Undergraduate Course: Chemistry 3A (VS2) (CHEM09010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Chemistry | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Part-year visiting students only | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | Semester 2 lecture courses and tutorials/workshops from the Chemistry 3A course, available to visiting students only. Normally taken alongside CHE-3-BVS2.  The course consists of lectures in structure, spectroscopy and analysis in the following areas:  Molecular Spectroscopy, Electronic Spectroscopy and Electroanalytical Chemistry, Statistical Thermodynamics and Phases and Interfaces. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Not entered
    
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Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
		| High Demand Course? | 
		Yes | 
     
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Lecture Hours 30,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 16,
Online Activities 2,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Summative Assessment Hours 2.5,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
145 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
One 2.5 hour exam. | 
 
| Feedback | 
Students will be provided with feedback through the following channels: Tutorials (small-group sessions, examples classes, and problem workshops). Online multiple-choice tests. | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) |  | 2:30 |  |  
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the factors which determine the energies, intensities and line-widths of the transitions observed in molecular rotation, vibrational and electronic spectra.
 - Understand a range of analytical electrochemical techniques.
 - Explain what a partition function is, and use it to calculate thermodynamic properties.
 - Explain the bulk properties of substances in relation to the structure of their constituent molecules.
 - Draw and interpret phase diagrams, and understand the thermodynamics of phase transitions in terms of the behaviour at the interfaces between phases.
 
     
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Reading List 
Inorganic Chemistry 6th Edition, Weller, Overton, Rourke, and Armstrong, ISBN 978-0-19-964182-6 
Atkins' Physical Chemistry 10th Edition, Atkins and De Paula, ISBN 978-0199543373 
Organic Chemistry, Clayden, Greeves, Warren, ISBN 978-0198503460 |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Improved problem solving skills. 
Independent planning and learning. 
Time management. 
Appreciation of the role of chemistry in the modern world. | 
 
| Additional Class Delivery Information | 
Lecture courses supported by tutorials in the form of small-group sessions, examples classes, and problem workshops. | 
 
| Keywords | C3A(VS2) | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Philip Bailey 
Tel: (0131 6)50 6448 
Email: Philip.Bailey@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Moira Wilson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754 
Email: Moira.Wilson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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