2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PHYS9002 Year Abroad for BSc Students

120 creditsClass Size: 10

Module manager: Dr Mamatha Nagaraj
Email: M.Nagaraj@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Requires successful completion of level 2 BSc modules with a 2:1 average (59% or above, and a minimum of 100 credits at level 2).

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

By the end of the BSc module, you should be able to:
- communicate fluently in the host nation's language (either French, Spanish, German or Danish);
- contrast different approaches to learning and teaching in another culture;
- illustrate your initiative and commitment to study during the placement abroad.

Skills outcomes
The ability to adapt to a new learning environment in a different culture.

Syllabus

The syllabus depends upon the courses offered by the host institute. The experience of previous students is used as a guide to the enrolment on suitable courses (which complement the physics courses at Leeds).
The following rules apply:
a) The student must discuss and agree their overseas module selections with the Leeds Study Abroad Convenor. The Leeds Study Abroad Convenor will discuss and agree the student's final module selection with the overseas institution's exchange co-ordinator.
b) the student should take roughly the same credit load as full-time students at the host institution;
c) the student must pass at least 50% of the modules taken abroad.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	0	0.00	600.00
Private study hours			600.00
Total Contact hours			600.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			1,200.00

Private study

Decided by Host Institution

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

There is email contact with the module leader at Leeds but the students follow the assessment arrangements in existence at the host institution.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course Assessment	The assessment is PASS/FAIL and each of the following elements must be passed: (i) completion of a Progress File/Logbook (ii) satisfactory reports from the academic supervisor at the host institution (iii) evidence of competency in the host language (French, Spanish or German) (iv) attempts at sufficient of the host institution's examinations to equate to at least 80 credits - as specified by the European Credit Transfer Scheme (ECTS). The student must pass at least 50% of the modules taken abroad.	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 18/09/2015

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