| | | 1- NARS
Knowledge and understanding:
? a1 - Major aspects of chemical terminology, nomenclature, conventions and units.
? a2 - The major types of chemical reaction and the main characteristics associated with them.
? a3 - The principles and procedures used in chemical analysis and the characterization of chemical compounds.
? a4 - The characteristics of the different states of matter and the theories used to describe them.
? a5 - The principles of quantum mechanics and their application to the description of the structure and properties of atoms and molecules. | | 2- ? a6 - The principles of thermodynamics and their applications to chemistry.
? a7 - The kinetics of chemical change, including catalysis; the mechanistic interpretation of chemical reactions.
? a8 - The principal techniques of structural investigations, including spectroscopy.
? a9 - The characteristic properties of elements and their compounds, including group relationships and trends within the Periodic Table.
? a10 – Introduction to physical and bioorganic chemistry.
? a11 – The constitution and properties of aliphatic, aromatic, heterocyclic and organometallic compounds, with considerable attention to reaction mechanisms. | | 3- ? a12 - The nature and behaviour of functional groups in organic molecules.
? a13 - The structural features of chemical elements and their compounds, including stereochemistry.
? a14 - Major synthetic pathways in organic chemistry, involving functional group interconversions and carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formation.
? a15 - The relation between bulk properties and the properties of individual atoms and molecules, including macromolecules.
? a16 –Methods of studying inorganic compound and its reactions.
? a17 - Awareness of major issues currently at the frontiers of chemical research and development. | | 4- Intellectual Skills:
? b1- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to the subject areas identified above.
? b2- Ability to apply such knowledge and understanding to the solution of qualitative and quantitative problems of a familiar and unfamiliar nature.
? b3- Ability to recognize and analyze novel problems and plan strategies for their solution
? b4- Skills in the evaluation, interpretation and synthesis of chemical information and data.
? b5- Ability to recognize and implement good measurement science and practice.
? b6- Skills in presenting scientific material and arguments clearly and correctly, in writing and orally, to a range of audiences.
? b7-Computational and data-processing skills, relating to chemical information and data. | | 5- Professional Practical Skills
? c1- Skills in the safe handling of chemical materials, taking into account their physical and chemical properties, including any specific hazards associated with their use.
? c2- Skills required for the conduct of standard laboratory procedures involved in synthetic and analytical work, in relation to both inorganic and organic systems.
? c3- Skills in the monitoring, by observation and measurement, of chemical properties, events or changes, and the systematic and reliable recording and documentation thereof.
? c4- Competence in the planning, design and execution of safely practical investigations, from the problem recognition stage through to the evaluation and appraisal of results and findings; this to include the ability to select appropriate techniques and procedures.
? c5- Skills to use computational tools and packages. | | 6- ? c6- Skills to prepare technical reports.
? c7- Skills to use scientific literature effectively
? c8- Skills in the operation of standard chemical instrumentation such as that used for structural investigations and separation.
? c9- Ability to interpret data derived from laboratory observations and measurements in terms of their significance and the theory underlying them.
? c10-Ability to conduct risk assessments concerning the use of chemical substances and laboratory procedures. | | 7- Transferable Skills:
? d1- Presentation skills, student able to express (orally and writing) there understanding of core chemical principle, the results of experiments, and their analysis of problems.
? d2- Problem-solving skills, student able to identify the essential parts of a problem and formulate a strategy for solving the problem and able to estimate the solution to a problem ,apply appropriate techniques to arrive the solution, test the correctness of there solution, interpret their results and connect it to related areas of chemistry.
? d3- Numeracy and computational skills, including such aspects as error analysis, order-of-magnitude estimations, correct use of units and modes of data presentation.
? d4- Information –technology skills, student should be competent user of basic software, such as word processing, spreadsheet use, and graphic programmes, data-logging and storage, internet communication. | | 8- ? d5- Information-retrieval skills, student able to use information and communications technology.
? d6- Interpersonal skills, student able to work independently and as a part of a team, and learn independently with open - mindedness and critical enquiry.
? d7- Time-management and organizational skills as evidenced by the ability to plan and implement efficient and effective modes of working.
? d8- Study skills, needed for purpose of continuing professional development. | | 9- Benchmarks
We take the Chemistry programme of Bath University as a benchmark. | | 10- Knowledge and understanding:
• To demonstrate a systematic understanding across a broad range of chemical topics
• To describe selected recent developments in the major branches of Chemistry
• To explore the boundary of knowledge in selected areas of Chemistry, both through study and discussion of research literature and by advanced teaching by active researchers
• To use, evaluate and apply as appropriate a variety of teaching and learning methods, including developing an ability to learn independently
• To experience the process of scientific investigation by means of a research project and demonstrate how this may be applied to a chemical problem
• To appreciate and relate the impact of Chemistry in the modern world | | 11- Intellectual Skills:
• To apply creativity in the solution of problems.
• To integrate and evaluate information and data from a variety of sources in order to gain a coherent understanding of theory and practice.
| | 12- Professional Practical Skills
• The ability to undertake competent, safe, evaluative, reflective and effective practical work.
• The ability to critically analyze experimental results and determine their strength and validity | | 13- Transferable/Key Skills
• To communicate effectively in a variety of formats in order to present the results of research work
• To work effectively as part of a team or group
• To propose and apply solutions to chemical problems.
• To demonstrate the ability to manage time, priorities workloads, and utilize long- and short-term planning skills.
• To learn independently in familiar and unfamiliar situations with open- mindedness and in the spirit of critical enquiry. |
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