| Unit name | Laboratory Skills 2 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYSM3414 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Nick Brook |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None, |
| Co-requisites |
None. |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit will give students hands-on experience with laboratory and research-type project work, at an advanced level. Such skills will be beneficial for subsequent research projects and for future employment. In this unit, practical skills are developed, concentrating specifically on gaining experience of modern instrumental techniques, learning to solve advanced experimental problems, developing fault-finding and correction skills, and presenting and interpreting data in a scientific report. Students work in pairs with and academic supervisor and will be choose an experiment from a range of options. The unit is assessed on experimental work, an interview, and a written report.
Aims:
By the end of this unit students will be able to:
Students work in pairs on a single experiment, and are advised by an academic who introduces and oversees the experiment. Final reports are written individually with advice on style and structure from the academic advisor.
Students are assessed by the experiment advisor, and an academic assessor. The advisor assesses the students based on their day-to-day work, the lab book and an interview with the students (also attended by the assessor) for 50% of the unit mark. The assessor marks the lab report for 50% of the unit marks. The coordinator moderates the marks.
Material appropriate to the specific experiment will be provided.
