- UCAS course code
- F104
- UCAS institution code
- M20
MChem Chemistry with International Study / Course details
Year of entry: 2024
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Course unit details:
Core Physical Chemistry
Unit code | CHEM20212 |
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Credit rating | 10 |
Unit level | Level 2 |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
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)
Aims
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.
Learning outcomes
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.
Teaching and learning methods
- 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.
Knowledge and understanding
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.
Intellectual skills
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.
Practical skills
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.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
Problem solving, numeracy and mathematical and ICT.
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Written exam | 100% |
Feedback methods
- Synchronous teaching sessions (workshops)
- Online quizes
- Tutorials and Office Hours
Recommended reading
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: OxfordTitle: 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: WeinheimTitle: 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 KingdomTitle: 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: OxfordTitle: 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, NJTitle: 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
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Assessment written exam | 2 |
Lectures | 24 |
Tutorials | 3 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 71 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Neil Burton | Unit coordinator |