Unit name | Industrial Placement for Chemical Physics with Distance Learning |
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Unit code | CHEM30025 |
Credit points | 120 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Fox |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
CHEM20009 Core Concepts in Chemistry for Chemical Physics |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
School/department | School of Chemistry |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Why is this unit important?
This unit will provide you with the experience of working in an industrial environment to provide you with skills you will use in a career as a professional chemical physicist, or in an area of employment requiring the skills of scientific reasoning, critical evaluation and numeracy.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
You will use laboratory techniques you have learned in your previous two years of study which can be employed to face new challenging experiments where you can learn to research and choose appropriate techniques for a given problem and work independently, managing your own time. This placement aims to provide an advanced understanding and knowledge of an area of chemical physics, reinforcing and building on year 2 material and laying the basis to enable progress to independent work and academic study in the final year.
An overview of content
The unit comprises a year spent on an industrial placement with a chemistry or physics company. The major part of the year is spent carrying out a research project under the supervision of a member of staff of the Company and a member of staff from the School of Chemistry. You will also undertake coursework consisting of distance learning of selected lecture courses in chemistry and physics.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
At the end of this unit, students should be able to:
Learning Outcomes
Much teaching will be provided 'on the job' by members of staff at the company. Formal academic teaching will be entirely by distance learning using e-learning methods with full access to the core teaching material delivered at Bristol via a VLE.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
Formative tasks will be delivered in the industrial setting and will involve onsite training at the start of the project as well as opportunities to hone report writing and presentation skills throughout.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
You will be assessed on your industrial placement through a final written report and oral presentation. This component will contribute 75% of the unit mark.
The distance-learning component will account for 25% of the unit mark. You must pass this distance-learning component to receive credit for the unit. The distance-learning component introduces essential topics in both Chemistry and Physics relevant for Chemical Physics students.
When assessment does not go to plan
Reassessment of the industrial placement is not possible. If you who are unable to complete this unit, you will be transferred to the third year of the parallel BSc or MSci Chemical Physics programmes.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. CHEM30025).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.