CH1020 - Preparatory Chemistry

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Chemistry & Industrial Chemistry

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 Outcomes

• 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 introduce students to simple laboratory skills in chemistry;
• to prepare students with limited background (or in need of remedial assistance) in the discipline to be able to undertake level 1 chemistry.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 3
Census Date 26-Jan-2007
Face to face teaching 22-Jan-2007 to 16-Feb-2007
Coordinator:	Dr Murray Davies
Lecturers:	Dr Maria Pappalardo, Assoc. Professor Michael Ridd, Dr Murray Davies, Professor Richard Keene, Ms Ioana Bowden, Professor Ian Atkinson.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 18 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (30%); practical performance and reports (20%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	Dr Murray Davies
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Michael Ridd, Dr Murray Davies, Assoc. Professor Bruce Bowden, Professor Richard Keene, Ms Ioana Bowden.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 18 hours practicals - The practical sessions will be run as a block in the mid Study Period break.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (30%); laboratory performance and write-ups (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.