Available in 2024
Course code

EPCHEM237

Units

10 units

Level

level

Course handbook

Description

This course aims to increase knowledge and awareness of the significant role that chemistry plays in everyday life. It strikes a balance between theory and real-life examples. Students will be introduced to diverse ways of representing the physical world. Topics include analytical chemistry; the gas laws; chemical equilibria; thermodynamics; oxidation and reduction; electrochemistry; and organic chemistry. The course equips students with problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills and prepares them for undergraduate study at the University level. Resource materials are presented in ways which introduce students to different learning styles.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Callaghan

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Online

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Learning outcomes

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

1. Express chemical ideas in a logical, coherent fashion.

2. Work individually and in groups in both practical and theoretical contexts and in the verbal communication of scientific ideas.

3. Research existing chemical theory and apply scientific method in practical contexts.

4. Critically analyse and apply theoretical knowledge in the interpretation of chemical data.

5. Solve simple problems in both practical and theoretical contexts.


Content

  • Atomic structure, orbitals and D-block chemistry
  • How chemists use numbers
  • The mole and applications in chemistry
  • The gas laws
  • Chemical equilibria and oxidation and reduction
  • Thermodynamics and enthalpy
  • Organic chemistry and isomers

Requisite

Students must have successfully completed EPCHEM137

You cannot enrol in this course if you have successfully completed or are enrolled in EPHLTH370 or EPCHEM314.


Assessment items

In Term Test: Mid-semester Test

Quiz: Online Quizzes

Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Lab Reports

Online Open Book Formal Examination: Final Examination


Contact hours

Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan

Laboratory-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 3 week(s) starting in week 9
Lecture-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 11 week(s) starting in week 2

Semester 2 - 2024 - Online

Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Self-Directed 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
  • Self-Directed learning is equivalent to face-to-face contact hours. It involves engagement with course materials that are delivered at a time that suits you via short videos, course notes, podcasts, readings and other activities.
Tutorial-1
  • Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1

Course outline