PVB304 Physics Research
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| Unit code: | PVB304 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | PVB301 or (PVB204 and admission to SV02 Physics Major) |
| Equivalent(s): | PQB651 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,037 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $5,016 |
| International unit fee | $4,992 |
Summer:
| Dates | Start 19 Nov 2023 End 22 Feb 2024 |
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| Restrictions | Nil. Cross institutional and single unit students permitted with faculty approval. |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2023, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | PVB304 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | PVB301 or (PVB204 and admission to SV02 Physics Major) |
| Equivalent: | PQB651 |
| Coordinators: | Jennifer MacLeod | jennifer.macleod@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is the capstone unit for the Physics course, which gives you the opportunity to engage in real-world physics research. Students will undertake a project in which they explore computational and/or experimental approaches to generating new understanding in active research areas, and summarize their findings through scholarly writing and presentations. This unit provides students with the chance to develop their skills around gathering data, interpreting data, assessing uncertainties and presenting results in a clear and compelling way, helping them to develop skills that are required in both industry and academic contexts. This unit builds on all the previous learning in the Physics course, and enables students to draw on their developed expertise and to apply it to a well-defined research problem.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Ability to produce a written report using a structure and style similar to that required for scientific publication and presentation of a concise and accurate oral justification of your research (with peer or expert review).
- Assess the context or impact of a research topic both within the discipline of physics and the broader socio-cultural community in which the research may be applied.
- Practical skills and critical appraisal in relation to experimental work in physics including discipline appropriate digital technologies.
- Ethical scientific practice through rigorous data and error analysis of your experimental data.
- Effective oral and written communication skills to convey scientific information and form a scientific argument.
Content
Throughout the semester you will undertake an extended project under the supervision of an academic staff member. The total time required for your project work in this unit will be approximately 150 hours. Approximately 25-50 hours will be spent 'hands on' while the rest of the time will be spent on background reading, analysis of results and writing reports. It should be noted that some experiments will require less 'hands on' but more background reading and analysis of results.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you learn scientific research, presentation and writing through experimental and/or theoretical research work. Lectures will be provided on a range of topics. The remainder of the time you will spend on experimental design, data collection, data analysis and report preparation. These activities will take place under the supervision of an academic staff member who will monitor and give you feedback on your progress at critical points in the work. There will also be opportunities for peer review of each other's experimental work.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Written and oral feedback will be provided on your progress for the experimental reports documenting your research according to criteria sheets throughout the semester. You will have opportunities for oral and written feedback from peers and academics on drafts of key areas of your research paper as it progresses.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment includes one report on your experimental/theoretical work and a final research paper and oral presentation of your project.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Workbook
The workbook will comprise regular entries in which the student will document progress on the capstone project, and respond to specific prompts to describe context, approach, uncertainty handling and other aspects of the work.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Research Paper
Experimental Report in the format of a research paper
Prepare a written paper in scientific style and format
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Viva voce
Present a brief oral summary to your peers and academics on your research that includes the broader socio-cultural impacts or context and to respond to questions from the audience.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Appropriate texts including relevant online and peer reviewed publications will be provided by project supervisors.
Risk Assessment Statement
You may undertake some lectures in classrooms and lecture theatres, and additionally lectures will be prerecorded and offered online. There are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
If you undertake a project, either individually or in a group, you may in conjunction with your QUT project supervisor, be required to complete and submit a Risk Assessment of your project activities in MAPS (Management and Assessment of Project Safety) for approval. For further information go to Health, safety and environment for research students - QUT Students
Additionally, if you undertake an industry project, either individually or in a group, you must ensure that the QUT project partner agreement is completed, respect confidentiality, be aware of any intellectual property requirements for the project and comply with workplace health and safety requirements, (either at QUT or at worksite). For further information please refer to the Work Integrated Learning - QUT Students webpage.
Unit Outline: Summer 2023, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | PVB304 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | PVB301 or (PVB204 and admission to SV02 Physics Major) |
| Equivalent: | PQB651 |
| Coordinators: | Nunzio Motta | n.motta@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is the capstone unit for the Physics course, which gives you the opportunity to engage in real-world physics research. Students will undertake a project in which they explore computational and/or experimental approaches to generating new understanding in active research areas, and summarize their findings through scholarly writing and presentations. This unit provides students with the chance to develop their skills around gathering data, interpreting data, assessing uncertainties and presenting results in a clear and compelling way, helping them to develop skills that are required in both industry and academic contexts. This unit builds on all the previous learning in the Physics course, and enables students to draw on their developed expertise and to apply it to a well-defined research problem.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Ability to produce a written report using a structure and style similar to that required for scientific publication and presentation of a concise and accurate oral justification of your research (with peer or expert review).
- Assess the context or impact of a research topic both within the discipline of physics and the broader socio-cultural community in which the research may be applied.
- Practical skills and critical appraisal in relation to experimental work in physics including discipline appropriate digital technologies.
- Ethical scientific practice through rigorous data and error analysis of your experimental data.
- Effective oral and written communication skills to convey scientific information and form a scientific argument.
Content
Throughout the semester you will undertake an extended project under the supervision of an academic staff member. The total time required for your project work in this unit will be approximately 150 hours. Approximately 25-50 hours will be spent 'hands on' while the rest of the time will be spent on background reading, analysis of results and writing reports. It should be noted that some experiments will require less 'hands on' but more background reading and analysis of results.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you learn scientific research, presentation and writing through experimental and/or theoretical research work. Lectures will be provided on a range of topics. The remainder of the time you will spend on experimental design, data collection, data analysis and report preparation. These activities will take place under the supervision of an academic staff member who will monitor and give you feedback on your progress at critical points in the work. There will also be opportunities for peer review of each other's experimental work.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Written and oral feedback will be provided on your progress for the experimental reports documenting your research according to criteria sheets throughout the semester. You will have opportunities for oral and written feedback from peers and academics on drafts of key areas of your research paper as it progresses.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment includes one report on your experimental/theoretical work and a final research paper and oral presentation of your project.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Workbook
The workbook will comprise regular entries in which the student will document progress on the capstone project, and respond to specific prompts to describe context, approach, uncertainty handling and other aspects of the work.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Research Paper
Experimental Report in the format of a research paper
Prepare a written paper in scientific style and format
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Viva voce
Present a brief oral summary to your peers and academics on your research that includes the broader socio-cultural impacts or context and to respond to questions from the audience.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Appropriate texts including relevant online and peer reviewed publications will be provided by project supervisors.
Risk Assessment Statement
You may undertake some lectures in classrooms and lecture theatres, and additionally lectures will be prerecorded and offered online. There are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
If you undertake a project, either individually or in a group, you may in conjunction with your QUT project supervisor, be required to complete and submit a Risk Assessment of your project activities in MAPS (Management and Assessment of Project Safety) for approval. For further information go to Health, safety and environment for research students - QUT Students
Additionally, if you undertake an industry project, either individually or in a group, you must ensure that the QUT project partner agreement is completed, respect confidentiality, be aware of any intellectual property requirements for the project and comply with workplace health and safety requirements, (either at QUT or at worksite). For further information please refer to the Work Integrated Learning - QUT Students webpage.