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This course is preparation for the MSc project.

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PHYS5044 Fundamentals of Sensing

1 report worth 100% weighting - 10 hours of Summative Assessment

Edinburgh University does not provide resit examinations for MSc students. In cases where an assessment is affect by reasons of good cause a revised mark, based on other completed assessments, may be substituted.

The main deliverables will be a report and a presentation of a Mini-project - containing the project definition, the literature review, a detailed description of the resources required and a Gantt chart. This report will be submitted around mid March.

By the end of this course students will be able to: 

Develop a working relationship with their course supervisor;

Have a sound knowledge of what input is expected from the supervisor  and what is expected of the student; 

Manage their time efficiently and effectively;

Plan the detailed work required for their project, including a plan of how best to use the resources made available to them;

Produce a Gantt chart for their work;

Conduct a literature review;

Make use of computers for data analysis, preparation of presentaitons and report writing;

Demonstrate a clear knowledge of what is meant by plagiarism, the techniques employed to detect it and how to avoid plagiarising work previously carried out;

Demonstrate the writing, presentation and communication skills necessary to produce an MSc dissertation;

Demonstrate a working knowledge of data protection, copyright and patent regulations, intellectual property issues, enterprise, health, safety and ethics.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.