Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025
Module CHEM3061: CHEMISTRY AND SOCIETY
Department: Chemistry
CHEM3061: CHEMISTRY AND SOCIETY
| Type | Tied | Level | 3 | Credits | 20 | Availability | Available in 2024/2025 | Module Cap | Location | Durham |
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| Tied to | F100 |
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| Tied to | CFG0 |
Prerequisites
- Core Chemistry 2 (CHEM2012).
Corequisites
- Core Chemistry 3 (CHEM3012) OR [Bioactive Chemistry 3 (CHEM3211) OR Chemical Physics 3 (CHEM3411)] AND Chemistry BSc Dissertation (CHEM3161)
Excluded Combination of Modules
- Chemistry into Schools
Aims
- To provide a research-led capstone module in Chemistry, where BSc students in their final year can develop independent research skills, group-work skills and business skills. To allow students to develop their expertise in chemistry through independent study and peer-presented lectires, guided by discussion groups with a staff member.
- To broaden the student's knowledge of chemical principles, particularly those that impact, technology, health, industry and the environment.
Content
- Pharmaceutical and bioactive chemistry.
- Materials for technology.
- Commodity chemicals.
- Chemistry for sustainable development.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Describe and critically analyse the topic of their presentations and poster at an advanced level
Subject-specific Skills:
- Presentation of complex chemical arguments at an appropriate level for a specific target audience.
Key Skills:
- Completion of the module will enhance skills in working as a group, information retrieval and scientific writing.
- Skills in organising and participating in effective meetings will be developed.
- Poster preparation and oral presentation skills will be developed.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Lectures and discussion groups are used to convey concepts and will be assessed by the content of the oral presentations, executive summaries and the poster.
- Summatively assessed group presentations at the end of each of Terms 1 and 2 allow undergraduates to study a topic in significant depth and develop oral presentation skills and group work skills.
- The preparation of a written executive summary for each group presentation will develop skills in concise scientific writing targeted to a specific audience and in group work.
- Regular meetings with a member of staff will develop business-related skills.
- The preparation of a poster will develop skills in presentation.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 4 | 1 hour | 4 | ■ | |
| Training sessions | 3 | 1.5 hours | 4.5 | ■ | |
| Discussion groups | 16 | 2 per week | 1 hour | 16 | ■ |
| Presentations | 28 | 0.5 Hour | 14 | ■ | |
| Poster Session | 1 | 3 hours | 3 | ■ | |
| Preparation and Reading | 158.5 | ||||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Poster | Component Weighting: 30% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Poster | 100% | ||
| Component: Coursework | Component Weighting: 70% | ||
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Coursework | 100% | ||
Formative Assessment:
Will be provided through project meetings with supervisors.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University