Module Identifier

PH25520

Module Title

EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS

Academic Year

2008/2009

Co-ordinator

Dr Martin C Wilding

Semester

Semester 2

Co-Requisite

PH24010

Pre-Requisite

Core Physics Modules at Level 1

Course Delivery

Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Practical	96 Hours. Laboratory. 22 laboratory classes (4 hours each)

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Course Work: Laboratory Diary	20%
Semester Assessment	Course Work: Formal Report, Deadline:- Week 11	50%
Semester Assessment	Oral Presentation	20%
Semester Assessment	semester assessment Fortran assignments	10%
Supplementary Assessment	As determined by Departmental Examination Board.	100%

Learning Outcomes

After taking this module students should:

be able to plan and perform an experiment with minimal input from teaching staff, utilising skills developed in previous modules.

Brief description

Students are provided with a practical problem and in small groups attempt to solve the problem by designing and peforming suitable expeiments of their own design.

Content

Students will be required to undertake practical experiments.

Reading List

A small library of appropriate books is kept in the Part 2 Laboratory. Primo search

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 5