CH1020:03
Preparatory Chemistry
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
30 hours lectures, 10 hours tutorials, 36 hours practicals. Semester 2. January block mode.
Staff: Professor R Keene.
Chemistry as a science discipline; chemistry and matter; Periodic Table; stoichiometry; bonding; acids and bases; kinetics; chemical equilibrium; chemistry and energy; redox reactions; carbon compounds.
Learning Objectives:
- to acquaint students with basic chemical principles and terminology;
- to give students an appreciation of the central relevance in science of the discipline of chemistry;
- to prepare students with limited background (or in need of remedial assistance) in the discipline to be able to undertake level 1 chemistry;
- to introduce students to simple laboratory skills in chemistry.
Assessment by examination (70%); practical (20%); on-course tutorial assessment (10%).