Theoretical Physics Skills
The table below shows the opportunities for putting different skills into practice. Major possibilities are shown in normal type. Minor possibilities are shown in italics like this. Possible opportunities (which may depend on the particular course or project you do) are shown with a (?) after them.
Skills Table
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Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
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Oral Communication |
Seminar Tutorial Lab talk (Forces experiment)? |
Skills module oral presentation Yr 2 project presentation? Project bench inspection |
Current Topics*? Group Study seminar |
Yr 4 project seminars & viva |
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Written Communication |
Skills module & Essay Lab reports + Lab book? |
Skills module + Essay Yr 2 project report? Yr 2 Lab book? |
Group Study report? Lab reports? Current topics*? |
Yr 4 project report |
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Organisation & Planning |
Skills module Lab project? Exam revision |
Yr 2 project? Exam revision |
Group Study? General time management Career research? |
Yr 4 project proposal General time management Career research Lecture courses? |
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Gathering Information |
Skills: careers project Essay Lab project? |
Essay Yr 2 project? |
Group Study Career research? Lecture courses? |
Yr 4 project Career research Lecture courses? |
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Teamwork |
Skills module Labs (mostly pairs)? |
Skills module Labs Yr 2 project |
Group Study? |
Yr 4 project? Lecture courses? |
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Initiative & Resourcefulness |
Skills: careers project & group exercise Lab project? |
Yr 2 project? |
Group Study? Computational Physics Career research? |
Yr 4 project Career research Lecture courses? |
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Critical Thinking |
Labs? Essay Skills module |
Yr 2 project Essay Labs? |
Group Study? Current Topics*? |
Yr 4 project Lecture courses? |
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Self & Peer Evaluation |
Skills: practice class test Essay; Lab reports? Progress review |
Skills: oral presentation Progress review |
Group Study? Career research? Progress review |
Project talks? Career research Progress review |
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Personal/Interpersonal |
Tutorials Skills module Labs? |
Tutorials Skills module Labs? |
Group Study? Current Topics*? |
Yr 4 projects Lecture courses? |
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Computing & IT |
Specialism & Computing module Yr 1 lab (spreadsheets etc)? Essay, careers project etc (word proc) |
Skills & Computing module Labs?; Essay |
Computational Physics Option in C++ Group Study? |
Yr 4 project? |
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Problem Solving |
Skills module Assessed course problems |
Skills & Computing + G.P. exam Assessed course problems Yr 2 projects? |
G.P. classes & exam Group Study? Course problems Computational Physics |
Yr 4 project? Course problems |
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Business & Enterprise |
Skills: careers project |
Birmingham Careers Skills Series workshops? |
Entrepreneurship & Innovation module? Birmingham Careers Skills series workshops? |
Mathematical Finance module? Birmingham Careers Skills series workshops? B-SEEN skills programme? |
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