Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Document Preparation with Latex MAT553 3 + 0 3.0 8.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery lecture, Practise, presentation
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. ZAKİR DENİZ
Instructors FUAT USTA
Assistants
Goals The pupose of this course is to teach a typesetting program LaTeX for preparing high quality scientific and mathematical documents.
Course Content Fundamentals of Latex Document structure Formatting commands Tables Mathematical formulas Theorem, proposition etc., symbols Midterm exam Page layout and personal settings Graphic in Latex Pstricks package and figure-graphicdrawing Creation of table of contents, resource and indexing Creation of directory of resources with Bibtex Arrange a presentation with beamer and seminar Some Latex packages and their uses
Learning Outcomes - 1. To be understand LaTeX document system. 2. To be able to write mathematical documents via LaTeX. 3. To be able to write documents containing mathematical formulas. 4. To be able to draw graphs and figures in LaTeX. 5. To be able to customize LaTeX documents. 6. To be able to prepare presentation using LaTeX.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Fundamentals of Latex
2. Week Document structure
3. Week Formatting commands
4. Week Tables
5. Week Mathematical formulas
6. Week Theorem, proposition etc., symbols
7. Week Page layout and personal settings
8. Week e
9. Week Graphic in Latex
10. Week Pstricks package and figure-graphicdrawing
11. Week Creation of table of contents, resource and indexing
12. Week Creation of directory of resources with Bibtex
13. Week Arrange a presentation with beamer and seminar
14. Week Some Latex packages and their uses
Recommended Sources
LaTeX 2e in 116 minutes, Tobias Oetiker Hubert Partl, Irene Hyna and Elisabeth Schlegl, 2006
LATEX Tutorials, A PRIMER Indian TEX Users Group Trivandrum, India 2003 September
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 Measurement Method
PY1 2 2 60
PY2 2 2 60
PY3 2 2 60
PY4 2 2 60
PY5 2 2 60
PY6 2 2 60
PY7 2 0 60
PY8 2 2 60
PY9 2 2 60
PY10 2 2 60
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 3 42
Preparation, After Class Study 14 3 42
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Homework 1 1 14 14
Homework 2 1 14 14
Quiz 1 2 4 8
Quiz 2 2 4 8
Final 1 2 2
Practice 14 3 42
Practice End-Of-Term 14 2 28
Total Workload 202
ECTS Credit of the Course 8.0