2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CHEM0811 Elementary General and Inorganic Chemistry (IFY)
10 creditsClass Size: 105
Module manager: Dr Yi-Yeoun Kim
Email: y.y.kim@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Pre-requisite qualifications
None, but a grade C in the GSCE examination in Chemistry or Integrated Science would be advantageousThis module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This 10-credit module in semester 1 shows how the objects around us are derived from incredibly small things that we cannot even see, but are absolutely fundamental to modern science. The module gives an introduction to the structure and bonding in atoms and molecules, salts and metals. It also looks at atomic structure and properties as a basis for systematic chemistry of the elements.You will also gain experience of simple manipulations in the chemical laboratory.Objectives
- To give an introduction to the structure and bonding in atoms and molecules, salts and metals; atomic structure and properties as a basis for the systematic chemistry of the elements.Syllabus
- Fundamental particles and the nature of the atom
- The relationship between the electron configuration of the atom and the Periodic Table
- An elementary description of the principal concepts of chemical bonding
- An introduction to the systematic chemistry of the elements within the framework of the Periodic Table
- The preparation and analysis of simple chemical compounds.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| On-line Learning | 6 | 1.00 | 6.00 |
| Laboratory | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Workshop | 4 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| Lecture | 8 | 1.00 | 8.00 |
| Independent online learning hours | 24.00 | ||
| Private study hours | 54.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
73 hours (including 24 hours online study - quizzes, additional reading)Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Monitored weekly by:- lecture attendance
- completion of weekly problem sheets
- completion of formative midterm assessment
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| In-course Assessment | Assessment of laboratory work | 20.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 20.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Open Book exam | 2 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 29/04/2024 16:12:08
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