MChem Chemistry with International Study

This course unit detail provides the framework for delivery in 22/23 and may be subject to change due to any additional Covid-19 impact.  

Solutions and Electrochemistry - Professor Robert Dryfe (RAWD), (5 weeks, weighted 5/12 course, 5 synchronous workshops)

Computational Chemistry - Methods and Applications - Dr Neil Burton (NAB), (4 weeks, weighted 4/12 course, 3 synchronous workshops, 1 practical examples class)

Fundamentals of Electronic Structure Theory - Professor Nicholas Chilton, (3 weeks, weighted 3/12 course, 2 synchronous lectures, 3 synchronous workshops)

After attending all lectures and completing the workshop/tutorial work, you will be able to:

• Progress your understanding of the core concepts of physical and theoretical chemistry, especially solutions and electrochemistry, electronic structure and computational chemistry
• To foster related skills in practical physical chemistry.
   

On successful completion of the course students should be able to: 
•    describe the thermodynamic principles of solutions and practical applications to electrochemistry using the concepts of physical and theoretical chemistry
•    evaluate quantitatively the properties of solutions and electrochemical systems using these concepts
•    use basic quantum mechanical principles to explain the electronic structures and properties of multi-electron atoms and molecules
•    describe the fundamental principles of common computational methods of quantum chemistry and molecular simulation
•    apply these principles along with typical computational chemistry software to evaluate the properties of molecules.
 

• Standard 3 blocks of 8 x 1 hour lectures (including 3 x 1 hour workshop/examples class) with supplementary information, including additional notes will be available.
• Tutorials/workshops/examples classes.
• Online computer tests will be available in blackboard.
• Feedback Questions on the lectures, together with worked answers, will be discussed in tutorials/workshops/examples classes.

Students should be able to:

• Understand the basic thermodynamic principles of solutions and practical applications to electrochemistry.
• Understand basic quantum mechanical principles to understand the electronic structures and properties of multi-electron atoms and molecules.
• Understand the fundamental principles of common computational methods of quantum chemistry and molecular simulation.

Students should be able to:

• Use the concepts of physical and theoretical chemistry to explain the properties of solutions and apply these to electrochemical systems.
• Use the concepts discussed in the course to apply computational chemistry methods to study chemical structure, properties and reactions.

Students should be able to:

• apply the relevant theoretical skills in practical physical chemistry
• apply basic computational chemistry software to study the properties of molecules.

Problem solving, numeracy and mathematical and ICT.

• Synchronous teaching sessions (workshops)
• Online quizes
• Tutorials and Office Hours

• https://eu.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/readinglist/lists/333425155770001631?auth=CAS

• Title: Atkins' physical chemistry
  Author: Atkins, P. W.
  ISBN: 9780198769866
  Edition: 11th edition.
  Total Pages: xxvii, 908 pages :
  Publication Date: [2017]
  Publisher: Oxford University Press
  Place of Publication: Oxford

• Title: Electrochemistry
  Author: Hamann, Carl H.
  ISBN: 9783527310692 (hbk.) :; 352731069X
  Edition: 2nd completely rev. and updated ed.
  Total Pages: xviii, 531 p. :
  Publication Date: c2007.
  Publisher: Wiley-VCH
  Place of Publication: Weinheim

• Title: Computational chemistry
  Author: Harvey, Jeremy,
  ISBN: 9780192555205; 0192555205
  Total Pages: 1 online resource (ix, 139 pages, 1 unnumbered page) :
  Publication Date: [2018]
  Publisher: Oxford University Press
  Place of Publication: Oxford, United Kingdom

• Title: Computational chemistry
  Author: Grant, Guy Hamilton.
  ISBN: 019855740X; 9780198557401
  Total Pages: 1 online resource (90 pages) :
  Publication Date: 1995
  Publisher: Oxford University Press
  Place of Publication: Oxford

• Title: Essentials of computational chemistry : theories and models
  Author: Cramer, Christopher J.,
  ISBN: 9786610269242; 9780470091838 (ebook)
  Edition: Second edition.
  Total Pages: 1 online resource (620 pages)
  Publication Date: ©2004.
  Publisher: Wiley
  Place of Publication: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ :; Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ

• Title: Introduction to computational chemistry [electronic resource]
  Author: Jensen, Frank.
  ISBN: 1118681622; 1280739916; 9786610739912; 0470011866; 0470058048
  Edition: 2nd ed.
  Total Pages: 1 online resource (621 p.)
  Publication Date: c2007.
  Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  Place of Publication: Chichester, England ;; Hoboken, NJ