PHYS3300 Extended Project Abroad
60 Credits Class Size: 10
Module manager: Dr Catherine Walsh
Email: C.Walsh1@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running
2019/20
Pre-requisite qualifications
Level 2 Physics. All students must have been selected for the MPhys degree programme.
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
- manage your time effectively on a major research type project;
- operate a specialised piece of research equipment or make use of specialised software techniques;
- use appropriate computer packages for the statistical analysis and interpretation of large datasets;
- prepare regular (weekly) status reports and write a significant final project report;
- defend your project work during an hour long oral presentation/seminar before academic staff.
Skills outcomes
Research
Information gathering
Write a report
Oral presentation
Experience life abroad
Syllabus
The students work on a project that can cover any field of research. Here is a selection of recent projects:
- Calibration and operation of a cosmic ray tracking detector (Berlin 2005).
- Operate remotely a 34-m diameter NASA radio telescope to map out and analyse the Rosette Nebula
(Valencia 2004).
- A spectroscopic study of a sample of Kiso UV-excess galaxies (Marseille 2004).
- The Period Change of AE Ursa Majoris (Aarhus 2004).
- Build, test and calibrate a detector to measure the fluorescence emission of atmospheric Nitrogen for the world's largest cosmic ray experiment (Karlsruhe 2003).
Teaching Methods
| Delivery type |
Number |
Length hours |
Student hours |
| Private study hours |
600 |
| Total Contact hours |
0 |
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) |
600 |
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Regular meetings with supervisor abroad. Regular reports to module leader in Leeds. Pastoral visit from Leeds academic.
Methods of Assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type |
Notes |
% of formal assessment |
| Practical |
Performance on experimental part of project |
40 |
| Report |
Final project report |
40 |
| Oral Presentation |
Oral presentation/defence of work project to 5/6 Leeds academics |
20 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) |
100 |
Students are required to submit all elements of the coursework in order to pass the module.
Reading List
Check the module area in Minerva for your reading list
Last updated: 06/03/2019
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