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

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Chemistry CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThe 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).
Course description Not entered
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
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 28 %, Practical Exam 72 %
Additional Information (Assessment) This course is assessed entirely on the basis of coursework.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills 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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