Undergraduate Course: Analytical Chemistry Level 11 (CHEM11014)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Chemistry |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Chemistry |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
A lecture course covering instruction in both the theory and application of specific techniques in analytical chemistry, as well as instruction in the general principles of sampling and analysis and statistical presentation and manipulation of data. The course comprises individual lecture courses on: Principles of Sampling and Analysis, Statistics and Data Handling for Analytical Chemistry, Chromatography, Isotope Mass Spectrometry, Biosensors and Radioanalytical Methods. Either the Level 10 or Level 11 version of this course (as specified in the degree programme tables) is a compulsory requirement for Year 4/5 students on degrees in Chemistry with Environmental Chemistry and Chemistry with Environmetnal & Sustainable Chemistry but can be taken by Year 4/5 students on any Chemistry degree programme. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 15:00 - 15:50 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 15:00 - 15:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Room 40, Joseph Black Building |
| Additional information |
30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged. |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 15:00 - 15:50 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 15:00 - 15:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Room 40, Joseph Black Building |
| Additional information |
30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- discuss the relative merits of different strategies for sampling
- establish quality assurance procedures in support of an analytical measurement
- construct appropriate calibration curves and undertake other statistical procedures to extract quantitative information from a measurement
- understand and apply basic parametric and non-parametric significance tests on data
- understand, apply and interpret appropriate chromatographic technique for an analysis involving separation
- understand, apply and interpret modern techniques for determination of isotopic elemental composition, including stable and radionuclide isotopes and by plasma source and accelerator MS techniques
- understand, apply and interpret appropriate techniques for separation and spectroscopic quantification of radionuclides
- rationalise the advantages and disadvantages of a range of biosensor techniques
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Assessment Information
One degree exam of 3 hours.
(Visting Student Variant Assessment
One degree exam of 3 hours at the end of Semester 1.) |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Mathew Heal
Tel: (0131 6)50 4764
Email: M.Heal@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Rosie Filipiak
Tel: (0131 6)50 4707
Email: r.filipiak@ed.ac.uk |
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