Oral Presentation -20%
Coursework - 80%
Part-time students: Same as for full time students

All students undertake an Extended Project.

Full-time students undertake the Extended Project from Week 12 to end of Semester 1. Part-time students undertake the Extended Project during Semester 1 of their second year.
Part-time (1 year) PGCert students may undertake the Extended Project over the Summer period between June and September in Year 1.

The work is assessed as follows:

Oral presentation
Students present a ‘project talk’ (10 minutes duration + 5 minutes for questions) to the Radiation and Environmental Protection class during Semester 2.

Project write-up
A write up of no more than 25 pages in total, including title page, brief abstract, text, diagrams and references must be submitted. Supervisors will give guidance on the layout of the project and the first draft of material where appropriate.

This module provides an introduction to research and serves as a preparation for the MSc dissertation project.

After completing this module, the student should be able to:

Module Specific Skills:
¿ Application of research techniques to demonstrate problem solving ability, critical analysis and (where possible) original research of relevance to radiation physics work
¿ Perform a literature search
¿ Give a scientific presentation
¿ Write a scientific report

Discipline Specific Skills:
¿ Time management
¿ Report writing
¿ IT skills and communication

Personal and Key Skills:
¿ Oral and written presentation

This module is assessed via the presentation of a short dissertation (25 pages max) and an oral presentation (as part of the Extended Project Presentation Day). Full marks for the oral presentation will be equivalent to 20 % of the total marks available in assessment of this module. Full marks for the project write-up will be equivalent to 80% of the total marks available in assessment of this module.

13th January 2010