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

Undergraduate Course: MPhys Project for Year Abroad (PHYS11050)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Physics and Astronomy CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
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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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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