The Department of Chemistry

Course Description

This course integrates and further develops the basic laboratory skills covered in CHEM 1070 and CHEM 2672 courses. The course also introduces students to further advanced experimental techniques and skills ranging from experimental design and planning of multistep reaction syntheses to product purification and quantitation; complex structure/mixture elucidation and chemical characterization with the aid of advanced spectroscopic techniques to the investigation and measurement of the physical parameters (thermodynamics, equilibria and kinetics) of reactions. In this course students will be continuously evaluated throughout the semester on pre-lab preparation, experimental planning and design, post lab report write-up, practical lab skills through the acquisition of meaningful accurate experimental data as well as on their chemical knowledge through short lab quizzes, oral examinations and tutorial/group discussions.

Assessment

Coursework 100%