| CODE | PHY3209 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Seminar | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Physics | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will go hand-in-hand with PHY3200 Physics Project and will contain the presentation components of the project. This means both the talk and the poster. Students will be asked to prepare a 15 minutes talk toward the end of the year on the topic of their physics project. Additionally they will present a poster of their work in special event to highlight the research being done by the undergraduates. The students will also sit for a short series of interactive lectures on presentation skills. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit will: - provide training and some experience to improve presentation skills; - train the candidate in scientific writing style through the preparation of a dissertation; - basic understanding of Public Engagement with research, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Dialogue; - teaching oral communication skills. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - to introduce students to the theory behind general public speaking. These skills will be useful throughout the students career; - have a background in the field of science communication. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - present the work done and the results obtained to an audience using an appropriate medium; - defend the work carried out during the poster session; - give engaging talks through the development of public speaking skills; - communicate their own research to various sectors of the public; - speak to audiences of different backgrounds and communicate technical and scientific language to a non-technical audience. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Guidelines are provided on the departmental website. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite qualifications: Good knowledge of the various areas of physics covered in the first three years of an undergraduate degree physics joint degree and a good standard of English are expected. | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Tony John George Apollaro Joseph Caruana Edward Duca Danielle Martine Farrugia Lourdes Farrugia Jackson Said Charles V. Sammut Andre Xuereb |
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