Atoms and Molecules

Unit Outline

This single credit unit contains lectures, tutorials and directed student-centred learning. It consists of a total of 150 hours made up of class contact time and directed learning. Each one-hour lecture has associated with it two hours for reading your notes and the directed essential reading matter. This should be done on the same day as the lecture. The rest of the unit time is taken up with the problems. For maximum benefit these should also be done as close to their associated lectures as possible and before the following week. For these reasons you should set aside four hours each week on the same day as the Atoms and Molecules unit for this work. A further four hours should be set aside at the weekend for the problems and to prepare for the following week. Recognise that Atoms and Molecules is one of the more demanding Units and invest the time. The investment pays dividends.

These times are NOT optional. You must invest your time if you are to benefit from University. If you do not use your opportunity then you let us and yourself down.

The course will be presented in a series of 24 lectures with twelve one-hour tutorials in support. Two reinforcement/revision lectures are also given. Five one-hour periods will be timetabled every other week starting in week two for the completion multiple-choice tests. On the weeks following the tests, there will be a one-hour period for going over the answers to the previous week's test and for performing further examples. Practical work (about 18 hours) will support and reinforce the material in the theory sections and develop laboratory skills, safe practice and group participation. This practical work will form part of the 'Core and Practical Skills' units.

For the six tutorials you will be divided into groups. Your Biological Chemistry tutor will concentrate on the needs of students who have done the least chemistry in the past. A program of guided student-centred activities is provided which includes guided reading, audio-visual aids, computer simulations, molecular modeling and problem solving.

All lectures, tutorials and multiple-choice test classes must be attended unless you have an excuse acceptable to your course director. All sessions have attendance sheets. Attendance is important and absence may cause you to fail. If multiple-choice test sessions are unavoidably missed, it is not usually possible to do them at an alternate time. Exceptions may be possible if sufficient prior warning is given.

The course has an essential textbook associated with it. This must be purchased to complete the background reading satisfactorily.

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on 29 August, 2003