PHY-30015 - Module Specification School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Faculty of Natural Sciences
For academic year: 2020/21 Last Updated: 25 February 2021
PHY-30015 - Dissertation and Communication Skills
Coordinator: John K Taylor Tel: +44 1782 7 33494
School Office: 01782 734921
Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Co-requisites
None
Prerequisites
Successful completion of Level 2 Physics
Barred Combinations
None
Description for 2020/21
A core module for Physics majors. Use of a variety of library resources and the presentation of scientific information in the form of a paper, poster and talk. A 4,000 word dissertation is written on an approved physics topic and poster and seminar presentations are made.
To give students who have decided to specialize in Physics the opportunity to investigate in depth a physics topic of their choice. To build on the communication skills that have been developed in previous years (e.g. through laboratory reports, essays, tutorials and word processing). To provide students with the ability to produce a coherent digest of information on a physics topic and demonstrate a broad awareness of ideas in physics.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Successful students should be able to collect information on a physics topic and present this to a peer group by an oral presentation [1].Successful students should be able to explain and communicate a physics topic to a peer group by a poster presentation [3].Successful students should be able to assemble and review information on a specific topic and produce a substantial, detailed dissertation [1].
Study hours
8 hours tutorial attendance.8 hour talk and poster session.70 hours research and private study.32 hours writing the dissertation.16 hours preparing talk.16 hours preparing poster
School Rules
None
Description of Module Assessment