Latest Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026
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Description To enhance your practical skills in performing experiments with a focus on advanced physics concepts. To conduct an extended experimental investigation, student will select a scientific topic/area of interest and investigate it fully.To develop student scientific and experimental skills,e.g. laboratory techniques, recording observations and inferences, data analysis and synthesis, and communicating and presenting findings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of advanced physics topics 2. Develop and implement laboratory experiments to address a research question 3. Apply appropriate safe laboratory practices 4. Carry out appropriate background reading in the literature to inform a research question or to identify student difficulties 5. Identify connections between experiment and theory for key intermediate level physics concepts 6. Examine experimental results critically to draw conclusions and inform further work 7. Present physics investigations both orally and in written formats in a cohesive manner 8. Reflect on the learning of physics through laboratory investigations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Physics Laboratory manual Journal articles Articles on experimental set-ups and projects in the American Journal of Physics, the European Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, Physics Education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List Books: None Articles:
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Other Resources None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||