Chemistry
BS BT DT BC BP BDT
Dr Tony Patti
6 points * First semester * 4 hours of lectures, 4 hours of laboratory work per week * Gippsland/Distance (even years) * Prerequisites: GAS1282
The subject is presented by a principles approach in the following areas: thermodynamics; reaction mechanisms and kinetics; structure and chemical bonding; phase equilibria; reactive intermediates and carbon chemistry; aromatic compound chemistry; comparative chemistry. The subject is taught by lectures and laboratory classes. The laboratory component is conducted over a five-day `vacation school' in years when the distance education mode occurs. Detailed study guides are provided.
Assessment
Progressive assessment: 70% * Laboratory: 30% * Progressive assessment involves topic tests, assignments and examinations. Laboratory assessment includes reports, a formal oral, and laboratory notebook keeping. Students are required to pass both the theory and laboratory components in order to gain credit for the subject
Prescribed texts
Physical chemistry text to be advised
McMurry J Organic chemistry 2nd edn, Brooks-Cole, 1988
Shriver D F and others Inorganic chemistry 2nd edn, OUP, 1994