- Department: Chemistry
- Module co-ordinator: Prof. Glenn Hurst
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
- See module specification for other years: 2022-23
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2021-22 |
This is the first module in Year 2 whose purpose is to extend students’ understanding of key concepts of structure, bonding, chemical reactivity, equilibrium and change through a blend of lectures, practicals, tutorials and workshops. The module adopts the principles of an integrated approach in which topics as diverse as retrosynthesis and enolate chemistry mix with key physical chemistry concepts (covering the behaviour and properties of solutions and mixtures), and coordination chemistry and metal to ligand bonding both of which are key foundations of inorganic chemistry, and on to an exploration of more advanced ideas of quantum chemistry. The subject matter explored in this module is covered at a more advanced level compared to the foundations courses delivered as part of stage 1 and serves to signal to the students how their understanding of chemistry will be expected to develop in its sophistication throughout the course.
Module Structure
Retrosynthetic Analysis |
AFP |
6 lectures |
1x 2h College Workshop |
Solutions and Mixtures |
SS |
Flipped course, 4-hour online resources, two 1-hour support sessions |
Tutorial |
Symmetry and Group Theory |
DWB |
6 lectures |
Tutorial |
Organic Synthesis with Enolate Equivalents |
AR |
6 lectures |
Tutorial |
Metal-Ligand & Inorganic Mechanisms |
RED |
10 lectures |
Tutorial |
Quantum Mechanics |
PBK |
6 lectures |
Tutorial |
Practical Chemistry |
RED |
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Assessment
Module |
Total credits |
Component |
% weighting |
credits |
CHE00014I |
20 |
Paper 1 Paper 2 |
42.5 42.5 |
8.5 8.5 |
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practical work |
15 |
3 |
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Practical online assessment |
1 hours | 15 |
Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) Chemistry Natural Sciences III Paper I |
4 hours | 42.5 |
Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) Chemistry Natural Sciences III Paper II |
4.25 hours | 42.5 |
Non-reassessable
Two closed examinations. 2 from 3 questions should be answered from paper 1 containing the following topics: 'Retrosynthetic Analysis', Organic Synthesis with Enolate Equivalents' and 'Solutions and Mixtures'. 2 from 3 questions should be answered from paper 2 containing the following topics: 'Quantum Mechanics', 'Metal-Ligand and Inorganic Mechanisms' and 'Symmetry and Group Theory'.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) Chemistry Natural Sciences III Paper I |
4 hours | 42.5 |
Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) Chemistry Natural Sciences III Paper II |
4.25 hours | 42.5 |
Written feedback will be given for tutorial work within a week. Written and/or oral feedback for workshops will be given either during the sessions or within a week. Closed exam results with per-question breakdown are returned to the students via supervisors within 5 weeks (as per special approval by the University Teaching Committee). Outline answers are made available via the Chemistry web pages when the students receive their marks, so that they can assess their own detailed progress/achievement. The examiners’ reports for each question are made available to the students via the Chemistry web pages.
P. Atkins, T. Overton, J. Rourke, M. Weller, F. Armstrong, “Shriver and Atkin’s Inorganic Chemistry”, OUP, 2010.
J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, “Organic Chemistry”, OUP, 2013.
P. Atkins, J. de Paula, “Atkins' Physical Chemistry”, OUP, 2010.