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CHE1110 Chemistry 1

Semester 1, 2020 On-campus Toowoomba
Short Description: Chemistry 1
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Sciences
Student contribution band : Band 2
ASCED code : 010599 - Chemical Sciences not elsewher
Grading basis : Graded

Staffing

Examiner:

Rationale

This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of Chemistry. It is designed to provide basic knowledge and understanding for students who are training in disciplines that require the support of Chemistry or its applications.

Synopsis

Topics include atomic theory, formulae, valency, chemical equations, periodic table, chemical bonding and structure, chemical calculations, chemical reactions, thermodynamics, and, acids and bases. This course has a graded laboratory component. This course contains a highly recommended residential school for external students and highly recommended on-campus laboratories for on-campus students (non-attendance will mean the student misses both an element for assessment preparation and an element of assessment).

Objectives

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate an understanding of the chemical and physical principles involved in the application of chemistry in the laboratory, in the community and in industry;
  2. demonstrate the basic knowledge of chemistry and associated calculations which are needed for higher level courses in related discipline areas;
  3. demonstrate manipulative skills associated with the effective and safe use of chemical substances, associated chemical laboratory apparatus and equipment;
  4. solve practical problems associated with the laboratory classes;
  5. demonstrate awareness of aspects associated with safe laboratory procedures and activities.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Calculations: SI units, significant figures, moles, composition, formulae, concentration. 22.50
2. Atomic and Molecular Structure: Electronic structure of the atom, shells, subshells, orbitals, electron configuration, Pauli exclusion principle, Hund's rule, The periodic table, electronegativity, stoichiometry, valency, oxidation states and formulae, Bonding;types, naming, structure, Lewis dot structure and VSEPR theory. 22.50
3. Chemical Thermodynamics: gases, liquids, solids, Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, entropy, heat capacity, reaction spontaneity. 10.00
4. Solution Chemistry: solubility, balancing and writing precipitation reactions, equilibria, solubility product. 10.00
5. Acid/Base Chemistry; balancing and writing acid/base reactions, weak and strong acids/bases, acid dissociation, base ionisation, pH (strong and weak acids/bases), buffers, pH indicators and titrations 25.00
6. Laboratory: The practical exercises are designed to illustrate many of the above items associated with the lectures, and develop manipulative skills and safe work practices. At the conclusion of the practicals the students will: understand the need for safety in the laboratory and safe work habits; be able to use appropriate laboratory techniques; have mastered some basic laboratory skills, as provided by the above laboratory experiments; have used some common laboratory equipment. 10.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=01&subject1=CHE1110)

Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)

Blackman, A, Bottle, SE, Schmid, S, Mocerino, M & Wille, U 2019, Chemistry, 4th edn, Wiley & Sons.
Chemistry 1 Practical Manual, USQ Publication, Toowoomba.

Reference materials

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.

Student workload expectations

Activity Hours
Examinations 3.00
Laboratory or Practical Classes 20.00
Lectures 26.00
Private 精东传媒app 94.00
Tutorials 13.00

Assessment details

Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Notes
1.5hr MidSem Restricted Test 35 35 25 Feb 2020 (see note 1)
Laboratory Reports 10 10 25 Feb 2020 (see note 2)
Quizzes 20 20 25 Feb 2020 (see note 3)
Online Exam 35 35 End S1 (see note 4)

Notes
  1. Examiner will inform students of due date for Mid semester test.
  2. Examiner will inform students of due date for Laboratory reports. External students will undertake laboratories during the residential school. The dates and location of the highly recommended residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/resschoolsched.html).
  3. Examiner will inform students of due date for Quizzes.
  4. This will be an open examination. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their course examiner via 精东传媒appDesk. The examination date will be available via UConnect when the official examination timetable has been released.

Important assessment information

  1. Attendance requirements:
    External students are highly recommended to attend the residential school and on-campus students are highly recommended to attend the scheduled laboratories as the residential school and laboratories are linked to an assessment and an element of assessment preparation. It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.

  2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
    Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item.

    Requirements after S1 2020:
    To complete each of the assessment items satisfactorily, students must obtain at least 50% of the marks available for each assessment item. (Depending upon the requirements in Statement 4 below, students may not have to satisfactorily complete each assessment item to receive a passing grade in this course).

  3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
    Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)

  4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
    Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.

    Requirements after S1 2020:
    To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.

  5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
    The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.

  6. Examination information:
    Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: An Open Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination

    Requirements after S1 2020:
    Candidates are only allowed to access specific materials during a Restricted Examination. The only materials that candidates may use in the restricted examination for this course are:
    i. writing materials (non-electronic and free from material which could give the student an unfair advantage in the examination);
    ii. calculators which cannot hold textual information (students must indicate on their examination paper the make and model of any calculator(s) they use during the examination);
    iii. disassembled molecular model kits are permitted (instructions for the use of such kits are not permitted).

  7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
    Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: The details regarding deferred/supplementary examinations will be communicated at a later date

    Requirements after S1 2020:
    Any Deferred or Supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period.

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Assessment notes

  1. In order to attend the Laboratory Classes, students must provide and wear appropriate personal protective equipment. This shall include a laboratory coat, closed in shoes, and safety glasses. Such equipment must be approved by supervising staff. Failure to provide and wear the appropriate safety equipment will result in students being excluded from classes.

  2. Attendance at the residential school (external students) is Highly Recommended (non-attendance will mean the student misses both an element for assessment preparation and an element of assessment).

  3. Harvard (AGPS) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use Harvard (AGPS) style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (AGPS) style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide.

Other requirements

  1. Students will require regular access to the Internet for this course.

Date printed 19 June 2020