Chemistry with Research in Industry MChem
Bachelor's degree
In Liverpool
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Liverpool
This programme is targeted at our very best students, combining a complete MChem programme with a year of paid industrial research experience – an ideal combination if you wish to become a professional chemist and pursue a high-level research career in Chemistry after graduation. The benefits of a one-year industrial placement are immense. You not only gain in terms of your practical and intellectual skills, but return with a more objective attitude towards work for your final year. It is no accident that final degree performances are enhanced by a year in industry. In today’s competitive job market, prior industrial experience is highly sought-after by employers. All our programmes have a common Chemistry core which provides a good measure of flexibility and choice for you during the first two years. These are identical to the first two years of the MChem Chemistry (F102) programme. Since students enter the Department with a wide range of experience in Mathematics (which is essential for studying chemistry to a high level) we provide a flexible three-tiered Maths for Chemistry course allowing you to develop your skills at your own pace. In Year Three you take up your paid industrial placement (recent examples of employers are AstraZeneca, Beckmann Coulter (China), Dyesol, Ineos, GlaxoSmithKline (UK and US), Johnson Matthey, Reckitt Benckiser, and Sigma-Aldrich). While you are on placement, you take a specially developed Chemistry module by distance learning that covers the core Chemistry studied by the third year students not taking up placements. If you choose not to take up a placement, you can transfer onto the MChem Chemistry (F102) programme in Year Two or at the start of Year Three. In your final year, you will return to Liverpool and take a range of advanced core modules in Inorganic, Physical and Organic Chemistry and can tailor your studies to choose high-level modules in areas that interest you and that...
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Entry Requirements A level offerAAB Subject requirementsTwo science A levels including Chemistry BTECNot Accepted International Baccalaureate35 points overall including 6 points from Chemistry at higher level and 5 points from one other science at higher level Irish Leaving CertificateA1, A1, A1, B1 (including Chemistry and one other Science at A1) Scottish Higher/Advanced HigherNot accepted without Advanced Highers Advanced Welsh BaccalaureateAccepted, including 2 science A levels at grades AA including Chemistry ...
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Subjects
- Management
- Credit
- Basic
- IT
- Basic IT training
- Data analysis
- Basic IT
- Archaeology
- Design
- Mathematics
- Organic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Materials
- Industry
- Writing
- IT Management
- Chemistry Research
- GCSE Mathematics
- Skills and Training
Course programme
This is identical to Year 1 of the MChem Chemistry (F102) programme. You will take modules that cover the fundamentals of Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry, plus key skills, totalling 90 credits. You will spend 3 to 6 hours per week in the laboratory and so will receive a comprehensive training in practical aspects of the subject.
In addition, you will have a choice of 30 credits of subsidiary modules from other Departments including Environmental Sciences, Biological or Biomedical Sciences (Anatomy, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology or Physiology), Mathematics, Physics and Archaeology. There are also optional courses within Chemistry covering, eg. the Chemistry-Biology interface, and in the second semester you can opt to take a research inspired course ‘Innovative Chemistry for Energy and Materials’ delivered by staff in the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy.
Compulsory modules-
Introductory Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM111)
Level
1
Credit level
15
Semester
First Semester
Exam:Coursework weighting
50:50
Aims
The aim of this module is to give students an understanding of the underlying principles of the chemistry of the main group elements and to give them an appreciation of the importance of this chemistry in everyday life.
Learning OutcomesBy the end of this module a student will have an understanding of:
- The periodic table as an underlying framework for understanding the chemistry of the main group elements
- The crystal structures of metals and simple ionic solids
- Lewis acid-Lewis base interactions
- Systematic chemistry of halides and hydrides of the main group elements
- stematic chemistry of halides and hydrides of the main group elements
- The structures and reactivities of organometallic compounds of the main group elements
- The basic techniques required for the preparation and analysis of simple inorganic compounds
A student will also have developed the following skills:
- Planning and time-management associated with practical work
- Report writing
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Introductory Organic Chemistry (CHEM130)
Level
1
Credit level
30
Semester
Whole Session
Exam:Coursework weighting
60:40
Aims
The aim of this module is to ensure that students are aware of fundamental principles of organic chemistry, including nomenclature, structure and bonding, and the basic principles of static and dynamic stereochemistry. The major reactions associated with the common functional groups will be covered with emphasis on reaction mechanisms. In addition, this module will provide an introduction to the basic techniques associated with practical synthetic chemistry.
By the end of this module students will know:
- Structures and shapes of major classes of organic compounds
- Principles of bonding in major classes of organic compounds
- Basic principles of stereochemistry
- Important reactions of a range of functional groups
- An understanding of the major classes of reaction mechanisms
- The basic techniques of synthetic chemistry (isolation, purification, identification, and design and work-up of reactions) and will have experience of characterisation using spectroscopic techniques and chemical methods.
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Introductory Physical Chemistry (CHEM152)
Level
1
Credit level
15
Semester
Second Semester
Exam:Coursework weighting
60:40
Aims
The main aim of this module is to equip students with an understanding of basic kinetics and thermodynamics as they relate to chemical reactions.
Learning OutcomesBy the end of the module students should be familiar with, and be able to make appropriate use of:
- Basic ideas of energy changes in chemical reactions
- Ideas relating to the rates of chemical reactions
- Basic laboratory skills and report writing, including data and error analysis
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Introductory Spectroscopy (CHEM170)
Level
1
Credit level
15
Semester
Whole Session
Exam:Coursework weighting
70:30
Aims
- the importance of quantum mechanics in understanding atomic structure
- the interaction of light with matter
- atomic and molecular spectroscopy
- information obtained from different spectroscopic techniques
- the interpretation of spectroscopic data
- deduction of molecular structure from spectroscopic data
By the end of this module students should have an understanding of atomic structure and the fundamental principles behind rotational, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and should be able to apply their knowledge to real spectroscopic problems, including the application of spectroscopic techniques to the elucidation of molecular structure.
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Key Skills for Chemists 1 (CHEM180)
Level
1
Credit level
15
Semester
Whole Session
Exam:Coursework weighting
0:100
Aims
The aim of this module is:
(i) to equip students with the basic quantitative transferable skills required for the first year of a Chemistry degree programme. (60% of module)
(ii) to broaden a student''s perspective of chemistry whilst developing their general transferable skills with a focus on communication and employability. (40% of module)
Learning OutcomesThe overarching leaning outcome is for students to have the key skills that will equip them to perform well in the rest of their chemistry degree programme.
The learning outcomes can be divided into two areas: Quantitative and General Key Skills.
Quantitative key skills:
By the end of this module a successful student should be able to handle:
- Simple volumetric calculations as required for titrations in analytical chemistry
- Basic algebraic manipulation and functions needed for kinetics, thermodynamics and quantum mechanics
- Elementary geometry required for the understanding of molecular shapes and solid state chemistry
- The representation of data via graphs, particularly straight line graphs, and the manipulation of data in spreadsheet programs for data analysis
- The basic idea of a derivative and an integral for use in physical chemistry
- The physical concepts of energy, momentum and angular momentum
General key skills:
By the end of this module a sucessful student will have been exposed to:
- The importance of chemistry in the development of our society
- The future of chemistry
- The representation of chemistry in the media
In addition successful students will have developed their:
- investigative, critical, writing and presentation skills.
- employability skills.
- Principles of Archaeology (ALGY101) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester First Semester Exam:Coursework weighting 50:50 Aims
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To introduce students to the various theoretical tools, field methods and laboratory techniques that archaeologists use to study and interpret the past.
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To acquaint students with the types of data archaeologists collect, and how they analyse and interpret these data in order to reconstruct and understand past societies.
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To develop the student''s intellectual skills in terms of knowledge acquisition, research, written and visual communication as well as group work and reflexive evaluation (both self and peer evaluation).
Learning Outcomes
Acquire essential subject-based knowledge. - The Practice of Archaeology (ALGY102) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester Second Semester Exam:Coursework weighting 0:100 Aims
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This module aims to introduce students to the issues involved in the design and implementation of archaeological research.
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To introduce students to the challenges facing modern archaeologists.
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To introduce students to desk-based archaeological assessments
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To introduce students to aspects of archaeological mapping and GIS
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To introduce students to aspects of field recording
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To introduce students to aspects of archaeological data analysis
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To introduce students to issues involved in archaeological project and excavation design
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To introduce students to issues involved in the interpretation of archaeological sites and cemeteries
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To introduce students to principles of heritage and management of archaeological sites
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to show some understanding of the objectives of archaeological research. - Foundations of Medicinal Chemistry (CHEM141) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester First Semester
Become familiar with scientific equipment, techniques and materials that are used and analysed by applied archaeological science.
Become aware of the relevance of the materials, methods and arguments presented in the module for the study of the past in diverse archaeological contexts.
Become familiar with the main schools of thought and intellectual debates involved in the study, and the critical analysis of specific archaeological subjects, research questions and case-studies.
Become aware of appropriate standards of professional conduct, including health and safety protocols.
By the end of the module students should be able to demonstrate an awareness of how archaeology works in both academic and commercial spheres
By the end of the module students should be able to show critical awareness of the practice of archaeolgical researchand research design
By the end of the module students should be able to show an understanding of how different approaches can lead to different interpretations
By the end of the module students should be able to show an understanding of desk-based assessment
By the end of the module students should be able to show an understand some basics of archaeological mapping
By the end of the module students should be able to show an understanding of basic archaeological data analysis
By the end of the module students should be able to deminstrate an understanding of aspects of archaeological field recording and data collection
By the end of the module students should be able toshow an understanding of basic issues around management of archaeological sites
By the end of the module students should be able to show an understanding of issues of excavation strategy
Chemistry with Research in Industry MChem