Module overview
A wide variety of physics topics is covered, showing the experimental evidence underlying a number of topics in physics encountered in lecture courses and textbooks. Students are also introduced to techniques they might encounter in a physics-related career.
Linked modules
Pre-requisite: (PHYS3004 and PHYS3007 and PHYS3008) or PHYS3002
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- To have improved their presentation and communication skills through writing a report, delivering a paper and participating in a poster session
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- To have achieved the specific learning outcomes listed for each topic in the course manual
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- To have further developed their general laboratory skills such as planning, observation, record keeping, processing and interpreting results
Syllabus
A wide variety of physics topics is covered. These currently include:
- High Temperature Superconductors, Preparation and Characterisation
- X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray fluorescence
- High Resolution Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
- Scintillation Counter Telescope
- Dielectric constant of gases
- Refractive index of gases
- YAG Laser
- Laser Doppler Anemometry
- Fluorescence of laser glasses
- Computational Modelling Analysis of astronomical data
- Measurement of fundamental constants
Learning and Teaching
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Wider reading or practice | 45 |
| Completion of assessment task | 105 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Assessment
Assessment strategy
The 4 scripted experiments are each assessed by a staff demonstrator and a 30 minute viva.
The Micro-project is assessed by a staff demonstrator.
Referral Method: There is no referral opportunity for this syllabus in same academic year.
The Poster presentation is assessed by a panel including staff and postgraduate demonstrators.
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Micro-project | 16% |
| Poster Presentation | 20% |
| Scripted Experiments | 64% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework marks carried forward | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework marks carried forward | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External