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Physics and Astronomy Handbook

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
  Chronological List of Changes
  • Strategic Plan and Mission Statements
  • Academic Management Systems
    • About this Handbook
    • University Student Information
    • Quality Systems
• UNDERGRADUATE STUDY
  • Introduction to Undergraduate Study and Physics
  • The Academic Year
    • Academic Week Numbers
    • Credit Accumulation and Transfer
    • Modules
    • Problems Classes
    • Examination Timetable
  • Attendance Requirements
    • Digital Check-In
    • How Attendance Data Will be Used
    • Reporting Illness
    • Permitted Absences
  • Lines of Communication
    • Communications Between the Department and Students
    • Communications About Students with Third-Parties
  • Timetable Information
  • Effective Studying
    • Conventional Modes of Teaching and Learning
    • How to Succeed as a Student
    • Advice for International Students
  • Recommended Physics Textbooks
• UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
  • Module Descriptors
  • Programme Specifications
  • Stage 1 of Physics Programmes
    • Induction Period for Stage 1 Physics Students
      • Welcome Week
    • Stage 1 Tutorial Support
    • Stage 1 Problems Classes
      • Introduction
      • Organisation
      • Schedule of Problems
    • Stage 1 Maths Problems Classes
    • Stage 1 Laboratory
  • Stage 2 of Physics Programmes
    • Stage 2 Tutorial Support
    • Stage 2 Physics Problems Classes
      • Introduction
      • Organisation
      • Schedule of Problems
    • Stage 2 Maths Problems Classes
    • Stage 2 Laboratory
      • Attendance
      • Assessment Procedures
      • Assessment Criteria
  • Stage 3 of BSc Programmes
    • Stage 3 BSc Tutorial Support
    • BSc Stage 3 Projects
      • Allocation of Projects
      • Project Work and Notebook
      • Oral Presentations
      • Formal Project-Reports
      • Poster Presentations
    • BSc Stage 3 Group Industrial Project (Option)
      • Background
      • Organisation and Management
      • Information For Clients Proposing Projects
      • Information For Students Undertaking Projects
  • Stage 3 of Programmes with a Professional Placement
    • Stage 3 of Programmes with a Professional Placement
    • Placement Projects - Assignments and Marking Criteria
  • Stage 3 of Programmes With Study Abroad
    • Prioritisation and Transfers
    • Study Abroad Host Locations
    • Pre-Departure Briefing Meetings
    • The Cost of the Year Abroad
    • Assessment of Study Abroad
    • Portfolios of Student Work
  • Stages 3 and 4 of MPhys Programmes
    • Stage 3 MPhys Tutorial Support
    • Stage 4 MPhys Tutorial Support
    • MPhys Stage 3/4 Projects
      • Allocation of Projects
      • Assessment Procedures
      • Role of Supervisor in Checking Work to Be Assessed
      • Health and Safety
      • Background Review and Project Proposal
      • Project Work
      • Project Work at the End of Stage 3
      • Prohibition on Project Work During the Summer Vacation
      • Poster Presentation
      • Final Report
    • Assessment of MPhys Projects
      • Assessment of MPhys Introductory Presentations
      • Assessment of MPhys Introductory Report
      • Assessment of Physics Project Work and Notebooks
      • Assessment of MPhys Poster Presentations
      • Assessment of MPhys Final Reports
    • Stage 3/4 Workshop Training
  • One Year Programmes for International Undergraduate Students
    • European Student Exchanges Under the Socrates-Erasmus Scheme
    • North American Student Exchanges
    • Fees
    • Credits and Levels
    • Selecting Modules
    • Marks, Grade Conversion and Transcripts
    • Accommodation
  • Double Degree Programmes for European Students
  • Module-Specific Assessment Criteria
    • PHY3064 Nanostructures and Graphene Science
    • PHYM004 Computational Physics and Modelling
  • Quality and Accreditation of Programmes and Awards
    • Accreditation of the Undergraduate Physics Programmes
• FACILITIES
  • Access to Books, Libraries and Study Areas
    • Module Texts and Supplementary Texts
    • University Library Services
    • Student Study Areas
  • Information Technology
    • Computing and Information Technology Facilities
      • Personal WWW Pages
      • Email
      • VPN Access
      • The Physics MacCluster Computers
        • Physics MacCluster User's Guide
      • Printing Facilities
      • Other Computer Facilities in the Physics Building
    • Rules
      • Summary of University Regulations
      • Rules for Use of Computing Facilities
    • Using
      • Latest News about Computing Facilities
      • I.T. Services - Systems, Services and Training
  • Exeter Learning Environment (ELE)
    • Introduction to ELE
    • Quickstart Guide
    • Further Information
• STUDENT SUPPORT
  • Advice and Assistance for Students
    • Help with Academic, Health or Personal Problems
    • Education Support Office
    • Help with Study Skills
    • Students with Mitigating Circumstances
    • Students with Disabilities
    • Interruption and Voluntary Withdrawal
    • Support for Students Who Fail Modules
    • Complaints Procedures
  • Undergraduate Tutorials
    • Physics Tutorials
    • Common Guidelines for Undergraduate Tutorials
      • Tutorial Record Sheet
      • Personal Development Planning
      • Students with Individual Learning Plans
      • Students on Report
      • Students Repeating a Stage
      • Assistance with Assessed Work
      • Procedure for Changing Tutors
    • Tutorial Support for Flexible Combined Honours Students
  • Quickstart Guide to Personal Development Planning
  • Employability and Careers
    • Provisional Schedule of Employability-Enhancing Activities
    • Graduate Employment
    • Vacation Employment for Physics Undergraduates
    • International Summer Schools for Undergraduates
    • Voluntary Work
    • Postgraduate Degrees
    • The Exeter Award
    • Preparing a CV
    • References
  • Peer Support for Physics Undergraduates
• PROCEDURES
  • Submission of Work, Cheating and Plagiarism
    • Submission of Work
    • Formatting, Binding and Word-Counts
    • References
    • Using BART for Submission of Assessed Work
    • Penalties for Late Submission of Work
    • Penalties for Cheating and Plagiarism
    • Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Mitigating Circumstances
    • Mitigating Circumstances Procedures
    • Claim Forms, Medical Certificates, and other Evidence
  • [University] Medical Certificates - Guidelines for Departments
  • Conduct of Examinations and Tests
    • Taking Examinations and Tests
      • Invigilation
      • Scripts/Legibility
      • Calculators
    • Use of Calculators in Examinations and Tests
      • List of approved calculator models
      • List of rejected calculator models
  • Choosing or Changing a Programme of Study
    • Transfers Between Single Honours Degree Programmes
    • Transfers from Combined Honours
    • Mathematics Modules
    • Options and Electives
    • University Deadlines for Changes to Option Choices
    • Credit Totals
  • Physics Electives for Other Disciplines
  • Setting and Marking Exams
    • Setting Schedule and Deadlines
    • Examination Security
    • Guidelines For Setting Exams
      • Rubrics
      • Marking Criteria
      • Solutions and Hints for Physics Examinations
      • Style of Deferred/Referred Examinations
    • Examination Templates
    • Secure Transfer of Examinations
    • Guidelines For Checking Examination Papers
    • Review By External Examiners
    • Marking, Data Entry, and Checking of Examination Scripts
  • Procedures for Handling Missing Marks
  • Annual Monitoring of Programmes and Modules
    • Modules
    • Review and Planning/Briefing Meetings
    • Programmes
  • Peer Observation of Teaching
    • Rationale
    • Participants
    • Procedure
  • Procedures for Ethics-Approval of Research and Teaching
  • Procedure for Approval of Amendments to Programmes and Modules
  • Module Descriptors
  • Creating and Editing Module Descriptors
  • Staff Visits to 'with Study Abroad' Host Institutions
    • Before You Leave
    • Visits - Suggested Agenda and Checklist
• ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT
  • Student Representation and Participation
    • Department Student/Staff Liaison Committee
    • Questionnaires
    • Feedback via Tutors
    • Student Societies
    • College Student/Staff Liaison Group
  • Terms of Reference for Department Committees
    • Education Committee
    • Staff/Student Liaison Committee
    • Examination Boards
    • Mitigation Committee
  • Schedule for Release of Undergraduate Results
    • Physics - All Stages
  • Academic Administrative Responsibilities
  • Academic Management Role Descriptions
  • Postgraduate Teaching Associate (PTA) Roles
  • Maths Problems Classes - Demonstrator Guidelines
  • SWARM - Staff Workload and Research Monitoring
• POLICIES
  • Progression and Assessment
    • Assessment Conventions for Taught Programmes
      • Programmes of Study Covered
      • Pass Marks for Modules
      • Condonement
      • Progression and Summative Assessment
      • Reassessment
      • Weighting
      • Classification of Undergraduate Degrees
    • Assessment and Feedback Strategies
      • General Principles
      • Marking Strategy
      • Feedback Strategy
    • Assessment Procedures
      • Reporting of Marks
      • Role of the External Examiners
      • Prizes and Commendations
      • Disclosure of Marks
    • Consequences of Failure
    • Academic Appeals Procedure
  • Mark Scaling Policy and Procedures
  • Assessment Norms
    • Physics Modules
  • Group-Work and Assessment
  • Code of Practice for Retention of Work
  • Code of Practice for Teaching and Learning
  • Safety Policy and Procedures
    • General Statement of Department Safety Policy
    • Accident Record Book
    • First Aid
    • Laser Safety and Ionising-Radiation Safety
  • Code of Practice for Support of Part-Time Teachers
  • Code of Practice for Linking of Teaching and Research
  • Legal Claims Brought Against the University
• USEFUL LINKS
  • [Department] Colloquium Programme
  • [Department] Software for PHY and PAM Modules
  • [CEMPS] Intranet
  • [CEMPS] Postgraduate Research Students
  • [University] Copyright
  • [University] Data Protection
  • [University] Equality and Diversity Policy
  • [University] Financial Handbook
  • [University] General Information for Employees
  • [University] Research Funding Information
    • Research Funding Newsletter
    • The Essential Guide to... Grant Application and Administration
    • Academic and Related Salary Scales
  • [University] Strategy Document
  • [University] Teaching Quality Assurance Manual
  • [External] Accessible Curricula, Good Practice For All [pdf]
  • [External] Copyright Licensing Agency
  • [External] The Higher Education Academy