- Course Code
- KL 107R
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr S Middleton
Pre-requisites
None.
Notes
Appropriate maths courses are recommended. The workshops for this course will be particularly suitable for life science students.
Overview
This course is intended to provide a grounding in the foundations of chemical science, with emphasis on the applications of chemistry in the life sciences. The course assumes no prior knowledge and includes a description of the basic concepts and language of chemistry, introduction to quantitative chemical calculations, atomic structure, the periodic table, and chemical bonding. The section on organic chemistry describes structural and stereochemical aspects and simple functional groups, and the section on physical chemistry includes study of the gas laws, heats of reaction and the energetics of chemical processes.
Structure
This course will be delivered independently through webCT. Students will be provided with recordings of the two one-hour lectures a week and the 6, three hour practicals will be delivered through an intensive practical weekend.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (50%), continuous assessment (30%) and lab work (20%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (50%), carried over continuous assessment (30%) and lab work (20%).
Formative Assessment
Feedback