Undergraduate Course: MPhys Project for Year Abroad (PHYS11050)
Course Outline
| School | School of Physics and Astronomy |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The MPhys Project aims to help you to identify and cultivate the technical, personal, and presentation skills needed to work successfully in a physics-based research/development environment. During the project, you work on your own under the supervision of your Supervisor. The function of the Supervisor is initially to define the project and then to give advice as your work proceeds. However, it should be understood that the project must be a reflection of your own work and ideas. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, it is expected that students will:
1. have learnt how to conduct a 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 a research project where the results and outcomes are not 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 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 of working in a research group environment and interacting in a professional manner with research scientists. |
Assessment Information
| 100% coursework |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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