CH32054: Natural Sciences chemistry MSci laboratory
[Page last updated: 23 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemistry |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 85%, CWVV 10%, PR 5% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Report Individual (CWRI 55%)
- Report Individual (CWRI 30%)
- Viva Voce (CWVV 10%)
- Practical (PR 5%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Exhibit practical skills and techniques to a good level of ability, in order to allow syntheses of inorganic and/or organic compounds.
- Perform analysis of these compounds and deduce information about their structures using a range of physical and spectroscopic methods.
- Utilize computer packages to perform calculations in order to optimise molecular structure and properties.
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| Synopsis: | The unit will (i) consolidate and extend your practical skills and (ii) develop computational skills, both avenues being essential for advanced chemistry laboratory work.
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| Content: | Experiments/exercises in inorganic, organic, physical and computational chemistry. The exact combination of exercises will be determined by a combination of the student's prior knowledge, experience and scheduling commitments.
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| Course availability: |
CH32054 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Pharmacology) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Physics) (Year 3)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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