2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CHEM3611 Chemistry: Making an Impact
10 creditsClass Size: 20
Module manager: Dr Chris Pask
Email: c.m.pask@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
Pre-requisites
| CHEM2600 | Chemistry: Idea to Market |
This module is mutually exclusive with
| CHEM3620 | Ethical Issues in Chemistry |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
"Chemistry Making an Impact" builds on the concepts introduced in Chemistry: Idea to Market, but with greater focus on how chemistry can be used to make an impact on society and the environment. Students must work in a team to develop and build a business plan around an idea for a business based on the concept of chemistry making a difference, culminating in a presentation to an "investment panel". The module will help students to further develop their team-working, project and time management, information retrieval and self reflection, while providing a valuable insight into the commercial side of chemistry.NOTE: CHEM2600 (Chemistry: Idea to Market) is a prerequisite for this module.Objectives
The module will lead students, working in a team-based environment, through the various stages of setting up a new social enterprise, from the inception and development of the idea itself, through preparation of a business plan to preparing a funding proposal for potential investors/grant awarding body.The module will build and expand on the ideas and skills developed by the students in CHEM2600 (Chemistry: Idea to Market), strengthening the students’ team-working skills and developing a greater business awareness. The module will also demonstrate how the students’ chemical knowledge can be applied within an ethical and socially responsible framework, without sacrificing commercial success.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, students should be able to:
- Understand what is meant by social enterprise, how they differ from other businesses and how they operate and function
- Use their chemistry knowledge to develop an idea for a social enterprise
- Understand the steps involved in setting up a social enterprise
- Construct a business plan for a social enterprise
- Understand funding opportunities for social enterprise
- Prepare a funding proposal for a social enterprise
- Present their social enterprise idea to an investment body
Syllabus
- Introduction to social enterprise and ethical business
- Examples of existing chemistry based social enterprises
- Generating ideas – patents, research papers, journal articles
- Technical feasibility
- Market evaluation
- Financial planning and forecasting
- Production of a business plan for a new social enterprise
- Preparation of funding proposal and presentation to investment body
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Group Project | 2 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
| Seminars | 10 | 2.00 | 20.00 |
| Group learning | 5 | 2.00 | 10.00 |
| Independent online learning hours | 20.00 | ||
| Private study hours | 46.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 34.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
Presentations, additional reading materials and links to resources will be made available on the VLE.The students will be expected to meet in their groups at least five times for a period of two hours during the module.
Independent learning will comprise gathering the necessary information to complete the case study.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Through contribution within seminars and self assessment/reflection exercises.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Group Project | Business plan | 50.00 |
| Presentation | Funding pitch to "potential investors" | 30.00 |
| Reflective log | Individual log and skills audit | 20.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Resits not available
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 27/01/2017
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