Team Review Project (U01425)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PHY-4-TeamProj

The Team Review Project and presentation is designed to give experience in working as a group, to search the literature concerning a physics-related topic, and to produce a review article and presentation that should be readily understood by any member of the class.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : At least 100 credit points accrued in courses of SCQF Level 9 or 10 drawn from Schedule Q.

? Prohibited combinations : Group Project (PHY-4-GroupProj)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Additional Class Information : Seminars, as arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of this project you should be able to:
1)research material on a given topic outwith the scope of your standard course work using library and on-line facilities and other resource materials
2)work as a team to gather and combine material from a wide range of sources
3)hold formal team meetings and maintain minutes of such meetings
4)prepare your researched material as a review article written at a level readily understood by your peers.
5)present this same material in the form of a short oral presentation, as if at a conference, and respond to questions relating to this material