Unit name | Advanced Practical Chemistry (Teaching Laboratory) |
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Unit code | CHEM30005 |
Credit points | 40 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Chris Adams |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites | |
Co-requisites |
CHEM30019 (or CHEM30016) Advanced Inorganic & Materials Chemistry CHEM30011 Advanced Organic & Biological Chemistry CHEM30006 Advanced Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, CHEM30018 (or CHEM30017) Advanced Computational & Interdisciplinary Chemistry. |
School/department | School of Chemistry |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit develops the practical chemistry skills introduced in CHEM 20480 or CHEM20220 to expand that essential base of practical chemistry into this more advanced level of study. The unit covers the main areas of chemistry with experiments based on inorganic, materials, organic, biological, physical, theoretical and analytical chemistry.
Aims: The unit provides training in practical chemistry and literature research in preparation for a research project, a career as a professional chemist, or in an area of employment requiring the skills of scientific reasoning, critical evaluation and numeracy. This course aims to provide an advanced understanding and knowledge of the main areas of practical chemistry, reinforcing and building on year 2 material and laying the basis to enable progress to independent laboratory work in later years. Students face challenging experiments, learn to research and choose appropriate techniques for a given problem and work independently, managing their own time.
The unit:
Supervised practical classes, workshops (classes of 50 students with two staff members) and independent study. The Dynamic Laboratory Manual provides important e-learning resources in advance of practical sessions.
Students will assessed by continuous summative coursework in the form of reports.
To receive credit for this unit, students must make a reasonable attempt at every aspect of the teaching and assessment, including pre- and post-laboratory work, practical experiments, formal reports and presentations, group-working and any workshop activities. Failure to do so may result in credit being withheld, even if the overall mark is above the pass mark for the unit. Supplementary or resit assessment of this unit is only possible through engagement in the following academic year.
The reading needed for this course is available to students on the Bristol ChemLabS Dynamic Laboratory Manual.