The course is included in these curricula and study modules
Level/category
Teaching language
English
Type of course
Optional
Cycle/level of course
First
Recommended year of study
2
Total number of ECTS
5 cr
Competency aims
Familiarity of organic chemical functional groups
pertinent to learning of polymer chemistry
Learning outcomes
Understanding the nomenclature, structures,
properties and reactions of organic chemical
functional groups
Course contents
Covalent bonding, acids and bases, alkanes and
cycloalkanes, alkenes and alkynes, chirality,
haloalkanes, alcohols, ethers and thiols,
benzene
and its derivatives, amines, aldehydes and
ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None
Recommended or required reading
The course is based upon selected parts of
chapters 1-10 and 12-14 in Brown & Poon's
"Introduction to Organic Chemistry".
Study activities
- Lectures - 15 hours
- Excursions and demonstrations - 4 hours
- Small-group work - 12 hours
- Individual studies - 104 hours
Workload
- Total workload of the course: 135 hours
- Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
- Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours
Mode of Delivery
Participation in tuition
Assessment methods
Exams (written-, oral-, home-)
Assessment requirements
To complete the course the student should
participate in
the lectures and pass the online examination at
the end of
the course.
Teacher
Makkonen-Craig Stewart
Examiner
Andersson Mirja
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit
Assignments valid until
Until further notice
Assessment methods
Date of examination will be announced later - Exams