Year 2 Lab Work (One Semester)

PHYS20280 Year 2 Lab Work (One Semester) 10 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 2 Paul Walmsley Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 Year 2 Lab Work (One Semester) PHYS20280 (1 semester) For student completing:<ul> <li>BSc/ MMath&Phys Maths with Physics - Semester 3 or 4 depending on option choices</li> <li>BSc/ MPhys Physics with Philosophy - Semester 3 only</li> <li>BSc/Mphys Physics with Theoretical Physics - Semester 3 only</li> <li>BSc/ MPhys Physics with Studies in Europe - Semester 3 - If language requirement satisfied, progress to full year labs</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.The contribution to the final course mark is as follows:Professional Development module (20%)Experiments (52%)Lab reports (joint report 11%, individual report 17% )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 with a 10% penalty if the interview is one day late and a further 5% penalty for each additional day.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 20% of the overall module mark</li></ul>Assessment:The course unit contains the following assessed components (with assessment weighting in brackets):<ul role="list"> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-font="Arial" data-leveltext="•" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":633,"335559991":204,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"•","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="23" role="listitem">Get CV Ready (40%). You will complete the online “Get CV Ready” pathway, on the Careers Service’s “Career Connect” platform. The pathway is designed to help you construct a CV that can then be used as a starting point for applying for placements, internships, jobs, further study etc. Students are required to get a score of 70 on CareerSet (CV checker) to complete the module. Full credit will be given for completing the module otherwise you will receive a mark of zero. Students should aim to complete the work for this in week 1 (when there is no lab) but must be completed by the end of week 2 at the latest. </li> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-font="Arial" data-leveltext="•" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":633,"335559991":204,"469769226":"Arial","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"•","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-listid="23" role="listitem">Improve Your Scientific Writing (60%). This component contains 3 tasks to help you develop your academic writing skills: an online writing skills module; writing a short essay (2 pages maximum) on a set physics topic; peer marking 3 other essays. The deadline for completing the writing skills and essay tasks is the end of week 6. Peer marking is anonymous and completed on Blackboard. Essays will be made available for marking at the start of week 10 and marking must be completed by 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 and Outcomes from the <a href="http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=40484">handbook </a> 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 66 0 28