Module: Introductory Chemistry 2

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Introductory Chemistry 2
Module Code	CS102 (ITS) / CHM1004 (Banner)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Chemical Sciences
Module Co-ordinator	Patrick O'Malley
Module Teachers	Kieran Nolan
NFQ level	6	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

To develop an understanding of the basic concepts of organic chemistry with emphasis on aliphatic chemistry. To understand and apply the IUPAC nomenclature system to name organic compounds. To consider the chemistry of a variety of organic functional groups: chemical tests that can be conducted to identify certain functional groups. To consider chemical reactions that convert between organic functional groups. To develop an understanding of reaction mechanism involved in organic chemistry. To build upon the concepts of physical chemistry (e.g. chemical thermodynamics and kinetics) introduced in CS101 to understand the concepts of acid-base, solubility and complexation equilibria.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand and apply the IUPAC nomenclature system for naming organic compounds.
2. Understand the chemistry of organic functional groups and predict chemical reactivities and properties based on such functionalities
3. Understand organic reactions that convert from one functional group to another
4. Develop an understanding of reaction mechanism in organic chemistry
5. Identify strong acids, strong bases, weak acids, weak bases
6. Distinguish between Bronsted, Arrhenius and Lewis theories of acids/bases
7. Derive and manipulate equilibrium constant expressions
8. Understand pH, pOH, acidity, basicity; predict solution pH, metal ion concentrations in titrations

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	30	Lectures in organic and analytical chemistry - Hybrid teaching model with combination of live lectures and online synchronous sessions
Online activity	12	Immersive online activities will enable students to explore real-world applications of key principles
Assignment Completion	24	Completion of weekly online assignments and quizzes in McGraw-Hill LearnSmarts
Assessment Feedback	10	Students will receive feedback through McGraw Hill LearnSmarts and through Peer- and Self-assessments of their Glossary of Key Terms
Directed learning	24	Students will be provided with recommended reading and multimedia resources (through Loop page)
Independent Study	25	Revision of course and lecture materials, identifying where concepts from this course are related to other modules.
Total Workload: 125

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Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	20%	Examination Weight	80%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Completion of online activity	Students will be assessed via completion of a series of weekly online activities and quizzes in the McGraw-Hill Learn Smarts.	20%	Every Week
Participation	Students will contribute to preparation of a Glossary of Key Terms. This will be built upon throughout the semester, and used again in modules in later years	0%	As required
Completion of online activity	Students will complete immersive online activities, allowing them to appreciate real-world applications of concepts	0%	As required

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 3

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