MChem, BSc Chemistry and Mathematics

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate a broad understanding of the concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques of chemistry and mathematics;
- demonstrate a reasonable level of skill in calculation and manipulation and experimentation within this basic body of knowledge;
- apply core concepts and principles in well-defined contexts;
- appreciate the coherence, logical structure and broad applicability of mathematics, the diversity of chemistry and the professional expectations of the discipline of chemistry;
- demonstrate an awareness of skills in comprehending problems, formulating them mathematically and chemically (as appropriate) and obtaining solutions by appropriate theoretical and experimental methods;
- use a range of techniques to initiate and undertake problem solving;
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the discipline/profession to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to chemistry and mathematics;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.