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Undergraduate Course: CP Literature Review (CHPH10003)

Course Outline
School	School of Chemistry	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	10
Home subject area	Chemical Physics	Other subject area	None
Course website	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	The couse aims to provide training in the searching, reading and critical assessment of the primary scientific literature. Students are required to produce a review article on the subject of the Research Project to be carried out in the final MChemPhys year. The course forms part of the Honours curriculum for students on the Masters of Chemical Physics degree programme.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: CP Symmetry and Structure (CHPH09001) AND CP Kinetics and Catalysis (CHPH09003) AND CP Molecules and Matter (CHPH09002) AND Electromagnetism (PHYS09018) AND Diffraction Physics (PHYS09047) AND Physical Mathematics (PHYS09015) AND Quantum Mechanics (PHYS09017) AND Statistical Mechanics (PHYS09019) AND CP Practical and Transferable Skills (CHPH09004) AND Electronic Methods in the Physical Laboratory (PHYS09023) AND Computational Methods (PHYS09016) AND Applicable Mathematics 3 (Phys Sci) (MATH08015) AND Mathematical Methods 3 (Phys Sci) (MATH08016) AND Foundations of Mathematical Physics (PHYS08024)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking BSc ChemPhys Research Project/Transferable Skills Course (CHPH10004) OR MChemPhysX Research Project (CHPH11002)	Other requirements	Must include a weighted average of Grade C or higher in all Chemical Physics 3 courses, AND a weighted average of Grade D or higher in all Chemical Physics 3 courses with degree examinations, at the first attempt.
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)						WebCT enabled: No		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	Approximately 80 hours of student literature survey and report preparation effort, within times assigned
No Exam Information

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to search the scientific literature on a given topic, and summarise the results of the search in written form to a professional standard

Assessment Information
The course is assessed entirely on the basis of coursework

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	CPLitRev

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Andrew Alexander Tel: (0131 6)50 4741 Email: andrew.alexander@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mrs Moira Wilson Tel: (0131 6)50 4754 Email: Moira.Wilson@ed.ac.uk

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