| Unit name | Industrial Placement with Distance Learning |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYSM0003 |
| Credit points | 120 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Cherns |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Normally 120 credit points at Level I/5 Physics units. In order to progress in a degree programme with Study in Industry or with Industrial Experience (and thus spend Year 3 in industry), a candidate is required to achieve a sufficiently high standard in the major subject, including practical work (normally obtaining assessment marks of at least 60 in the Level I/5 units). |
| Co-requisites |
None. |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit comprises the period spent in an industrial placement, involving work with a company guided on a day-to-day basis by an industrial supervisor and under the general supervision of an academic supervisor, and completion of an industrial project. In addition there is distance learning via monitored independent study of PHYS30030 Core Physics 303.
Aims:
The aim of this unit is to provide students with additional knowledge and skills derived from spending a period in industry as well offering an insight into the use of physics and the experience of physicists in a commercial environment. To their knowledge of physics, the industrial placement will add the discipline of time-management, individual responsibility within team-working, an understanding of commercial pressures and entrepreneurial skills. Students will complete an industrial project of equivalent standard to that taken by students of the MSci in Physics programme.
At the end of the unit the student should have knowledge and understanding of:
Students will maintain regular contact with the Department through an academic supervisor but work full-time (35+ hours per week) at an industrial placement under the management of an Industrial supervisor. Time will be allowed within the placement for some 180 hours of study of academic material outlined by the academic supervisor.
Assessment of the industrial work is on a day-to-day basis by the Industrial supervisor; assessment of placement is by two short reports, the first in week 12 and the second by the 31st of July. The Industrial Project report is also due by 31st of July and is assessed as for PHYSM3000 by both Academic and Industrial supervisors; the distance learning elements are assessed by written examination; an interview is conducted by an Academic panel.
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