Unit name | Computing Skills |
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Unit code | PHYSM3415 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. Nick Brook |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None, |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Physics |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit will give students hands-on experience with performing computational physics related tasks. In this unit, computational skills are developed, with an emphasis on manipulating, analysing and presenting scientific data, and also simulation of experimental data. Students work in pairs and the unit is self-directed against a work-sheet of problems, with hands-on guidance from demonstrators and with a final computational project, which is carried out independently.
Aims:
By the end of this unit students will be able to:
The students work in a self-directed way through a set list of problems, with demonstrators available in the computer laboratory for drop-in assistance for set hours each week. Problems must be completed to a time-table. The final computational project is then carried out individually.
Assessment is based on marking of the set problems (40%) done in pairs during the six weekly drop in sessions. These will be marked by postgraduate demonstrators and moderated by the academic coordinator, and will provide formative assessment, with feedback given to the students before the final exercise. The final exercise (60%) will be completed by the students, working independently, during a three week period after the end of the six scheduled weekly drop-in sessions. The final exercise will be marked by the academic coordinator, with the primary assessment based on whether the programme is fit for purpose (i.e. performs the set task correctly).
Material appropriate to the unit is publicised on the web-pages for this unit.