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PX5006: READING IN PHYSICS (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

​This course will provide an opportunity to reseach a specific field in physics/complex systems and present a review paper on this.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Geoffrey Dunn

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Programme Level 5
  • PX4515 Project B (Passed)
  • Master of Physics with Complex Systems Modelling
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

​This course provides the opportunity to carry out a short independent, open-ended, piece of research work in which you will become familiar with a specialist area of research and write a review paper on this subject. This can be in an area of physics or complex systems. You will develop: presentation skills; experience of reading and thinking about a specialist topic; critical analysis skills of your own and other people’s scientific work and project management skills.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt

  • Assessment of review paper.


Resit

  • Resubmission of review paper.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

​Continuous feedback through regular weekly meetings with project supervisor.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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