Undergraduate Course: Experimental Physics 3 (PHYS09063)
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 | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is taken in the Junior Honours year by students on the Physics degree programme. It builds on prior data analysis and experimental method training in the Year 2 Practical Physics course. Students work individually on experimental projects selected from a broad range of fields, providing a platform for individual project work based in research groups in the Senior Honours year.
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| Course description |
This course comprises four experimental projects for each student, chosen (from a wide-ranging total set) to include a balanced sample of experimental techniques. Each project is undertaken over six 3-hour laboratory sessions. Workshops are held at the beginning of semester 1.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 123 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 72,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
124 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework including written reports and laboratory notebooks:
Four written reports, 54%
Four laboratory notebooks, 40%
Feedback statements, 6% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Design and perform an experiment to test a physical theory, identifying, quantifying and controlling sources of experimental error.
- Resolve conceptual and technical difficulties by locating and integrating relevant information from a diverse range of sources, as a natural and often necessary component of the process of experimental discovery.
- Analyse and review critically experimental data and make comparison with existing literature results or theoretical predictions as appropriate.
- Develop familiarity with data analysis tools commensurate with employment as a professional scientist.
- Present a complete, reproducible account of an experiment and the conclusions drawn from it to a professional standard.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | ExpPhy3 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr John Loveday
Tel: (0131 6)51 7233
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Course secretary | Mr Kieran Brodie
Tel:
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