Course Objectives

The course provides students with a basic knowledge of chemistry. They will learn to carry out simple chemical calculations and laboratory analyses. The course provides students with the basis for understanding many of the chemical processes in nature.

Course Description

• Stoichiometry, gasses and chemical equilibria
• Structure of atoms, chemical bonds and intermolecular forces
• Lewis-notation and VSEPR theory
• Acids and bases, buffers, titration and solutions
• Thermochemistry
• Electrochemistry
• Phase diagrams, solutions and colligative properties
• Reaction velocity

The laboratory course includes basic chemical experiments and analysis of chemical substances taken from nature and everyday life.

Learning Methods

Fifty-five hours of lectures and 20 hours of calculation practice. Obligatory: Twenty-seven hours of laboratory practice and 22 hours colloqium. The group exercises will be distributed before the exercise topics are discussed in the lectures, so students will be able to prepare for lectures. As a consequence, the lectures will cover themes and topics which the students will already be acquainted with.

Assessment Methods

Grades will be given for two part-exams including portfolio assessment. A mid-term examination (3 hours) counts for 40% and a final examination (4 hours) counts for 60% of the final grade. Invalid absence from one of the part exams will result in an F grade for this part. This grade will be added to the grade for the other part-exam.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean