Undergraduate Course: MPhys Project for Year Abroad (PHYS11050)
Course Outline
School | School of Physics and Astronomy |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | 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. |
Course description |
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Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 18,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 60,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
118 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework |
Feedback |
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 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
- have gained experience of the organisation and completion of a research project where the results and outcomes are not defined at the beginning
- have learnt how to organise, keep and use a comprehensive log book of the work done in the project
- 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
- have gained experience of working in a research group environment and interacting in a professional manner with research scientists.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Arthur Trew
Tel: (0131 6)50 5025
Email: A.S.Trew@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Denise Fernandes Do Couto
Tel: (0131 6)51 7521
Email: Denise.Couto@ed.ac.uk |
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