Description

During their Stage 3 year, the student will plan and then produce a background report that will form the basis for their final year project module (PHYM010). The project supervisor in Exeter will monitor progress and provide guidance by e-mail.

Module Aims

This module aims to ensure that the student has a thorough grasp of the background physics and methods that will be required by the final stage 60 credit MPhys project.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

A student who has passed this module should be able to:

• Module Specific Skills and Knowledge:
  1. demonstrate familiarity with the relevant literature and background physics of the area in which they will work;
  2. locate and filter literature to identify material important and relevant to future work;
• Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge:
  3. read and respond to written technical material;
  4. write and produce a coherent report;
  5. study successfully within the system of an overseas university;
• Personal and Key Transferable / Employment Skills and Knowledge:
  6. manage their own learning;
  7. use images and diagrams to illustrate trechnical material.

Syllabus Plan

During their Stage 3 year, students will spend about 20 days (normally the majority of this work will be undertaken after the period of placement employment has finished) working on identifying relevant material, assimilating and organising it firstly into a report plan and then into an introductory report covering the background physics and likely scope of the project. They will have access to their project supervisor through e-mail and will be expected to provide three reports (after ca 5, 10 and 15 days of work) identifying progress and future goals, and highlighting any particular problems. The completed report plan must be received at Exeter for assessment by the deadline specified in the assessment table. Formative feedback on the report plan will be sent by e-mail to the student within 2 weeks of receiving the report plan at Exeter. The completed report must be received at Exeter for assessment by the deadline specified in the assessment table. Note: students are strongly advised to use LaTeX to prepare their report and to use PDF with embedded fonts and the output format. They should also send a test page containing a few sentences of text, a captioned diagram, a numbered equation, and a couple of reference to their supervisor so that the can inspect and comment on it at an early stage.

Learning and Teaching

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment

Notes:  Refer to the detailed description of the assessment criteria for the plan and report as given in the Physics handbook.

Resources

The following list is offered as an indication of the type & level of information that students are expected to consult. Further guidance will be provided by the Module Instructor(s).

Core text:

• Not applicable

Supplementary texts:

• Not applicable

ELE:

• http://newton.ex.ac.uk/redirects/ELE/phy3307

Further Information

Prior Knowledge Requirements

Re-assessment

Re-assessment is not available except when required by referral or deferral.

Notes: Re-assessment is not available for this module.

KIS Data Summary

Miscellaneous