| Unit name | Industrial Placement |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYS39002 |
| Credit points | 120 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Fox |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Normally 120 credit points of level I/5 Physics units. |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit comprises the period BSc students spend in an industrial placement, involving work with a company guided on a day-to-day basis by an industrial supervisor and under the general supervision of an academic supervisor.
The aim of this unit is to provide students with additional knowledge and skills derived from spending a period in industry as well offering an insight into the use of physics and the experience of physicists in a commercial environment. To their knowledge of physics, the industrial placement will add the discipline of time-management, individual responsibility within team-working, an understanding of commercial pressures and entrepreneurial skills. Students will complete an industrial project of equivalent standard to that taken by students of the MSci in Physics programme.
Students will maintain regular contact with the Department through an academic supervisor but work full-time (35+ hours per week) at an industrial placement under the management of an Industrial supervisor.
Formative Assessment:
Assessment of the industrial work is on a day-to-day basis by the Industrial supervisor; assessment of placement is by two reports and oral presentations, the first in week 12 and the second by the 31st of July.
Summative Assessment:
The Industrial Project report is due by 31st of July and is assessed by both Academic and Industrial supervisors; an interview is conducted by an Academic panel for moderation.
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