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

Undergraduate Course: Physics with Meteorology Honours Project (Semester 1) (PHYS10068)

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 http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~muheim/teaching/sh-projects/ 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 Students MUST NOT also be taking Physics Honours Project (Semester 1) (PHYS10064) OR Computational Physics Honours Project (Semester 1) (PHYS10066) OR Musical Acoustics Honours Project (PHYS10037)
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 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLaboratory1-11 11:10 - 13:00
King's BuildingsLaboratory1-11 14:00 - 18:00
King's BuildingsLaboratory1-11 14:00 - 18:00
King's BuildingsLaboratory1-11 11:10 - 13:00
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 the course, it is expected that students will be able to:
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 project where the results and outcomes are not fully 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 the preparation of scientific posters and the oral reporting of results
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 MPrj1
Contacts
Course organiser Prof Franz Muheim
Tel: (0131 6)50 5307
Email: F.Muheim@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Miss Jennifer Wood
Tel: (0131 6)50 7218
Email: J.Wood@ed.ac.uk
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