ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Inorganic Chemistry
Areas: Inorganic Chemistry
Center Faculty of Chemistry
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
It is expected of the students:
to know and how to handle chemical information
to know the risks and the safety standards in the handling of chemical substances
to solve chemical problems
Lecture programme:
1. ACIDS AND BASES
2. REDOX PROCESSES
3. MOLECULAR SYMMETRY
4. INORGANIC SOLIDS
5. COORDINATION COMPOUNDS
6. STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION
Program of practical laboratory:
Practical laboratory class 1.- Synthesis of pentaammine chloride (III) chloride
Practical laboratory class 2.- Synthesis of tris (2,4-pentanedionate) manganese (III)
Practical laboratory class 3.- Corrosion
Basic (reference manual).
Housecroft, C.E. and Sharpe, A.G.; Química Inorgánica, 2ª ed., Pearson / Prentice Hall, 2006
Additional.
Shriver &Atkins; Química Inorgánica, 4ª ed., McGraw-Hill, 2006
Rodgers, G.E., Química Inorgánica. Introducción a la química de coordinación, estado sólido y descriptiva, McGraw-Hill, 1995
Petrucci, R.H., Harwood, W.S and Herring, F.G.; Química General, 8ª ed.; Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2010
In the above links you can download for free electronic material related with the module, including Housecroft, C.E. & Sharpe, A.G. book
https://infolibros.org/libros-de-quimica-inorganica-gratis-pdf/
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves.
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry
1. BASIC AND GENERAL SKILLS
CG5 - That students are able to study and learn independently, with time and resources organizing new knowledge and techniques in any scientific or technological discipline.
CB2- That students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have skills typically demonstrated through devising and defending arguments and solving problems within their field of study.
CB3- That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical.
CB4- That students can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist public as well as unspecialized.
CB5- That students have developed those skills needed to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
2. TRANSVERSAL SKILLS
CT12 - Acquire an autonomous learning.
CT13 - Ability to adapt to new situations.
CT14- Develop creativity.
CT3 - To acquire knowledge of a foreign language.
CT4 - Be able to solve problems.
3. SPECIFIC SKILLS
CE5 - Understand the principles of thermodynamics and their applications in Chemistry.
CE6 - Acquire knowledge of chemical elements and their compounds. Obtaining, structure and reactivity
CE14 - Be able to solve qualitative and quantitative problems according to previously developed models.
CE16- Being able to evaluate and interpret data.
CE18 - Be able to perform standard laboratory procedures involved in synthetic and analytical work , related to organic and inorganic systems .
CE21- Assess risks in the use of chemicals and laboratory procedures.
A) Lectures in large groups ("E" in the timetables): Face-to-face training activity in the classroom with the lecturer in different formats (theory, problems and / or general examples, general guidelines of the subject, ...). The lecturer may rely on audiovisual and computer media.
B) Interactive classes in small groups (Seminars, "S" in the timetables): Face-to-face training activity in the classroom with the lecturer. Theoretical / practical class in which proposed questions related to theory, applications, exercises, problems, etc. are solved. Assessment tests may be included. The teacher may have the support of audiovisual and computer media.
C) Practical Laboratory classes ("P" in the timetables): Face-to-face training activity in the laboratory with the lecturer. During them the student will acquire the skills needed to work in a chemistry laboratory and consolidates the knowledge acquired in theory classes. For these practices, the student will have a laboratory manual, which will include general considerations about the work in the laboratory, as well as a script for each of the experiments to be carried out. The student must attend each laboratory session after carefull Reading of the content of the manual. After an explanation from the lecturer, the student will carry out the experiments and calculations necessary to reach the objectives of the lab session. The students will take notes during the session of the experimental details and carry out the calculations in the lab books that will be submitted at the end of all the sessions for evaluation.
The accomplishment and overcoming of the laboratory practices will be done, obligatorily, within the established calendar for the realization of the same ones. Attendance at these practical classes is compulsory. Absences must be justified by documentation, in those cases contemplated in current university regulations. The practice not carried out will be recovered in agreement with the lecturer and within the scheduled time for the subject.
D) Small group tutorials using blackboards ("T" in the timetables): Tutorials programmed by the lecturer and coordinated by the Center. 2 hours for each student is stablished. Activities such as supervising supervised work, clarifying doubts about theory or practices, problems, exercises, readings or other proposed tasks are included.
E) The student will be able to find support material in the virtual classroom.
1. Attendance at 100% of the practical laboratory sessions is mandatory. Practices not carried out for justified reasons must be made up, in agreement with the teacher and within the scheduled time for the subject. Absences must be duly documented following the guidelines of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
2. The evaluation will consist of two parts:
2.1. Continuous evaluation will consist of:
I. Exercises given to the teacher (Ej_Entr) and/or exercises carried out in the seminars (Ej_Sem)
II. Laboratory practice sessions (Pract)
2.2. Final examen (EF)
3. Each subsection of section 2 will count towards the final grade of the student as follows: Ej_Entr y Ej_Sem 20%. Pract 15%. EF 65%.
The student's final grade will be the highest between the result of this calculation and the one obtained in the final exam. To pass the subject, the student must obtain a minimum of 5 points, with the grade corresponding to the final exam equal to or greater than 4 points (scale from 0 to 10).
4. For the evaluation of the laboratory practices the items to evaluate will be the following:
• Organization and neatness in the laboratory
• Execution of the practice
• Final laboratory questionnaire
• Possibility of a written test on the practical contents
To pass the subject, the student must achieve the grade of pass, 5 (scale 0 to 10), in the evaluation of the practices.
5. The final exam will deal with all aspects of the subject.
"In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for evaluating student academic performance and reviewing grades will apply."
The following competencies will be evaluated during the course development:
Evaluation of Competences Seminar Lectures Laboratory sessions Tutorials Final Exam
CG5--------------------------------------------------x------------------------------ x
CB2------------------------------x-------------------------------------------------- x
CB3------------------------------x-------------------------------------x
CB4------------------------------x---------------------------------------------------x
CB5------------------------------x---------------------------------------------------x
CT12-----------------------------x------------------x
CT13-----------------------------x------------------x
CT14-----------------------------x-------------------------------------x
CT3------------------------------x------------------x
CT4------------------------------x------------------x--------------------------------x
CE5------------------------------x------------------x--------------------------------x
CE6------------------------------x------------------x--------------------------------x
CE14-----------------------------x------------------x--------------------------------x
CE16------------------------------------------------x-----------------x--------------x
CE18-----------------------------x------------------x--------------------------------x
CE21-------------------------------------------------x
HOURS OF STUDENT WORK IN CLASSROOM
Large group lectures 28
Interactive small group lectures (seminars) 12
Tutorials in very small groups 2
Practical laboratory 12
Exam 3
Total hours of STUDENT WORK IN CLASSROOM 57
HOURS OF STUDENT PERSONAL WORK
Individual or group-study 44
Solving exercises, or other work 25
Preparation of oral or written presentations,
exercises; library or similar activities 12
Preparation of laboratory work 12
Total hours of student's personal work 93
• It is very important to attend the lectures and to keep an "up to date" revision of the course.
• Once a chapter has been read in the reference manual, it is useful to summarize the important aspects, identifying fundamental points and the basic relationships that must be remembered, and making sure to know both its meaning and the conditions under which they may be applied.
• Problem solving is important for learning in this field. It may be helpful to follow these steps: (1) Make a list of all the relevant information provided by the heading. (2) Make a list of quantities to be calculated. (3) identify the equations to be used in solving the problem and apply them properly.
• Preparing the practical work is essential for the laboratory sessions. First, the important theoretical concepts of each experiment should be reviewed and then you should carefully read the outline of the practice, trying to understand the objectives and the development of the proposed experiment. Any doubts that arise must be discussed with the lecturer.
Students who have successfully passed the laboratory demonstrations keep the marks for a maximum of two academic years. Therefore, they will not have to take the lab sessions again, but they will attend the other interactive classes (seminars and tutorials) on equal terms with the other students.
Maria Esther Garcia Fernandez
- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814241
- mesther.garcia [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Miguel Martinez Calvo
Coordinador/a- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814238
- miguel.martinez.calvo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Maria Isabel Velo Heleno
- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- mariaisabel.velo.heleno [at] usc.es
- Category
- USC Pre-doctoral Contract
Diego Sanchez-Brunete Gayoso
- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- diego.sanchez-brunete [at] usc.es
- Category
- USC Pre-doctoral Contract
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