Musical Acoustics Honours Project (U01416)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PHY-4-PMusHProj

This course aims to develop independence in the skills of experimental design and project management, develop oral reporting skills, and to encourage high quality technical presentation and non-technical written summaries.

Project work is your main chance to work on your own topic of interest and to show your own initiative and experimental skills.

Further details are available from the Programme Information Booklet.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : At least 40 credit points accrued in courses of SCQF Level 9 or 10 drawn from Schedule Q.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Undergraduate (School of Physics), (School of Physics, Schedule Q)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 14 hour(s) per week for 6 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Laboratory	Monday	11:10	13:00	KB
Laboratory	Monday	14:00	18:00	KB
Laboratory	Thursday	11:10	13:00	KB
Laboratory	Thursday	14:00	18:00	KB

? Additional Class Information : M, Th 1110.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course it is intended that a student will be able to:
1)carry out a literature search in a defined area of research, and write a report summarising the work previously undertaken in that area
2)devise and present a plan and timetable for a substantial practical project in a defined area of musical acoustics
3)undertake a substantial practical project in musical acoustics, keeping an accurate and detailed record of the work carried out and reporting orally at regular intervals to the project supervisor
4)write up a substantial practical project as a scientific report, including where appropriate graphs with error bars and estimates of uncertainty
5)prepare and present a poster describing a piece of experimental work