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Undergraduate Course: MPhys Project (PHYS11016)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Physics and Astronomy CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThe MPhys Project aims to help you to identify and cultivate the technical, personal, and presentation skills needed to work successfully in a physics-based research/development environment.
During the project, you work on your own under the supervision of your Supervisor. The function of the Supervisor is initially to define the project and then to give advice as your work proceeds. However, it should be understood that the project must be a reflection of your own work and ideas.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: MPhys Project Presentation (PHYS11049)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements At least 80 credit points accrued in courses of SCQF Level 9 or 10 drawn from Schedule Q.
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: 400 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 40, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 120, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 232 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 63 %, Practical Exam 37 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Supervisor's grade of Project Performance, 37.5%
Supervisor's grade of Project Report, 25%
Second Marker's grade of Project Report, 37.5%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, it is expected that students will:
1)have learnt how to conduct a comprehensive search of the literature relevant to a research topic and to select and summarise the crucial aspects of the relevant literature
2)have gained experience of the organisation and completion of an extended research project where the results and outcomes are not defined at the beginning
3)have learnt how to organise, keep and use a comprehensive log book of the work done in the project
4)have learnt how to write a full report including a concise summary of the relevant literature, the pertinent aspects of the method and a critical discussion of the results and conclusions
5)have gained experience of working in a research group environment and interacting in a professional manner with research scientists
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/Mphys5/Home
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information There are no set working hours; project work should be the equivalent of two working days per week, including regular meetings with Supervisor.
KeywordsMProj
Contacts
Course organiserDr Victoria Martin
Tel: (0131 6)51 7042
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Course secretaryMiss Paula Wilkie
Tel: (0131) 668 8403
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