Undergraduate Course: Analytical Chemistry Level 10 (CHEM10012)

Course Outline
School	School of Chemistry	College	College of Science and Engineering
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	Chemistry	Other subject area	None
Course website	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	A lecture course covering both the theory and application of specific techniques in analytical chemistry, as well as instruction in the general principles of sampling and analysis and statistical presentation and manipulation of data. The course comprises individual lecture courses on: statistics and data handling for analytical chemistry, principles of sampling and analysis, chromatography, molecular mass spectrometry, isotope mass spectrometry and biosensors. Either the Level 10 or Level 11 version of this course (as specified in the degree programme tables) is a compulsory requirement for Year 4/5 students on degrees in Chemistry with Environmental & Sustainable Chemistry but can be taken by Year 4/5 students on any Chemistry degree programme.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Chemistry 3A (CHEM09005) AND Chemistry 3B (CHEM09006) AND Chemistry 3P Practical and Transferable Skills (CHEM09007)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Analytical Chemistry Level 11 (CHEM11014)	Other requirements	Must include a weighted average of Grade D or higher in Chemistry 3A and Chemistry 3B, at the first attempt and Mathematics qualifications of at least 20 credits to level Applicable Mathematics 1 and Mathematical Methods 1; or with the permission of Head of School.
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11				15:00 - 15:50
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11	15:00 - 15:50
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11					15:00 - 15:50
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:30

Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11		15:00 - 15:50
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11				15:00 - 15:50
King's Buildings	Lecture		1-11					15:00 - 15:50
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged.
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Analytical Chemistry (VV1)		2:30

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to: - discuss the relative merits of different strategies for sampling - establish quality assurance procedures in support of an analytical measurement - construct appropriate calibration curves and undertake other statistical procedures to extract quantitative information from a measurement - understand and apply basic parametric and non-parametric significance tests on data - understand, apply and interpret appropriate chromatographic technique for an analysis involving separation - review the principles of different types of ion sources (including MALDI, electrospray ionisation) and mass analysers and hyphenated chromatographic techniques in modern mass spectrometry - discuss novel analytical methods which employ mass spectrometry to identify and quantify the abundance of molecular species - understand and interpret modern techniques for determination of isotopic elemental composition, including isotope ratio quantification and accelerator mass spectrometry, and their application to understanding environmental processes - rationalise the advantages and disadvantages of a range of biosensor techniques.

Assessment Information
One degree exam of 2.5 hours. (Visiting Student Variant Assessment One degree exam of 2.5 hours at the end of Semester 1.)

Special Arrangements
None