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XX50192: Â鶹´«Ã½ project 1

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Chemistry
Credits: 24      [equivalent to 48 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 480
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CW 80%, OR 20%
Assessment Detail:
  • COURSEWORK (CW 80%)
  • ORAL (OR 20%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Reassessment not allowed
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To plan, conduct and complete an experimental, literature-based or theoretical/ computational project using academic research facilities in the Departments of Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit students should be able to:
* Acquire and critically review technical information on a chemical engineering subject.
* Produce a working programme for the project and carry out their research according to this programme.
* Critically discuss the results generated during the project, evaluate these results in the context of the literature data available.
* Summarise the main project results and suggest directions for further work on the subject. Produce a professional report on their project.

Skills:
Acquisition and critical review of technical information on a subject; laboratory practice and data analysis, advanced experimental and/or computational skills; skills in tackling unresolved scientific and/or engineering problems, report writing; presentation skills. Facilitated/taught and assessed.

Content:
After allocation of the projects students must meet their supervisor/s to discuss the project objectives.
* During the initial project stage in semester 1, students must undertake the necessary background reading, prepare necessary materials, carry out appropriate safety assessments and devise a work programme. At the end of this stage (two weeks) a short preliminary report summarising this work must be submitted to the project supervisor.
* During the second stage of the project, students will carry out research according to their work programme in consultation with their supervisor/s. To complete the work on the project, students will need to produce and submit a detailed report.
Programme availability:

XX50192 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Chemistry

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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