bu yüklenen dosya da kullanılarak değerlendirilecektir.

Dear PHY101 Students, Problem-solving as a group (Open Source Quiz), October 01, 2026 11:00 o'clock for PNGE and 13:30 o'clock for CENG . You have 60 minutes. Answer all the question(s) and write down the solutions explicitly and clearly by using the physical terminology. You will solve the questions and then will scan/take a picture them as being filed in a SINGLE pdf/doc document. Upload your solutions as a SINGLE pdf/doc/docx FILE to your UBYS system (Week3 Homeworks & Quiz1_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) until 12:20 (14:50) o'clock (e-mail will not be accepted). Your quiz paper will be evaluated by using this uploaded file too.

Sınıfta grup çalışması ile mini sınav (Açık Kaynak Sınav), 01 Ekim 2026 11:00 (PNGE bölümü için) ve 13:30 (CENG bölümü için). 60 dakikanız var. Tüm soruları cevaplayın ve fiziksel terminolojiyi kullanarak çözümleri açık ve net bir şekilde yazın. Soruları çözdükten sonra TEK bir pdf/doc belgesinde dosyalanmış olarak tarayın/fotoğrafını çekin. Çözümlerinizi TEK BİR pdf/doc/docx DOSYASI olarak UBYS sisteminize (3.Hafta Ödevler & Quiz1_Group#_YourDepartment.pdf) saat 12:20 (14:50)'e kadar yükleyin (E-gönderiler kabul edilmeyecek). Mini Sınav kağıdınız bu yüklenen dosya da kullanılarak değerlendirilecektir.

Dear Students, Please check the course announcements on UBYS for important information regarding the PHY101 laboratory, including the laboratory schedule, exemption procedures, laboratory rules, frequently asked questions, and group work. Please make sure to review all laboratory-related announcements carefully before attending the first laboratory session. The first PHY101 laboratory session will be held this week.

Sevgili Öğrenciler, PHY101 laboratuvarına ilişkin laboratuvar programı, muafiyet işlemleri, laboratuvar kuralları, sıkça sorulan sorular ve grup çalışması gibi önemli bilgiler için lütfen UBYS ders duyurularını kontrol ediniz. İlk laboratuvar dersine katılmadan önce laboratuvarla ilgili tüm duyuruları dikkatlice inceleyiniz. PHY101 birinci laboratuvar oturumu bu hafta gerçekleştirilecektir.

In the first lecture, there will be first meeting and lecture for Introduction/Overview. The lecture notes for the whole semester are published, see Course Schedule section.



Text Book

Required

Readings will be assigned in Fundamentals of Physics, 9th Edition, by D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, John Wiley and Sons, September 2021.

Recommended

Another frequently used text book that covers the same material:

This text is only recommended rather than required. This book is useful for reference, for an alternative point of view.



Overview / Lecture Information /Policies

    1. We will cover chapters 1-11.

Ch. 1: Measurement

Ch. 2: Motion Along a Straight Line

Ch. 3: Vectors

Ch. 4: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

Ch. 5: Force and Motion I

Ch. 6: Force and Motion II

Ch. 7: Kinetic Energy and Work

Ch. 8: Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

Ch. 9: Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum

Ch. 10: Rotation

Ch. 11: Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum

    1. Attendance is not compulsory, and you are responsible for everything said in class. The absenteeism limit is 20% of total number of “Laboratory Sessions” of Phys 101. To give an example, if there are 5 total labs, s/he can be 1 lab absent. If you have a valid excuse such as medical report, there will be make-up lab(s) at last week of the semester.

    2. I encourage you to ask questions in class. You are supposed to ask questions. Don't guess, ask a question!

    3. You can use anything from the textbook/notes during QUIZ sessions.

    4. Visit the web page Cem Ozdogan's Homepage for instructor information and for “previous years’” course information (Syllabus, Schedule, Grading Policy, Past Exam Questions/Solutions, …)

    5. Please use Gmail address in your e-mails: Do not forget to write “Subject Line”, “Id”, “Department”, “Name-Surname” together with your inquiiry.

    6. How to pass the course?

    1. Be carefull about “Objection Deadline”! Any objection after “Deadline” will not be considered!

    2. DO NOT SEND E-MAIL REGARDING OR ASK ABOUT YOUR GRADES AFTER FINAL EXAMINATION!

    3. LABORATORY EXEMPTION. If your previous laboratory grade is greater/equal than 60, you should make a petition (see picture below) to the instructor.


        1. Download doc (en or tr) file and send it to me via e-mail.

        2. IMPORTANT: There should be a “signature”(any form).

        3. IMPORTANT: There must be an attached “Screenshot from UBYS”. Your name and grade must clearly be seen.

    1. OBJECTIONS. If you want your answers to be re-evaluated, you should make a petition (see picture below) to the instructor.


        1. Download doc (en or tr) file and send it to me via e-mail.

        2. IMPORTANT: There should be a “signature”.



Grading Criteria

Course Schedule

The following schedule is tentative; it may be updated later in the semester, so check back here frequently. Lecture Notes by Cem Özdoğan, PhD .

CH: Chapter (Fundamentals of Physics, 9th Edition, D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker )

(Phy101 2020-2021Spring) GradesI & GradesII & Sample Distribution






Modified at

Topic

Lecture Notes

Laboratory

Quiz & Grades

February 16, 2022

CH1 Measurement

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Laboratory I Manual Template

Quiz1

February 21, 2022

CH2 Motion Along a Straight Line

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Laboratory II

Quiz2

March 01, 2022

CH3 Vectors

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Quiz3

March 09, 2022

CH4 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

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Laboratory III

Quiz4

October 20, 2026

CH5 Force and Motion I

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Quiz5

March 22, 2022

CH6 Force and Motion II

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Quiz6

Midterm Examination: November 02, 2026. 10:20-11:50 (CENG H1‐78/H1‐85, PNGE H2-55). 1-CH1 Measurement, 2-CH2 Motion Along a Straight Line, 3-CH3 Vectors, 4-CH4 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions, 5-CH5 Force and Motion I, CH6 Force and Motion II. Formulae sheet will be supplied in the exam and available. Past Exam Questions&Solutions are available. Midterm Solutions are available(CENG) and available(PNGE). Grades are available. December 4, 2025 08:43 PM

Grades-CENG

Grades-PNGE

October 28, 2026 21:05

April 08, 2022

CH7 Kinetic Energy and Work

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Laboratory IV

Quiz7

April 11, 2022

CH8 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

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Laboratory V

Quiz8

April 25, 2022

CH9 Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum

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Quiz9

December 19, 2018

CH10 Rotation

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Quiz10

December 19, 2018

CH11 Rolling Torque and Angular_Momentum

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Quiz11

Final Examination: January 07, 2026. 10:20-11:50 (H1-79/H1-81). Compiled grades are available. December 26, 2025 03:35 PM Question Bank for previous years’final exam questions is available. Solutions of Final Examination is available. January 7, 2026 12:43 PM Grades are available. January 11, 2026 07:09 PM

Resit Examination: January 21, 2026. 10:20-11:50 (H1‐61). 1-Ch7 Kinetic Energy and Work, 3-CH8 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy, 4-CH9 Center of Mass and Linear Momentum, 5-CH10 Rotation, 6-CH11 Rolling Torque and Angular_Momentum. Resit Examination grades are available. January 22, 2026 04:09 PM

Table is tentative. Lectures will be posted. Red color indicates possible modification during the term.