Awards
Target Award
Alternative Exit
Alternative Exit
Programme Offerings
Part-Time
DL-JMU-SEP
Educational Aims of the Course
Learning Outcomes
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Acquisition of knowledge through pre-recorded lectures, directed reading, focused literature review exercises, coursework assignments, student discussion groups and tutorials. Learning materials principally delivered interactively by Virtual Learning Environment (Canvas) with use of other current technologies. Testing of the knowledge base is through a combination of online progress tests, written assignments, formal written examinations, project report or dissertation, and oral presentation Analytic, mathematical and problem solving skills are developed through self-learning assessments, focussed literature review exercises, written assignments and tutorials. The Astrophysics Project will involve both experimental and literature research, further developing skills of data retrieval, critical analysis and discussion. Analysis and problem solving skills are assessed through written examinations and by the completion of formal written coursework assignments. Experimental and literature research skills are assessed in the presentation of the Astrophysics Project together with an oral defence. Practical experimental skills, preparing a high-level technical report and giving a technical presentation are developed through the Astrophysics Project module. Computational and programming skills will be developed in many of the Astrophysics Project options, and are at the core of the Numerical Methods in Astrophysics module. Astrophysics Project proposal and report, coursework assignments and examinations, oral presentation. Transferable skills are embedded on the programme. Skills are learned through completion of written assignments, participating in tutorials and collecting and transferring data via computer networks and from on-line databases, and through the Astrophysics Project. Skills are developed through self-assessment exercises, coursework and the oral presentation of the research Project. Tutorials and feedback assist and improve the level of skill achieved.
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
Structure
Level 7
Entry Requirements
IELTS
Other international requirements
RPL
Undergraduate degree
Extra Entry Requirements
- a satisfactory reference from your employer or line manager