Duration
15h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in chemistry (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in chemistry (60 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims at providing the students with an overarching view of the chemical background concepts, in order to teach them more efficiently. The course will combine both conceptual and didactical aspects and will emphasize the experimental approach as well as the scientific communication. Two topics will be addressed in 2019-2020:
1) Thermodynamics
2) Atomic and molecular structure
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- A deeper understanding of basic chemical concepts, their interconnections and their links to experimental reality
- A better ability to communicate science to various audiences: general public, secondary school student, undergraduate students
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Chemistry at university bachelor level
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In each chapter, simple tasks or experimental situations will lead the students to revisit the underlying theoretical framework. We shall consider how these phenomena may be explained at different complexity levels based on available resources (lectures, textbooks, primary and secondary literature). Team oriented competences will be developed. The students will have to report, either through written essays or orally, on the considered phenomena and associated explicative theories at different levels: vulgarization, upper secondary school, bachelor.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Theoretical lectures, experimental sessions, team work, written and oral communication exercises
Recommended or required readings
Adequate material will be provided during the lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria
Continuous assessment of communication skills. An essay on a scientific question will have to be handed in one week before the oral examination and defended during the oral examination.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Bernard Leyh Department of Chemistry, Building B6c (Office R77 and lab S72), B-4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman) Phone: +32/(0)4/366.34.25 - E-mail : Bernard.Leyh@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Non applicable : course taught during the 1st semester
Assessment subjects
Assessment finalized in January 2020
Assessment methods
Assessment finalized in January 2020
Contacts
Bernard Leyh Department of Chemistry, Building B6c E-mail : Bernard.Leyh@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
There are no students concerned by an evaluation for this course during the August-September 2020 session.