- UCAS course code
- F109
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Master of Chemistry (MChem)
MChem Chemistry
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: F109 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: A*AA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 37 points overall with 7,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Course unit details:
Chemistry Research Skills II
| Unit code | CHEM20510 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Full year |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
A practice-based unit which builds familiarity (and skill) with a suite of tools for undertaking and reporting scientific research - to include: professional and academic writing; use of databases/literature searching; mathematics and data analysis - culminating in presentation of scientific work to a professional standard.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Research Skills | CHEM10510 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
First year chemistry units
Aims
Develop student competency and proficiency across a number of key skills used routinely by practicing chemists and which have multiple benefits in relation to employability and careers in a more general sense.
Learning outcomes
Successfully analyse and report scientific work in an appropriate format.
Use appropriately industry-standard software packages and tools to analyse, predict and present chemical concepts, ideas and information
Syllabus
Mathematics for chemistry
Analytical chemistry
Science writing
Teaching and learning methods
This course is delivered through a blend of different activities, including: synchronous sessions; workshops; small-group facilitated sessions; alumni panel discussion and self-directed learning activities.
As a practice-based unit, students will be required to generate and maintain a portfolio of work throughout the year that will be assessed against task-specific rubrics that allow students to demonstrate acquisition of the appropriate level of competency in each area of activity.
There will be regular opportunities for students to receive feedback on their work through synchronous sessions, group activities and through written feedback for submitted portfolio work.
Transferable skills and personal qualities
Maths skills, writing skills.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Written assignment (inc essay) | 100% |
Feedback methods
Written and/ or oral feedback on all the individual coursework from either the academics delivering the material or personal tutors. Self-study feedback for many exercises through comparison of students work and model answers. Sections of course are taught in a workshop or clinic form where students can attempt the exercises and receive immediate feedback. The academics delivering the material are also available to see students and provide feedback on any particular aspects of the course as requested
Recommended reading
The Sciences good study guide, Northedge, Andy, Open University, 1997 ISBN: 0749234113 Study and communication skills for the chemical sciences, Overton, Tina, Oxford University Press, 2019, ISBN: 9780198821816 Beginning calculations in physical chemistry Johnson, Barry R.; Scott, Stephen K. Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN: 0198559658 Skills for a scientific life, Helliwell, John R., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017, ISBN: 149876875
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Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Assessment written exam | 6 |
| Lectures | 12 |
| Practical classes & workshops | 5 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 77 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Kristy Turner | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
The Assessment weightings are:
Maths 50
Analytical Science 25
Scientific Writing 25