Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025
Module CHEM3447: Practical Chemistry 3 - Synthetic
Department: Chemistry
CHEM3447: Practical Chemistry 3 - Synthetic
| Type | Tied | Level | 3 | Credits | 10 | Availability | Available in 2024/2025 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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| Tied to | CFG0 |
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| Tied to | CFG1 |
| Tied to | CFG2 |
| Tied to | FGC0 |
| Tied to | FGC1 |
Prerequisites
- Core Chemistry 2 (CHEM2012) AND Practical Chemistry 2 – Inorganic (CHEM2107), Practical Chemistry 2 – Organic (CHEM2117).
Corequisites
- Core Chemistry 3 (CHEM3012) OR Bioactive Chemistry 3 (CHEM3211).
Excluded Combination of Modules
- Practical Chemistry 3 – Integrated (CHEM3451), Practical Chemistry 3 – Measurement (CHEM3467).
Aims
- To expand and promote the knowledge and understanding of synthetic chemistry through practical work.
Content
- Practical work in advanced synthetic chemistry
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the advanced chemical principles illustrated by the practical work carried out.
Subject-specific Skills:
- Prepare, purify and identify a range of compounds.
- Understand the importance of advanced experimental design and safety.
- Perform advanced experimental manipulation.
- Evaluate results in terms of the theory underlying the experiment.
- Write coherent scientific reports on obtained data.
- Demonstrate time management skills and an ability to plan experimental work.
- Interpret spectroscopic data (NMR, IR, Mass spectrometry).
Key Skills:
- Problem solving.
- Verbal and written communication.
- information retrieval and scientific writing, exercised through accounts of laboratory work.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Laboratory classes teach students techniques in various aspects of synthetic chemistry.
- At the start of the module, an introductory lecture includes a health and safety briefing. A second lecture takes place in Term 2 to introduce the investigation.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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| Practicals | 20 | 20 sessions spread across Terms 1 and 2 | 3 hours | 60 | ■ |
| Lectures | 2 | One per term in Terms 1 and 2 | 1 hour | 2 | ■ |
| Preparation and Reading | 38 | ||||
| Total | 100 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Practical Work | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Results of laboratory work | 100% | ||
Formative Assessment:
Formative assessment occurs continuously by means of feedback for pre-lab activities, verbal and written feedback in practical activity sessions, and via written feedback on assessed work.
■ 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