The modern practical chemist must operate successfully across the range of chemical disciplines, applying core chemical knowledge to a range of unfamiliar problems. In this module, you will venture through a diverse and challenging range of practical and theoretical experiences. The experiments you will come across will cross many disciplines to illustrate the multi-faceted, versatile, and employable characteristics of a practising chemist. At the end of this module, you will have become more confident working alone and in groups to carry out, understand, analyse, evaluate, improve, and report on your chemistry. The range of skills you will develop during this module will critically underpin success in the remainder of your studies and beyond.
Practical 144 hours
3,000 words Portfolio. Assessment Details: Autumn Laboratory Assessments (x 4) worth 30%.
3,000 words Portfolio. Assessment Details: Spring Laboratory Assessments (x 4) worth 35%.
3,000 words Portfolio. Assessment Details: Summer Laboratory Assessments (x 3) worth 35%.
N/A Practical Competency. Assessment Details: Laboratory Attendance worth Pass/Fail%. This Assessment is Pass Compulsory.
Reassessment Method: 100% Written Assessment (1,500 words).
* Students must repeat the module in attendance the following academic year if they fail the laboratory attendance Pass/Fail component. This is due to PSRB laboratory practical hours requirements.
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1. Apply industry-standard skills and advanced techniques in practical wet chemistry.
2. Engage with chemical reactions independently and as a team in a range of industry-focussed tasks while developing time management, critical thinking and reporting skills.
3. Apply advanced chemistry knowledge in an experimental context to guide practical descision making, draw conclusions from results, and more thoughtfully report the results to a scientific audience.
4. Practice techniques in the safe handling of hazardous chemical materials, including the identification of specific hazards and how to risk assess these.
5. Incorporate experimental design, appropriate analysis and presentation of results in the context of research and scientific enquiry.
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