This version of the final year research project is an opportunity for you to carry out an individual scientific investigation on a topic relating to your degree specialisation and also relevant to the interdisciplinary project BS399 you must be accepted on before you can be accepted on this module. You will use the skills developed in the course to identify, with your supervisors, a suitable question and then design an experimental approach to obtain data addressing this question. Your analysis and presentation of these data in a suitable scientific paper format report forms the main assessed component of this module. The second major component involves researching, understanding and writing critically about the scientific literature relating to your project work. The work you undertake in your individual project BS830 must be agreed with the supervisors of your interdisciplinary project as being relevant to that interdisciplinary project.
Students who are not accepted to do BS399 must revert to doing a "standard" BS831 45 credit project.
Learning Outcomes:
To pass this module students will need to be able to:
1. develop a project plan, including the experimental, analytical and statistical methods to be used;
2. demonstrate an understanding of the health and safety and ethical issues related to scientific research and undertake appropriate risk and ethics assessments;
3. maintain a suitable record of project work and data collection;
4. demonstrate responsibility for personal time management and progress and for any necessary amendments to the project plan;
6. research the scientific literature relating to their Research Project area and present this information as an extended introduction to their project report;
7. carry out a research project and obtain sufficient data of good quality using appropriate experimental, analytical and statistical methods;
8. analyse and interpret scientific data;
9. communicate the outcomes of research effectively in a written report in scientific paper format;
10. describe and critically evaluate data from research articles;
11. refer appropriately to published work.
Students who are not accepted to do BS399 must revert to doing a "standard" BS831 45 credit project.
Learning Outcomes:
To pass this module students will need to be able to:
1. develop a project plan, including the experimental, analytical and statistical methods to be used;
2. demonstrate an understanding of the health and safety and ethical issues related to scientific research and undertake appropriate risk and ethics assessments;
3. maintain a suitable record of project work and data collection;
4. demonstrate responsibility for personal time management and progress and for any necessary amendments to the project plan;
6. research the scientific literature relating to their Research Project area and present this information as an extended introduction to their project report;
7. carry out a research project and obtain sufficient data of good quality using appropriate experimental, analytical and statistical methods;
8. analyse and interpret scientific data;
9. communicate the outcomes of research effectively in a written report in scientific paper format;
10. describe and critically evaluate data from research articles;
11. refer appropriately to published work.
- Module Supervisor: Alex Dumbrell
- Module Supervisor: Philip Reeves