Undergraduate Course: Team Review Project (PHYS10046)
Course Outline
| School | School of Physics and Astronomy |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Group Project (PHYS11011)
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Other requirements | Only for students on 4th year of the following programmes of study:
Astrophysics (BSc Hons)
Computational Physics (BSc Hons)
Mathematical Physics (BSc Hons)
Physics (BSc Hons)
Physics and Music (BSc Hons)
Physics with Meteorology (BSc Hons)
Theoretical Physics (BSc)
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
82 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
75 %,
Practical Exam
25 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Project management and organisation, 10%
Written review, 65%
Oral presentation, 25% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research material on a given topic outwith the scope of your standard course work using library and on-line facilities and other resource materials.
- Work as a team to gather and combine material from a wide range of sources.
- Hold formal team meetings and maintain minutes of such meetings.
- Prepare your researched material as a review article written at a level readily understood by your peers.
- 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.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/GTP/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
This course commences in November. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Workshops and Presenattiosn, as arranged. |
| Keywords | Team |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Will Hossack
Tel: (0131 6)50 5261
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Paula Wilkie
Tel: (0131) 668 8403
Email: |
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