Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Interpret information to carry out basic planning and decision making in experimental work
- Relate experimental discoveries to theoretical understanding and present conclusions in a range of formats
- Interpret multiple types of collected data to solve chemical problems
Syllabus
Lab skills to be developed
- Plan (work flow) and carry out preparative and analytical procedures inc workup with minimal guidance where explained previously
- Make decisions on what quantities, equipment, solvents etc to use in synthesis
- Design, make and record accurate measurements
- Choose the right separation technique to apply to a problem then collect and process data correctly for scale up design
- Calibrate an instrument, plot calibration data and determine errors
- reaction engineering and catalytic choose including biological
- Make a (guided) decision about what Python library to use, then use it to carry out a calculation and visualise representations
Information and data skills
- Risk assessments from materials safety data sheets covering chemical and non-chemical hazards
- Design aspects of an experimental procedure with guidance from/discussion with staff
- Suggest formulae relevant to an experiment and experiments to test those formulae
- Present data correctly and where appropriate apply error analysis without a specific instruction to do so
- Use theory knowledge to carry out interpretation beyond comparison with tables,
- Bring data together to comment on sustainable aspects and design for scale
- Compare data or procedures with those found in the literature and reference the sources properly
- Use databases such as Reaxsis, Web of Science or Scifinder to find a scientific paper and use it to extract specific information
Personal and written skills
- Plan timing of experimental sessions where tasks cannot be carried out sequentially, working with others to manage access to shared equipment
- High level reporting in a range of forms inc concise reports, posters, presentations and effective brief data analysis reports
- Choose appropriate formats to present data with minimal guidance
- Undertake employability training to understand the process of applying for placements and/or eventual employment
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Practical sessions, supported by pre-labs and some written assignments. This module formally carries zero effort since that is attributed to the three accompanying theory modules (3 x 45 h). Employability sessions organised with careers.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 10 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 85 |
| Guided independent study | 20 |
| Completion of assessment task | 20 |
| Total study time | 135 |
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Practical work, lab skills, written reports and presentations. This module formally carries zero CATS as the marks are attributed to the three accompanying theory modules.
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Laboratory Report | 25% |
| Laboratory Assignment | 25% |
| Laboratory work and associated tasks | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal