| Unit name | Mastery of Chemical Physics and Innovation |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CHEMM0032 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Fox |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) | |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School of Chemistry |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Why is this unit important?
This unit provides you the opportunity to demonstrate the consolidation of your core chemistry knowledge and its application within or beyond academia. Impact, translation and commercialisation skills will introduce you to the considerations of developing and pitching research ideas within the commercial setting. This section will consist of a team exercise. Overall, you will be better trained in the requirements for commercialisation of research.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
This “Mastery of Chemical Physics and Innovation” unit acts as a capstone for the MSci Chemical Physics programmes as it requires an application of not only core academic knowledge, but programme level transferrable skills including communication and team working applied to innovation. This is a bespoke Chemical Physics option comprising a new General Chemistry for Chemical Physics and Innovation training.
An overview of content
The individual components will draw on knowledge and skills developed in earlier years.
General Chemical Physics: this component will primarily test the fundamental chemical understanding developed in core units across years 1 and 2 (Building Blocks, Core Concepts in Chemistry for Chemical Physics).
Impact, Translation and Commercialisation: The aim of this component is to develop awareness of how research is translated into chemical application, and commercialised.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit?
The unit gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of chemistry knowledge and application in the commercial sector by exposure to innovation training.
Learning Outcomes
1. Understand the requirements to translate and commercialise research.
2. Work collaboratively and solve problems creatively in chemical physics and wider contexts.
3. Apply and communicate chemical physics knowledge and understanding in novel contexts.
We aim to use a blended learning approach involving a mixture of asynchronous and synchronous lectures, online resources, individual student led enquiry and team-based student led enquiry.
Innovation will comprise the following scheduled activities:
Lectures on key topics, small group workshops on preparing materials, discussion groups and delivering an elevator pitch.
General Chemical Physics will primarily involve self-study augmented with 6 one-hour workshops
Summary of approximate student workload:
Innovation
Self-study and continuous assessment: 164 hours
Lectures equivalents: 10 hours
Tutorials/workshops: 10 x 2 hours + 6 x 1 hour
Total: 200 hours
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks:
General Chemical Physics: Learning support will be provided by problem sessions (in person or online) which will offer questions that will help students consolidate their previously acquired chemical knowledge.
Impact translation and commercialisation. Assessment will be in the form of preparing a “pathways to impact” document (formative peer assessed).
Tasks which count towards your unit mark:
The General Chemical Physics component will be assessed by an end-of-year open note exam (50%).
Impact translation and commercialisation (50%):
Students will be provided with a research topic and work as a team to establish a mock company, business plan and deliver an “elevator pitch” to a dragons den style investor panel comprising individuals with business experience. The elevator pitch will be a summative assessment and will last 15 minutes. This will be assessed by a panel experienced in commercialisation as well as the academic lead according to defined criteria made available to the students ahead of the assessment.
When assessment does not go to plan
Supplementary assessment of this unit is only possible through engagement in the following academic year.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. CHEMM0032).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
