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Undergraduate Course: Chemistry 3P Practical and Transferable Skills (CHEM09007)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Chemistry CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits40
Home subject areaChemistry Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course consists of practicals in advanced inorganic, organic and physical chemistry and training in transferable skills such as: abstracting, oral presentations, writing reports, poster presentations and computing skills.

When taken in combination with Chemistry 3A and Chemistry 3B, this course forms part of the prescribed third year curriculum for students on degrees in Chemistry, Chemistry with Environmental & Sustainable Chemistry, Chemistry with Materials Chemistry, and Medicinal and Biological Chemistry (including the With Industrial Experience, With Year Abroad, and With Management variants of these programmes).
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Chemistry 2 (CHEM08019)
Co-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students also take Chemistry 3A (CHEM09005) AND Chemistry 3B (CHEM09006)
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking CP3 Physical Chemistry Laboratory (CHPH09005)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 4, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 252, Online Activities 14, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 119 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 28 %, Practical Exam 72 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

* Demonstrate a firm understanding and practical experience of basic experimental techniques used in physical, organic and inorganic chemistry.

* Understand the connection between these experimental techniques and the lecture material presented in Chemistry 3A and Chemistry 3B.

* Work in a chemical laboratory in a safe and responsible manner, both singly and as part of a team.

* Follow a precise set of experimental instructions and present and discuss the results in the form of a clear, concise scientific report.

* Use computers for the collection, analysis, processing and presentation of quantitative experimental data, and for a range of molecular modelling techniques.

* Demonstrate an enhanced appreciation of the source of errors in quantitative measurements and the design of experiments to reduce those errors.

* Demonstrate competence at spectral interpretation (IR, UV-vis, NMR, mass spectra), both for confirming the nature of expected reaction products and for identifying unknown materials, and analytical methods such as gas chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, electroanalysis, radiotracers and magnetic susceptibility balances.

* Demonstrate familiarity with all, and experience of some, of the more complex techniques used in a synthetic laboratory, for example: synthesis under inert atmospheres; Schlenk vacuum line and glove-box techniques; syringe techniques; use of a liquefied gas; isolation by constant extraction; purification by sublimation.

* Locate specific information in the scientific literature and use this information to support experimental results, or present it either in a summarised form, or as a more detailed report.

* Make use of a range of IT applications for the production of coursework in different presentation formats including, reports, posters, and oral presentations.
Assessment Information
This course is assessed entirely on the basis of coursework.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsC3P
Contacts
Course organiserDr Philip Camp
Tel: (0131 6)50 4763
Email: Philip.Camp@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Moira Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754
Email: Moira.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
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