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Major/Minor | ALL |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y N |
Course Code | PHYS4966 |
Date | 2024/11/12 18:16 |
Enquiry for Course Details |
PHYS4966 Physics internship (6 credits) | Academic Year | 2024 | |||||||||
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Offering Department | Physics | Quota | --- | ||||||||
Course Co-ordinator | Prof F C C Ling, Physics < ccling@hku.hk > | ||||||||||
Teachers Involved | (NIL,Physics) | ||||||||||
Course Objectives | This capstone course is offered to students majoring in physics, physics (intensive), math/physics or astronomy. It should be taken normally in the summer immediately before their final year of study. Students gain working experience in the field of physics or astronomy through intern placement. They should use what they have learnt in their majors in this intern. Passing a pre-approved internship is recognized as having completed an elective in one of the four themes. | ||||||||||
Course Contents & Topics | Students will work as an intern for at least 160 hours within the University or outside the University in a company, government department or NGO. The work nature must be related to physics or astronomy. The internship should be arranged by the Department or obtained by students themselves. In the latter case, it must be approved before the commencement of the internship. | ||||||||||
Course Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
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Pre-requisites (and Co-requisites and Impermissible combinations) |
Pass in at least 24 credits of advanced level (3XXX level or above) disciplinary core/elective courses of the Physics Major, Physics (Intensive) Major, Mathematics/Physics Major or Astronomy Major curriculum. This capstone course is for Astronomy, Mathematics/Physics, Physics, and Physics (Intensive) Majors students only. The earliest that a student is allowed to take this capstone course is their year 3 study. |
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Course Status with Related Major/Minor /Professional Core |
2024 Major in Physics
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Disciplinary Elective
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2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) |
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Course to PLO Mapping |
2024 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 >
2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > 2023 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > 2022 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > 2021 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > 2020 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4,5 > |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y Summer | Examination | No Exam | ||||||||
Offer in 2025 - 2026 | Y | ||||||||||
Course Grade | Distinction/Pass/Fail | ||||||||||
Grade Descriptors |
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Communication-intensive Course | N | ||||||||||
Course Type | Internship | ||||||||||
Course Teaching & Learning Activities |
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Assessment Methods and Weighting |
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Required/recommended reading and online materials |
To be provided by individual project supervisor | ||||||||||
Course Website | NIL | ||||||||||
Additional Course Information |
Satisfactory completion of this course can be counted towards the Capstone requirement. Details of internship will be recorded on the student's transcript. This course will be assessed on "Pass/Fail" basis. Students who are interested to enrol in this course should contact the Department to obtain the approval. Enrolment of this course is not conducted via the online course selection system and should be made through the relevant Department/School office after approval has been obtained from the course coordinator. |
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