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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Physics and Astronomy : Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy)

Undergraduate Course: Musical Acoustics Honours Project (PHYS10037)

Course Outline
School School of Physics and Astronomy College College of Science and Engineering
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits 20
Home subject area Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description This course aims to develop independence in the skills of experimental design and project management, develop oral reporting skills, and to encourage high quality technical presentation and non-technical written summaries.

Project work is your main chance to work on your own topic of interest and to show your own initiative and experimental skills.

Further details are available from the Programme Information Booklet.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements At least 80 credit points accrued in courses of SCQF Level 9 or 10 drawn from Schedule Q.
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLaboratory1-22 14:00 - 18:00
King's BuildingsLaboratory1-22 11:10 - 13:00
King's BuildingsLaboratory1-22 11:10 - 13:00
King's BuildingsLaboratory1-22 14:00 - 18:00
First Class First class information not currently available
Additional information M, Th 1110.
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course it is intended that a student will be able to:
1)carry out a literature search in a defined area of research, and write a report summarising the work previously undertaken in that area
2)devise and present a plan and timetable for a substantial practical project in a defined area of musical acoustics
3)undertake a substantial practical project in musical acoustics, keeping an accurate and detailed record of the work carried out and reporting orally at regular intervals to the project supervisor
4)write up a substantial practical project as a scientific report, including where appropriate graphs with error bars and estimates of uncertainty
5)prepare and present a poster describing a piece of experimental work
Assessment Information
Laboratory Performance, 35%
Project Report, 55%
Poster, 10%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywords MuPrj
Contacts
Course organiser Prof Murray Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 5262
Email: D.M.Campbell@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Miss Jennifer Wood
Tel: (0131 6)50 7218
Email: J.Wood@ed.ac.uk
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