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| CHIM0310-4 | chemistry preparing to biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences
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| Duration : | 60h Th, 20h Pr, 15h QA Sess., 20h REM |
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| Holder(s) : | Pierre Colson |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Topics : general (I), structural (II) and organic (III) chemistry.
Part I : Aggregation states of the matter, solution properties, pH, kinetics, chemical equilibria, thermodynamics and redox reactions and their applications related to biochemistry and life sciences.
Part II : Atomic structure, chemical bondings and structural analysis.
Part III : General characteristics of organic compounds and their main reactions, polyfunctional derivatives, aromatic hydrocarbons and derivatives, synthetic polymers and biopolymers. |
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| Course objective : | - Gain the tools of chemistry and biochemistry
- Check the basic knowledges
- Check the reasoning ability, the learning and understanding of the topics (this aim is very important for all the lectures of the cursus).
The lecture is oriented to the life sciences applications. The aim of this lecture consists of purchasing to the students the basic topics to sense their use in Biology and Biochemistry. |
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| Prerequisites : | Basic chemistry knowledge of the secondary level |
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| Workshops : | 5 laboratories of 4h are given about the main applications of the lecture (pH, titrations, kinetics, redox reactions and spectrophotometric measurements). One among the 5 laboratories is devoted to the identification of the main organic chemistry functions.
The presence at the laboratory is obligatory.
A written report is made for each laboratory and delivered to the lecturer. This will enable to evaluate each student (1/2 for the year laboratories; 1/2 for the written laboratory examination). |
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| Organization : | The lecture is organized during the first two quadrimesters, with an asymmetric timing (45h at the first one; 15h at the second one).
Two lectures per week (twice 1h45) during the first quadrimester.
One lecture per week (2h) during the second quadrimester. |
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| Written notes : | Lecture notes are sold at the first lecture. They consist of two books entitled "La Chimie pour les sciences de la vie" (2003) : C. Houssier and P. Colson
1ère partie : Chimie Générale et Inorganique
2ème partie : Structures atomiques et moléculaires
3ème partie : Chimie Organique
The last two parts consist of the second book.
Summarized tables and multiple choice questions with explained answers (+ eventually CD-Rom de Chimie interactive) are also available.
There are also two small books of exercises and a small one for the laboratories. |
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| Assessment : | The first exercise examination is organized during the first quadrimester, at the beginning of December. The topics will involve the chapters 1-7. The student who will get a quotation higher than or equal to 10/20 for this part will be exempted of it during the whole academic year.
The first general examination will take place during January and will cover the first book (nine first chapters). It is divided in two parts : the first one will involve theory and the second one will concern exercises. The theory itself consists of two parts : the first concerns questions with multiple choice (20 questions with 5 choices only one of which is right) quoted on 20, and open questions also quoted on 20. Numerical exercises can also appear in these open and multiple choice questions. The global quotation of the theory will be weighted by the following way : 2/5 for multiple choice questions and 3/5 for open questions. The students who will get a quotation higher than or equal to 10/20 will be exempted of this part of the course during the whole academic year. This quotation will take place for 30% in the averaged final quotation (see later). It is not possible to get a partial exemption for one of the two parts of this theory examination.
The problem examination will also consist of two parts. The first one about the chapters1-7 (for students who failed in december); the second one about chapters 8-9 ( for all the students, excepted the students who got complete exemption for the chemistry course or exemption for these parts of problems, what does mean a quotation higher than or equal to 12/20). The students who will get a quotation higher than or equal to 10/20 for one (or two) part(s) will be exempted for the first and the second session.
.These interrogations are optional. All the students may be informed (according to their request and individually) about the quality of their examinations.
For the students who failed these examinations, the results will not be taken into account. For the same students, 20h of remediation will be organized during the second quadrimester.
The examination in June as well as in September will be only a written one. It will cover the topics of the two books, except for the students exempted from the first book who will be examined only about the second book. It will occur by the following way : open and multiple choice questions (1/2 day), exercises + written laboratory examination (1/2 day). Multiple choice will be divided into two parts : one about the first book (except for the exempted students), another one about the second book (for all). A similar division will be made for the open questions. The written laboratory examination will enable to purchase a quotation, taking also into account the experimental work during the year.
The final quotation for non exempted students will be calculated by the following way :
25% for exercises and written laboratory examination
45% for open questions
30% for multiple choice questions
For the exempted students,
25% for exercises and written laboratory examination
30% for the successful examination of January
30% for open questions about the second book
15% for the multiple choice questions of the second book.
The global quotation (averaged to 20 with two digits) will be sent to the secretary of the jury. |
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| Contacts : | Pierre Colson, Chargé de Cours
Chemistry Department
Biospectroscopy and Physical Chemistry Unit
Chemistry Institute (B6c) Office : 3/73B
Sart-Tilman - 4000 Liège 1 (Belgium)
Call : 00 32 (0)4/366.34.06
Fax : 00 32 (0)4/366.45.77
E-mail : P.Colson@ulg.ac.be |
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