Undergraduate Course: Analytical Chemistry Level 10 (CHEM10012)

Course Outline
School	School of Chemistry	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	A lecture course covering 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: statistics and data handling for analytical chemistry, principles of sampling and analysis, chromatography, molecular mass spectrometry, isotope mass spectrometry and biosensors. 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 & Sustainable Chemistry but can be taken by Year 4/5 students on any Chemistry degree programme.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Chemistry 3A (CHEM09005) AND Chemistry 3B (CHEM09006) AND Chemistry 3P Practical and Transferable Skills (CHEM09007)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Analytical Chemistry Level 11 (CHEM11014)	Other requirements	Must include a weighted average of Grade D or higher in Chemistry 3A and Chemistry 3B, at the first attempt; or with the permission of Head of School.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 30, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9, Summative Assessment Hours 2.5, Revision Session Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 149 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One degree exam of 2.5 hours. (Visiting Student Variant Assessment One degree exam of 2.5 hours at the end of Semester 1.)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:30

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 30, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9, Summative Assessment Hours 2.5, Revision Session Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 149 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One degree exam of 2.5 hours. (Visiting Student Variant Assessment One degree exam of 2.5 hours at the end of Semester 1.)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Analytical Chemistry (VV1)		2:30

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 - review the principles of different types of ion sources (including MALDI, electrospray ionisation) and mass analysers and hyphenated chromatographic techniques in modern mass spectrometry - discuss novel analytical methods which employ mass spectrometry to identify and quantify the abundance of molecular species - understand and interpret modern techniques for determination of isotopic elemental composition, including isotope ratio quantification and accelerator mass spectrometry, and their application to understanding environmental processes - rationalise the advantages and disadvantages of a range of biosensor techniques.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information	30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged.
Keywords	AC(L10)

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Mathew Heal Tel: (0131 6)50 4764 Email: M.Heal@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Anne Brown Tel: (0131 6)50 4754 Email: Anne.Brown@ed.ac.uk