Undergraduate Course: Team Review Project (PHYS10046)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
Home subject area | Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/teaching/course-notes/notes/list/91 |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | The Team Review Project and presentation is designed to give experience in working as a group, to search the literature concerning a physics-related topic, and to produce a review article and presentation that should be readily understood by any member of the class. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Group Project (PHYS11011)
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Other requirements | At least 100 credit points accrued in courses of SCQF Level 9 or 10 drawn from Schedule Q.
Only for students on the following programmes of study:
Astrophysics (BSc Hons)
Computational Physics (BSc Hons)
Mathematical Physics (BSc Hons)
Physics (BSc Hons)
Physics (IFP) (BSc Hons)
Physics and Music (BSc Hons)
Physics with Meteorology (BSc Hons)
Theoretical Physics (BSc)
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Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, 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 |
Seminars, as arranged. |
Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
82 )
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Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
75 %,
Practical Exam
25 %
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No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this project you should be able to:
1)research material on a given topic outwith the scope of your standard course work using library and on-line facilities and other resource materials
2)work as a team to gather and combine material from a wide range of sources
3)hold formal team meetings and maintain minutes of such meetings
4)prepare your researched material as a review article written at a level readily understood by your peers.
5)present this same material in the form of a short oral presentation, as if at a conference, and respond to questions relating to this material |
Assessment Information
Project management and organisation, 10%
Written review, 65%
Oral presentation, 25% |
Special Arrangements
This course commences in November. |
Additional Information
Academic description |
Not entered |
Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
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Study Abroad |
Not entered |
Study Pattern |
Not entered |
Keywords | Team |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Anthony Kennedy
Tel: (0131 6)50 5272
Email: Tony.Kennedy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Laura Gonzalez-Rienda
Tel: (0131 6)51 7067
Email: l.gonzalez@ed.ac.uk |
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