Postgraduate Course: Chemistry for Life Sciences (PGT) (CHEM08024)

Course Outline
School	School of Chemistry	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	A chemistry course for postgraduate taught students. Organic chemistry of biologically important compounds and reactions; thermodynamics; electrochemistry; reaction kinetics; structure determination of biological molecules; foundations of transition metal chemistry.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Available to PGT Medicinal & Biological Chemistry students only by discussion with Programme Director.
Additional Costs	Purchase of a laboratory coat.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 33, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 23, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 9, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 123 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 30 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One degree examination and coursework.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Chemistry for Life Sciences (PGT)		3:00

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. describe and explain the roles of metals in biological processes and the biochemistry of vitamins and antibiotics 2. describe and explain the principles of stereochemistry, biochemical synthetic reactions and their application to simple metabolic pathways 3. describe the principles of biological kinetics, bioenergetics, and biologically relevant methods of chemical structure determination 4. use their knowledge to explain observations and solve problems associated with the material covered in the course 5. use laboratory equipment in a safe manner in order to prepare materials, measure physical quantities, and to interpret and analyse the results in a clear, succinct laboratory report