- Department: Chemistry
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. John Moore
- Credit value: 90 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
- See module specification for other years: 2022-23
- Notes: This is an independent study module
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22 |
The advanced research project is designed to improve and develop your skills for independent research and to introduce you to some of the advanced experimental methods you can expect to use when working in an industrial or academic research laboratory. The project runs over all three terms of Year 4. Early in Term 10, formal training will be provided in the form of:
Project Details
This is an 90-credit module, which runs over the Terms 10, 11 and 12 of Year 4. Your time should be broken down roughly as follows:-
Time spent preparing report: 150 h
Time spent preparing for oral presentation: 44 h
Oral presentation and questions: 3 h
Project training session 3 h
Time on project: 640 h
Private Study 60 h
Total 900 h
Project Assessment
Project marks are broken down as follows:
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Project (90 credits) |
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Project execution |
35 |
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Project report |
40 |
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Oral presentation |
25 |
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If you wish to graduate with one of these three specific degree titles (Chemistry, Green Principles and Sustainable Processes; Chemistry, the Atmosphere and the Environment; Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry) then your research project must be undertaken in this area.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Project Report |
N/A | 40 |
Oral presentation/seminar/exam Presentation |
N/A | 25 |
Practical Project Assessment |
N/A | 35 |
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None
The project supervisor(s) will give feedback on one draft of the project report, provided a draft is submitted in good time in advance of the submission deadline. Progress of the project can be discussed with the project supervisor throughout the year.
Informal verbal feedback on the project and performance during the oral presentation and examination will be given by the two markers present during the oral presentation.
Depending on individual project.