Year 2 Lab Work (All Yr)

PHYS20180 Year 2 Lab Work (All Yr) 20 Full year Undergraduate Level 2 Andrew Markwick Unit coordinator Department of Physics & Astronomy 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 Second Year Laboratory (Core) PHYS20180 (full year) course is for For students completing:<ul> <li>BSc/ MPhys Physics</li> <li>BSc/ MPhys Physics with Astrophysics</li> <li>MPhys Physics with Studies in Europe who have satisfied the language requirement.</li></ul> Classes:One day per week on either Tuesday or Friday throughout the session. Laboratory times are 10.00-5.00.Attendance is obligatory. Organisation:The second year teaching laboratory is located on the fourth floor and hosts experiments on general physics, electricity and magnetism, optics, vacuum and astrophysics.  Nuclear physics experiments are located on the second floor and the electronics laboratory is on the third floor.The laboratory unit includes Amplifiers and Feedback PHYS20181E f appropriate for a particular degree programme PHYS20811.Experiments taking place in the teaching laboratories normally last for three weeks, and will be supervised by a demonstrator with a small group of students. There will be opportunities to ask questions, examine the equipment and make suggestions for measurements. There are other experiments that can be conducted remotely (without attending the teaching laboratory) and these will also have a three week duration. Several Laboratory Reports are required to be submitted during the year (four reports for PHYS20180). Submission dates will be posted well in advance and reports that are submitted after the deadline will be penalised in accordance with University policy.How components are weighted for PHYS20180:Professional Development  module (10%)Experiments (58%)Lab reports (joint reports 13%, individual reports 19%) Assessment:Student performance on each experiment is assessed by the demonstrator/supervisor during the course of the experiment and by a final interview. Assessment takes into account: physics understanding, quality of data analysis, error analysis and quality of notes in Laboratory Notebook. For some of the experiments the interview includes a short oral presentation.To pass this unit, students must obtain 40% overall; and have completed and been assessed in experiments corresponding to 50% or more of the scheduled days for lab experiments, each with a mark of 40% or more excluding late penalties; and have submitted one individual lab report per semester of lab assessed at 40% or more excluding late penalties. Students in danger of failing due to lab reports or experiments will be notified by the lab tutor during the semester when this becomes apparent, and will be directed to remedial action that needs to be taken. This may include completion of experimental work during the semester at a time consistent with their timetable. Students who are failing at the end of the year due to lab reports may be required to submit reports or other work as directed. Students who are failing at the end of the year due to non-completion of experiments will fail laboratory on work and attendance. Students with mitigating circumstances will be dealt with by the MCC who may vary the above provisions as appropriate.Late submissions of lab. reports: The standard penalties as detailed in Section 10.1 of the UG Handbook will apply.Late interviews:  Late penalties will be incurred if an interview is not completed within one week after the end of the experiment (i.e. revert to the usual interview window). Interviews on S3 experiments must be completed by the end of week 1 of S4 or they will receive a mark of zero. Similarly interviews on S4 experiments must be completed by the end of week 13.Students must satisfy the laboratory work and attendance requirements and obtain a pass (i.e. at least 40%) in order to proceed to the third year. Laboratory facilities are not available for resits. A student who has failed may be permitted to submit further assessments, based on laboratory work already carried out, if these are needed to satisfy work and attendance requirements or to pass.Amplifiers and Feedback:Classes: 2 two-hour lectures and 3 days laboratory in S3. Each laboratory session will be preceded by a lecture describing the theoretical details of the experiments.Assessment: Laboratory interview on completion of the course. The credit rating is part of the laboratory credit rating.PHYS20181F Professional Development<ul> <li>PHYS20181F Professional Development is a compulsory module for all second year undergraduates in the Department of Physics and Astronomy</li> <li>Professional Development runs in semester 3</li> <li>The sub-module is worth 10% of overall module mark</li></ul>Assessment: The course unit contains the following assessed components (with assessment weighting in brackets):<ul> <li>Academic Writing Skills module (10%). This is an online module, designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. The deadline for completing this module is week 3</li> <li>Short physics essay (60%). You will need to write a short (800-1000 word) essay on a physics-related subject and upload it to Blackboard. The deadline for submitting your essay is the end of week 6</li> <li>Short presentation (20%). You will also need to give a short presentation on your essay topic (7 mins talk + 3 mins Q&A). Presentations will take place in personal tutor groups.  This session can take place in week 7 or 8  </li> <li>Essay peer marking (10%). Students will be allocated 3 essays that they will need to mark and give feedback. The marking process is anonymous and is completed online (on Blackboard). Essays will be made available for marking at the start of week 10 and the deadline for completing the marking is the end of week 11</li></ul> To be able to identify hazards associated with an experiment to minimise risks.Demonstrate ability to think more widely than a given laboratory script, e.g., design an extension to an experiment in consultation with a demonstrator.Demonstrate technical competence in adjustment, calibration and use of experimental apparatus.Keep full and careful records of all measurements and analysis in a laboratory notebook.Critically evaluate the results of an experiment.Describe the sources of random and systematic error calculating their effects on the resultsMake connections between fundamental principles and laws from across courses to explain experimental findings.Describe experiments clearly and concisely in informal verbal presentations, defending procedures and analysis.Describe experiments clearly and concisely in a formal written report using a ‘template’ that defines the Department’s preferred style. Please also refer to the Lab Learning Outcomes in the <a href="http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=40484">handbook</a> Amplifiers and Feedback:To understand how analogue signals may be amplified, manipulated and generated in a controlled manner, and how they may be interfaced to digital systems for subsequent processing.   Amplifiers and Feedback:On completion successful students will be able to:1. To learn the behaviour of an ideal amplifier under negative feedback (positive) feedback.2. To be able to apply this to simple amplifier, summer, integrator, phase shifters and oscillator.3. To test the limitations of a real amplifier.4. To describe basic methods of analogue-to-digital conversion (ADC)      Amplifiers and Feedback:1. Elementary circuit theory – discrete components, Kirchoffs laws and complex analysis2. Semiconductor amplifiers – real and ideal systems3. Positive feedback, oscillators and control loops4. Analogue-to-digital conversion <h4 class="ui header" style="border-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);font-family:"Segoe UI", Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:1.1rem !important;line-height:1.28571em;margin:-0.142857em 0px 1rem;padding:0px;scrollbar-color:auto;text-transform:none;">CUIP Teaching Methods</h4><div class="ui grid" style="-webkit-box-align:stretch;-webkit-box-direction:normal;-webkit-box-orient:horizontal;align-items:stretch;box-sizing:inherit;display:flex;flex-flow:wrap;margin:-1rem;padding:0px;scrollbar-color:auto;"><div class="five wide column" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);display:inline-block;font-family:"Segoe UI", Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;padding:1rem;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top;white-space:normal;widows:2;width:333.854px;word-spacing:0px;"><figure class="table" style="width:305.854px;"><table class="ui table" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);border-collapse:separate;border-radius:0.285714rem;border-spacing:0px;border:1px solid rgba(34, 36, 38, 0.15);box-shadow:none;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);font-size:1em;margin:0px;scrollbar-color:auto;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;" id="teaching_table"><thead class="mobile hidden" style="box-shadow:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:inherit;"><tr style="box-sizing:inherit;"><th style="background-color:rgb(249, 250, 251);border-bottom:1px solid rgba(34, 36, 38, 0.1);border-left-style:none;border-radius:0.285714rem 0px 0px;border-right-color:!important;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);cursor:auto;padding:0.928571em 0.785714em;text-align:inherit;text-transform:none;transition:background 0.1s, color 0.1s;vertical-align:inherit;">Activity</th><th class="right aligned" style="background-color:rgb(249, 250, 251);border-bottom:1px solid rgba(34, 36, 38, 0.1);border-left-style:none;border-radius:0px 0.285714rem 0px 0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);cursor:auto;padding:0.928571em 0.785714em;text-align:right;text-transform:none;transition:background 0.1s, color 0.1s;vertical-align:inherit;">Hours</th></tr></thead><tbody style="box-sizing:inherit;counter-reset:numdivcounter 0;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:inherit;"><tr style="box-sizing:inherit;"><td style="border-right-color:!important;border-top-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.785714em;text-align:inherit;transition:background 0.1s, color 0.1s;">Assessment practical exam</td><td class="right aligned" style="border-top-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.785714em;text-align:right;transition:background 0.1s, color 0.1s;">6</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit;"><td style="border-right-color:!important;border-top:1px solid rgba(34, 36, 38, 0.1);box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.785714em;text-align:inherit;transition:background 0.1s, color 0.1s;">Independent study</td><td class="right aligned" style="border-top:1px solid rgba(34, 36, 38, 0.1);box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.785714em;text-align:right;transition:background 0.1s, color 0.1s;">68</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit;"><td style="border-right-color:!important;border-top:1px solid rgba(34, 36, 38, 0.1);box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.785714em;text-align:inherit;transition:background 0.1s, color 0.1s;">Practical classes & workshops</td><td class="right aligned" style="border-top:1px solid rgba(34, 36, 38, 0.1);box-sizing:inherit;padding:0.785714em;text-align:right;transition:background 0.1s, color 0.1s;">126</td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div></div>   8 Practical skills assessment 100%  Lab: Students will be able to ask questions and will receive guidance (including an initial introduction) throughout the experiment.   During interviews, advice on how to improve the measurement, analysis and presentation of results will be given orally and also written on the assessment sheets, copies of which will be given to the student.   In written reports, detailed comments on how the report might be improved are written on the reports. More general comments are written on the marked sheets, copies of which are returned to the students along with the marked reports. Students are strongly encouraged to contact the markers, when any written comments can be elaborated upon. PHYS10180 Year 1 Lab Work (All Yr) Pre-Requisite Compulsory PHYS10280 Year 1 Lab Work (One Semester) Pre-Requisite Compulsory N Assessment practical exam 6 Practical classes & workshops 126 0 68