Undergraduate - UnitASP4100 - Astrophysics honours part 2 (project)

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24 points, SCA Band 2, 0.500 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Science
Organisational Unit	School of Physics and Astronomy
Offered	Clayton Full year 2015 (Day) Clayton Second semester to First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Michael J Morgan

Synopsis

Research project and Literature Review.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

Search and analyse research literature;

Write a comprehensive research survey of a topic in astronomy and astrophysics;

Understand the current state of knowledge on their chosen research problem;

Perform guided research on their chosen topic at a level close to that required to publish in a research journal;

Write a comprehensive honours thesis that clearly presents their results and their justifications.

Assessment

Research project (comprising written report and oral presentation): 83.3%
Literature review (comprising written report and oral presentation): 16.7%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Michael J Morgan

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Astrophysics