Physics Review Project

Physics Review Project (PRP | SPA6913)

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Year: 3 | Semester: A&B | Level: 6 | Credits: 15

Prerequisites: none
Lectures: None | Tut: 514 516 (notation)
Exam: Performance during project (20%), Written Report (50%), Seminars and Final Oral Presentation (30%)
Practical work: NA | Ancillary teaching: NA

Course organiser: Dr Craig Agnor | Course deputy:

Synopsis:
(Available only to 3rd year MSci students) A student will examine a specialised area of physics by directed reading and independent study. S/he will learn to use scientific research literature data bases. S/he will develop the skill of writing a scientific review summarising current knowledge in a field of physics. A student may enrol for this project only with the permission of the Course Organiser for MSci projects.
Aims:
The aim of this course is to give the student the opportunity to study in detail a specialised area of physics by directed reading and independent study including a critical review of literature.
Outcomes:
By the end of the course the student will have: written a review that critically summarise state of the art knowledge in a highly defined area of physics; gained skills in using scientific databases for literature survey; investigated an area of physics of interest to him/herself to a deeper degree than is normally possible in conventional courses.

Juno Champion

The school holds Juno Champion status, the highest award of this IoP scheme to recognise and reward departments that can demonstrate they have taken action to address the under-representation of women in university physics and to encourage better practice for both women and men.