Duration
5h Th, 30h Internship
Number of credits
| Bachelor in chemistry | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The activities related to this course are focused on a personal research work: the student performs a 4-day internship in one of the research units of the Department of Chemistry, under the supervision of a skilled researcher.
As an upstream preparation work, the student performs a bibliographic search in order to understand the scientific background in which the internship is organized. A short oral presentation about the context of research is finally asked.
As a downstream final work, a poster session is organized in order to present the research results in front of the members of the Department. As a conclusion, an internship report will be written like a scientific article.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This is an introduction into scientific research in chemistry. It allows to experience for the first time the whole research approach within a specific experimental context.
The course focuses on the pivotal links between proper information literacy, experimental work and results communication. These three aspects will be evaluated.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Main notions in information literacy
Basic scientific English
Basic scientific knowledge from bachelor blocks 1 and 2
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning of experimental research by the mean of an internship in a chemistry lab. Prior to the internship some discussions will take place concerning:
> research ethics (in collaboration with the English course)
> how to fill in a lab notebook (in collaboration with inorganic chemistry practicals)
> information literacy
> scientific communication
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Classes (face-to-face) introducing the internship, as well as the experimental work itself, take place in February and March. The poster session is in April, after spring holidays. The lab book is delivered to the internship mentor on that day.
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
The final grade is an average of three different evaluations:
By the mentor: lab work (1/6) and lab book (1/6).
By the members of the Department of Chemistry (collectively): poster presentation, under the aspects of communication and clarity (1/6) and accuracy and answers to questions (1/6).
By the teachers of this course: internship report (1/3).
Work placement(s)
Twice two days in a research laboratory. Additional moments are available in the program if the work could not be completed within these four days.
Organizational remarks
The choice of internship topics is communicated in February.
Contacts
Caroline Collette (PhD), Scientific Librarian
Phone: 04 366 34 39
Email: c.collette@ulg.ac.be
Jean-Christophe Monbaliu (PhD), Lecturer
Téléphone : 04 366 35 10
E-mail : jc.monbaliu@ulg.ac.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Following the exceptional conditions and the cancellation of the laboratory internships, the evaluation will only be done on the basis of bibliographic work, the terms of which have been specified to the students by email.
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Items online
Communicate by poster
Some guidelines of the poster presentation.
Practical arrangements
Introduction to laboratory internships