Unit name | Advanced Computational & Interdisciplinary Chemistry for Chemists |
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Unit code | CHEM30018 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Fermin |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites | |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Chemistry |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
The course covers a range of disciplines that do not fall into traditional sectional divisions, including subjects that span the breadth of chemistry, intersect other disciplines (e.g. geochemistry, biochemistry) and highlight how chemistry underpins a wide range of modern science. The unit focuses on computational chemistry with an emphasis on modelling and on global biogeochemical cycles. The overall structure will comprise an initial module focusing on computational chemistry, representing one of the major tools/techniques that spans the discipline (and beyond) and is essential to addressing major scientific challenges. The course aims to provide a widening knowledge of interdisciplinary chemistry, which is appropriate for a BSc student and will enable progress to even more advanced aspects in a variety of areas of chemistry. This unit aims to develop (i) a deeper understanding of analytical techniques; (ii) an ability to reason through processes and interactions in complex biological and environmental systems; and (iii) an understanding of how chemistry underpins a wide range of other disciplines and its role in addressing major societal challenges.
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, including lectures, workshops and independent study, supported by drop-in sessions, problem sheets and self-directed exercises. The Dynamic Laboratory Manual provides important e-learning resources in advance of workshop sessions. Pre-workshop online material will be provided to assist students with workshops.
Assessment of learning/Summative assessmsent End-of-unit timed, open-book examination (100%)
Recommended reading:
Atmospheric Change: An Earth System Perspective (Graedel, T. E.; Crutzen, Paul J.) Freeman, W. H., 1993. ISBN-10: 0716723328 (currently 2 copies in Chemistry library and 2 copies in Wills Memorial library)
Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts et al) Garland Science, 2007. ISBN-10: 0815341059 (currently 6 copies in Biological Sciences library, 31 copies in Medical library and 1 copy in Veterinary Sciences library)
The Earth System, 3rd Edition (Kump, Kasting and Crane) Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN-10: 0321597796 (currently 4 copies in Geographical Sciences library and 9 copies in Wills Memorial library)
Molecular Quantum Mechanics, P. W. Atkins and R. S. Friedman, OUP, 2011 (currently 6 copies in Chemistry library)