CH3104 - Advanced Chemistry Project

Credit points:	03
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Science and Engineering

Offered in SP2

This subject is taken by third year chemistry majors, usually in their final undergraduate semester. It constitutes an introduction to research in chemistry, and leads on to honours and postgraduate level research. At the core of the subject is the completion of a significant piece of practical work in the research laboratory of one of the academic staff within the Discipline of Chemistry. This subject involves researching a project, carrying out the research and the reporting of that research, both in a written report and by an oral presentation to the Discipline and the students' peers. A second aspect of the subject involves acquisition of "generic skills" that include database searching, laboratory safety, intellectual property, oral presentation skills and working within a team (as part of a research group).

Learning Outcomes

• Review the literature of a particular area of chemistry;
• Apply synthetic or analytical laboratory skills and spectroscopic tools to solve chemistry problems;
• Assemble and analyse data collected from experimentation and evaluate those data in terms of theory;
• Create a scientific report and research presentation in which the current results are evaluated in a broader perspective.

Prerequisites:	CH2101 AND CH2102 AND CH2103 AND CH3101
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CH3093

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coordinator:	Professor Peter Junk
Lecturers:	Dr Murray Davies, Assoc. Professor Michael Oelgemoeller, Dr Rosalie Hocking, Dr George Vamvounis, Dr Mark Robertson, Professor Peter Junk.
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures 100 hours practicals
Assessment:	presentations (10%); lab performance mark from supervisor (50%); assignments (40%).

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.