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
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
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
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 |
|---|---|
| Completion of assessment task | 105 |
| Wider reading or practice | 45 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Poster Presentation | 20% |
| Scripted Experiments | 64% |
| Micro-project | 16% |
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