- Department: Chemistry
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Meghan Halse
- Credit value: 30 credits
- Credit level: C
- Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
- See module specification for other years: 2022-23
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22 |
This module aims to establish foundations of basic chemistry concepts, e.g., chemical analysis and properties of compounds. This module continues to provide all students with a firm foundation in these fundamental topics, which will underpin much of their future work at degree level. The module is delivered through a blend of lectures, tutorials and workshops.
At the end of this module students will have
developed an understanding of core organic, physical and inorganic chemistry.
developed written and verbal communication skills in small group tutorials and workshops.
Module content:
Kinetics (TJD, 10 lectures, college tutorial)
Haloalkanes, Alkenes and Alkynes (ASM, 9 lectures, college tutorial)
Molecular Orbital Theory (CED, 5 lectures, college tutorial)
NMR (VC, 6 lectures, college workshop, assessed by workshop)
Second Law of Thermodynamics(PBK, 6 lectures, central workshop)
Transition Metals (AKDK, 10 lectures, college tutorial)
Solid State (MAB, 6 lectures, college tutorial)
The module is assessed by a combination of continuous assessment (NMR), and closed examination covering all remaining lecture courses consisting of written answers (typically 50% of lecture courses) and multiple choice questions.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) Online Exam |
5 hours | 85 |
Open Examination: Multiple choice questions online Assessed Workshop |
1 hours | 15 |
None
Task | Length | % of module mark |
---|---|---|
Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) Online Exam |
5 hours | 85 |
Open Examination: Multiple choice questions online Assessed Workshop |
1 hours | 15 |
Students will receive feedback on their performance in the assessed workshop assessment. They will receive verbal feedback on their progress in the formative tutorials and workshops, which support lectures. The closed examinations are marked within 4 weeks with mark slips (with per-question break-down) being returned to students via supervisors along with the marked scripts. 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.
Burrows, Parsons, Price, Holman and Pilling, "Chemistry3 : Introducing Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry" (Oxford University Press)