Undergraduate Course: Research Methods in Physics (PHYS09056)

Course Outline
School	School of Physics and Astronomy	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course allows students to gain experience and acquire the general research skills essential for academic and research study, whilst at the same time extending and consolidating their knowledge of physics. These skills are key foundations for project work later in the degree programme and valuable in life beyond undergraduate study; in research, industry or business.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 15, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 81 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% Assessment including review of a scientific article, group project report and group presentation.
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Learning Outcomes
- Recognise the stylistic conventions of written and oral scientific discourse and how these vary according to the requirements of the target audience. - Identify important information that is missing from a research article, and devise a strategy for obtaining it from other sources. - Use bibliogaphic citations and references to communicate the relationships between different pieces of research and, in conjunction with bibliographic databases, to locate papers relevant to a specific piece of research. - Evaluate the validity and significance of published research and use this to inform a scientific argument or overview. - Communicate their scientific understanding in written and oral forms in a manner that is appropriate to an audience with less, similar or more experience of physics than themselves, and following the conventions of professional scientific discourse. - Work as part of a collaborative team. - Refect on the development of their own skills.