Undergraduate Course: Group Project (PHYS11011)
Course Outline
| School | School of Physics and Astronomy |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Each team of four or five students will be required to research a physics-based topic, specified by a member of staff, who will act as supervisor. The groups will present their findings in oral and written forms at a level accessible to their peers. The project will be literature-based; students will collate and analyse existing information from a wide variety of sources. |
| 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
Team Review Project (PHYS10046) OR
Telescope Group Project (PHYS11059)
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Other requirements | Only for students on the 4th year of the following programmes of study:
Chemical Physics (MChemPhys)
Computational Physics (MPhys)
Mathematical Physics (MPhys)
Physics (MPhys)
Theoretical Physics (MPhys) |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, 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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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 4,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 6,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 4,
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
70 %,
Practical Exam
30 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Project management, 15%
Written report, 55%
Oral presentation, 30%
Peer assessment, 15% |
| 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 their 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 and exercise critical assessment of the project topic and arrive at a well-defended conclusion.
- Hold formal team meetings and maintain minutes of such meetings.
- Prepare their researched material as a report written at a level readily understood by a person with a general physical science background.
- Present this same material in the form of a oral group presentation, as if at a conference, and respond to questions relating to this material.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
This course commences in October. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Four support workshops; detailed at start of year meeting. |
| Keywords | Group |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Stephen Playfer
Tel: (0131 6)50 5275
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Rhona Johnson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5905
Email: |
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