BSc Physics with Nanotechnology (Industrial) (no longer recruiting)

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate a basic knowledge of common physical laws and principles, and some applications of these principles;
- identify relevant principles and laws when dealing with problems;
- manipulate numerical and other quantitative information, and apply manipulative skills to the solution of problems;
- execute an experiment and evaluate the level of uncertainty in results;
- communicate in writing the results of their work or other scientific information;
- awareness of others in group situation;
- make effective use of physics skills and knowledge to applications in Nanotechnology.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to physics and nanoscience;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to physics and nanoscience;
- work that covers a restricted area of the discipline;
- demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies;