CH12003: Year 1 laboratory
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemistry |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 100%, PRPR 0% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Practical Assessment 1 (PRPR 0% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
- Practical Assessment 2 (PRPR 0% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
- Experimental reports (CWRI 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
Accurately and methodically perform a range of chemical processes from across all branches of chemistry, evaluating the limitations of each including sources of error;
Recognise and review the safety implications of your work;
Report laboratory observations and measurements clearly and logically, explaining results and conclusions in terms of theoretical frameworks;
Use a computational chemistry package to investigate and analyse a molecular structure and its associated properties.
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| Synopsis: | You will develop the necessary skills required for synthetic procedures, measuring physical properties and performing computational analysis. You will relate the experimental work to scientific theory. You will work in a safe manner and be able to articulate the experimental results in a scientific format, whether that be written or orally.
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| Content: | The unit will introduce the necessary experimental techniques required for chemical manipulations. For example, assembly of apparatus for preparative and analytical chemistry, preparation of standard solutions and performance of straightforward purification techniques such as recrystallisation;
You will make accurate analytical measurements using selected methods;
You will perform preparative procedures in chemical synthesis in a safe and efficient manner.
Relate the chemistry from lecture units to the appropriate laboratory experiment;
Use a computational chemistry package to optimise molecular geometries and predict properties.
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| Course availability: |
CH12003 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USCH-AFB20 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry (Year 1)
- USCH-AFB21 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry for Drug Discovery (Year 1)
- USCH-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry for Drug Discovery with professional placement (Year 1)
- USCH-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry for Drug Discovery with study abroad (Year 1)
- USCH-AFB22 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with Management (Year 1)
- USCH-AKB22 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with Management with professional placement (Year 1)
- USCH-AKB22 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with Management with study abroad (Year 1)
- USCH-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with professional placement (Year 1)
- USCH-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Chemistry with study abroad (Year 1)
- USCH-AFM20 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry (Year 1)
- USCH-AFM21 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry for Drug Discovery (Year 1)
- USCH-AKM21 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry for Drug Discovery with professional placement (Year 1)
- USCH-AKM21 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry for Drug Discovery with study abroad (Year 1)
- USCH-AKM20 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry with professional placement (Year 1)
- USCH-AKM20 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry with study abroad (Year 1)
- USCH-AFM22 : MSci(Hons) Chemistry with Management (Year 1)
- USCH-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Chemistry with Management with professional placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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