Course Title: Advanced Topics in Chemistry

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Advanced Topics in Chemistry

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

CHEM1068

City Campus

Undergraduate

135H Applied Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

CHEM1068

City Campus

Undergraduate

171H School of Science

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: James Tardio

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2127

Course Coordinator Email: james.tardio@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 3.2.21

Course Coordinator Availability: Email for an appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


Course Description

This course focuses on developing your understanding of several selected chemical topics relevant to the chemical sciences; it is content rich, but incorporates a problem-based approach as applied to real life examples.

The course aims to develop your advanced level critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills in industrial, organic and physical chemistry – the skills that professional scientists will require during their career in solving structural, energetic and kinetic problems associated with chemical, physical, metallurgical or biological processes. It builds on your basic chemistry knowledge developed in prior years.

Recorded lectures in Minerals Processing Chemistry, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry will be presented.  A detailed understanding of industrial chemistry, the organic chemistry of organosulphur, organophosphorus and heterocyclic compounds, electrochemistry and surface chemistry is developed so as to provide you with the necessary skills to analyse complex chemical systems encountered in the professional practice of chemistry, either in industry or in a research environment.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Upon successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate inorganic, organic and physical chemistry related specifically to industrial chemistry situations and more widely, to biological and environmental processes;
  2. Apply knowledge of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry related specifically to industrial chemistry situations and more widely, to biological and environmental processes;
  3. Solve problems using systematic approaches to inorganic, organic and physical chemistry related specifically to industrial chemistry situations and more widely, to biological and environmental processes;
  4. Present problem solving strategies and worked solutions using conventional chemical and mathematical notation.


This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP229 Bachelor of Science at AQF Level 7:

  • PLO-2   Scientific Knowledge
    • PLO-2.1 You will have broad knowledge in your chosen discipline, with deep knowledge in its core concepts
  • PLO-3   Inquiry and Problem Solving
    • PLO-3.1   You will be able to plan and carry out a research project under supervision, showing the development of some capacity for independent work

This course contributes the following Program Learning Outcomes for BH098 Bachelor of Science (Applied Chemistry)/Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) (Honours) at AQF Level 7:

  • PLO-2   Scientific Knowledge
    • PLO-2.1 Graduates have exhibited depth and breadth of chemistry knowledge by demonstrating a knowledge of, and applying the principles and concepts of chemistry
    • PLO-2.2 Graduates have also demonstrated depth of chemistry knowledge by recognising chemistry is abroad discipline that impacts on, and is influenced by, other scientific fields.

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP247 Bachelor of Science (Nanotechnology)/Bachelor of Science (Applied Sciences) at AQF Level 7:

  • PLO-1   Understanding Science
    • PLO-1.1 You will demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method and an ability to apply the scientific method in practice.
    • PLO-1.3 You will demonstrate an understanding of the role and importance of evidence in the continuous evolution of scientific knowledge.
  • PLO-5   Personal and professional responsibility
    • PLO-5.1   You will develop a capacity for independent and self-directed work.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Industrial Chemistry applied assignment
Weighting 20 %
These assessment tasks supports CLOs 1-4

Assessment Task 2: Physical Chemistry applied assignment
Weighting 30 %
These assessment tasks supports CLOs 1-4

Assessment Task 3: Organic Chemistry section online quiz
Weighting 20 %
These assessment tasks supports CLOs 1-4

Assessment Task 4: Intra semester theoretical application tests
Weighting 30%
These assessment tasks supports CLOs 1-4

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.