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Final Year Physics Projects 2009-10
Aim & Objectives
All Physics Laboratory Courses within the Department contribute to the
continuing development of the students' practical and project skills,
extending throughout the three/four years of the BSc/MSci degrees.
Collectively the courses have the overall aim of equiping the student
with those practical and project skills which will open up a wide range of
employment opportunities, both in scientific research and development, and in a wider context.
The two-term research projects, PHAS3400 and PHASM201, contribute to this
aim by providing students with the skills needed to plan, execute and present
a complex and open-ended scientific investigation.
At the end of the course the student should have:
- developed the skills and confidence needed to plan and work independently, or with a single partner.
- improved their ability to conduct a complex and open-ended scientific investigation, in an active research environment.
- increased their ability to seek out information as required, from a variety of sources.
- become accustomed to developing ideas through discussion.
- acquired the technical skills required to complete their project.
- have further developed the reporting skills practiced in earlier lab courses,
by distilling their lengthy notebook record
- of the project into a word-processed formal report which is concise but complete.
- have enhanced their presentation skills, by making a full-scale oral presentation
to an audience of academic staff and peers.
General Information
Post-examination period - a list
of projects is made available; students choose partners and projects
(by consulting with relevant supervisors). Having chosen your
project, and obtained the supervisor's agreement, inform the course
coordinator (Dr Mark Ellerby: mark.ellerby@ucl.ac.uk) who will
then flag your choice on the course web pages.
Students who have not managed to
settle a project during the first week of the first term will be
allocated one by the Course Coordinator.
4-th week of the first term -
submission of project outline (see Guidance notes section 8). (19th
October 2009)
Second week of Second Term -(18th
January 2010) submission of progress report (see
Guidance notes section 9) and first inspection of laboratory notebook/logbook,
mainly to provide feedback for students. On the (20st
January 2010) there will be a short progress interview with Dr Mark Ellerby just to see how the project is
progressing.
2nd week of March -
Project Talk (see Guidance notes section 10) ( week beginning 8th
March 2010)
Not later than the last week of the 2nd Term – (Deadline is 30th
March 2010) submission of Project Report (see
Guidance notes section 11).
Work (eg outlines/progress reports/final reports) should be handed in to Sophie Cross(Physics)
, who will date stamp it and pass it on to your supervisor.
Adherence to the above timetable is essential. Work
submitted late will be penalised, at the rate of 2% of the mark
awarded per full working day. Please contact the Projects Coordinator
and Tutor immediately if there are mitigating circumstances that
delay the project.
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Notices
Progress interviews schedule 2009-10
Guide notes 2009-10
Physics Project titles 2009-10
High Energy Physics Project titles 2009-10
Medical Physics Project titles 2009-10(Live early July)
Astronomy Project titles 2009-10
Student safety
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