Undergraduate Course: MPhys Project Presentation (PHYS11049)
Course Outline
| School | School of Physics and Astronomy | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~vjm/MPhys/ | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | The MPhys Project Presentation course aims to identify and develop key scientific presentation skills required to work in a physics-based research or development environment. Students will present their MPhys project research to scientific peers and to members of the public interested in science. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  Students MUST also take:    
MPhys Project (PHYS11016)  
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  No | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
	| Class Delivery Information | 
	Students will give a formative practise oral presentation in January.   
Students will submit the public summary in week 11 and oral presentations in week 12. | 
 
 
| Course Start Date | 
12/01/2015 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 4,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Formative Assessment Hours 2,
 Summative Assessment Hours 4,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
85 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| At the completion of the course students will have acquired the key skills to present scientific research to a variety of audiences: to scientific peers via a presentation, question and answer session, and, to members of the public interested in science via a twiki post, website, popular science journal article, poster or other suitable medium. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
80% presentation  
20% written assessment to be presented on the MPhys twiki page |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Not entered | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Students successfully completing this course will have experience of presenting and defending technical work, both orally and in written format, and at tailoring presentations for different audiences. | 
 
| Reading list | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | MPres | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Victoria Martin 
Tel: (0131 6)51 7042 
Email: victoria.martin@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Paula Wilkie 
Tel: (0131) 668 8403 
Email: Paula.Wilkie@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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