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MODULE TITLE	Further Advanced Topics in Chemistry	CREDIT VALUE	15
MODULE CODE	NSCM003	MODULE CONVENER	Unknown

DURATION: TERM	1	2	3
DURATION: WEEKS	11	0	0

Number of Students Taking Module (anticipated)	45

DESCRIPTION - summary of the module content

This module provides you with small-group teaching across a selection of advanced topics in chemistry, reflecting the research interests of the staff involved. The syllabus consists of six short courses, each taught as a self-contained set of eight lectures (or the workshop/tutorial equivalent). You should choose three of these courses, enabling you to tailor the module to your specific interests and your intended future career.

In order to take this module you must ensure that you have completed NSC1003 Foundations In Natural Science, plus any other prerequisite modules specific to each short course, these being listed within the Syllabus Plan below.

This is an optional module for final year students of MSci Natural Sciences.

AIMS - intentions of the module

Our aim in providing this module is to give you the flexibility to tailor your advanced studies in chemistry to your particular interests and career goals. In three (from six) self-contained courses of eight hours each, you will work with research-level material, combining your study and communication skills with your core knowledge to understand complex systems and solve challenging problems.

The skills you gain from lectures and seminars will develop or enhance your employability. Transferable skills to other sectors include: problem solving (linking theory to practice, responding to novel and unfamiliar problems, data handling), time management (managing time effectively individually and within a group), and self and peer review (taking responsibility for own learning, using feedback from multiple sources).

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs) (see assessment section below for how ILOs will be assessed)

On successful completion of this module you should be able to:

Module Specific Skills and Knowledge

1. Critically evaluate and analyse the module content within the context of wider reading and also material from earlier years, to develop an overarching view of the interconnectedness of the subject and its interdisciplinary nature
2. Recognise and exploit any connections between taught materials and project material

3. Engage in targeted research and reading for personal development and future educational requirements, in addition to reading material primarily for assessment purposes

Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge

4. With reference to primary literature, evaluate how research developments in chemistry drive the subject forward and, where appropriate, the social, technological and commercial impacts they have
5. Analyse in detail essential facts and theory in advanced areas of chemistry

6. Analyse and evaluate independently a range of research-informed literature in chemistry and synthesise research-informed examples from the literature into written work

7. With limited guidance, deploy established techniques of analysis and enquiry used in chemistry at the research level

Personal and Key Transferable / Employment Skills and Knowledge

8. Communicate effectively arguments, evidence and conclusions using written means in a manner appropriate to the intended audience
9. Devise and sustain, with little guidance, a logical and reasoned argument with sound, convincing conclusions

10. Analyse and evaluate appropriate data with very limited guidance

SYLLABUS PLAN - summary of the structure and academic content of the module

Each of the following topics is a self-contained short course lasting eight hours, with its own specific syllabus available in separate documentation on the associated ELE page for this module. You should select three short courses from this list. There will be a minimum student number required for a given short course to run. Module pre-requisites are listed. There are no module co-requisites.

Total Synthesis of Natural Products

Pre-requisites:

NSC1003
BIO2085
BIO3089

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation

Pre-requisites:

NSC1003
BIO2085
Ideally, BIO2086

Molecular Symmetry

Pre-requisites:

NSC1003

Electron Transfer in Biological Systems

Pre-requisites:

NSC1003
Ideally, BIO2091

Microfluidics and Lab-On-A-Chip Technologies

Pre-requisites:

NSC1003

Electron-Transfer Kinetics

Pre-requisites:

NSC1003
NSC2002

LEARNING AND TEACHING

LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities	24.00	Guided Independent Study	126.00	Placement / Study Abroad	0.00

DETAILS OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	24	Lectures and workshops or tutorials (24 x 1 hour minimum)
Guided Independent Study	126	Independent study

ASSESSMENT

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT - for feedback and development purposes; does not count towards module grade

Form of Assessment	Size of Assessment (e.g. duration/length)	ILOs Assessed	Feedback Method
Non-assessed problem and summary materials provided for self-checking purposes	Ongoing	All	Oral

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (% of credit)

Coursework	0	Written Exams	100	Practical Exams	0

DETAILS OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Form of Assessment	% of Credit	Size of Assessment (e.g. duration/length)	ILOs Assessed	Feedback Method
Examination (problem and essay-based questions)	100	2 hours	All	Written

DETAILS OF RE-ASSESSMENT (where required by referral or deferral)

Original Form of Assessment	Form of Re-assessment	ILOs Re-assessed	Time Scale for Re-assessment
Examination	Examination	All	August ref/def period

RE-ASSESSMENT NOTES

Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.

Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 50%) you will be required to sit a further examination. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of referral will count for 100% of the final mark and will be capped at 50%.

RESOURCES

INDICATIVE LEARNING RESOURCES - The following list is offered as an indication of the type & level of
information that you are expected to consult. Further guidance will be provided by the Module Convener

Basic reading:

ELE: http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

Web based and Electronic Resources:

Other Resources:

Reading list for this module:

There are currently no reading list entries found for this module.

CREDIT VALUE	15	ECTS VALUE	7.5

PRE-REQUISITE MODULES	NSC1003
CO-REQUISITE MODULES

NQF LEVEL (FHEQ)	7	AVAILABLE AS DISTANCE LEARNING	No
ORIGIN DATE	Wednesday 09 March 2016	LAST REVISION DATE	Thursday 11 August 2016

KEY WORDS SEARCH	Variable syllabus, chemical literature, chemistry

Natural Sciences

NSCM003 - Further Advanced Topics in Chemistry (2016)