Duration
15h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in chemistry (120 ECTS) (Odd years, organized in 2023-2024) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
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
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 2020-2021:
1) Thermodynamics
2) Acid-base equilibria
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, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
Theoretical lectures, experimental sessions, team work, written and oral communication exercises
Recommended or required readings
Adequate material will be provided during the lectures.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
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)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
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