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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: CHE2027 Module Title: WORLD OF WORK
Module Provider: Chemical Sciences Short Name: CHE2027
Level: HE2 Module Co-ordinator: WARD NI Prof (Chem Science)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semester One
Assessment Pattern

Coursework (70%)

Written Exam (30%)
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims

The aims of this module are to:

  • develop skills and/or competencies for a career
  • develop a better understanding of the world of work
  • improve your personal professional development and self-reflective practice
  • quantitative analysis and advanced mathematical problem solving etc
Learning Outcomes

On  successful completion of this module you should be able to:

·         understand the application and interview process in terms of seeking employment;

·         understand how to use information technology in relation to research reports and scientific presentations (oral and poster);

·         prepare a scientific report based on a chemical company;

·         understand the nature of the financing of industry through shares and share-dealing;

·         be aware of the qualities required for teamwork, leadership and communication through practical experience.

·         be familiar with quantitative Analysis and necessary advanced mathematics

Module Content

NIW

 

 

 

1-20

 

 

 

Professional oral presentations in the chemical industry; job applications and interviewing; formal scientific writing in chemistry, writing an industrial report; poster presentations for industry and research; leadership and team working through The Share Game, Tower Construction, Put it in the Microwave.

 

 

 

BJH, MP

 

 

 

21-33

 

 

 

Spreadsheets, setting up tables, plotting data and functions; macros and applications; MATLAB for simple and advanced chemical problem solving; symbolic mathematics, graphing and statistical functionality for chemical problems.

 

 

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Combination of 2-hour lectures, tutorials – Transferable skills (18 hours), Quantitative Analysis/IT (16 hours)
Selected Texts/Journals

Recommended:

 

Leach, A.R,: (2001), Molecular Modelling, Principles and Applications, 2nd Edn., Longman

 

Leach, A.R. and Gillett, V.J., (2003), An Introduction to Cheminformatics, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Last Updated
21 April 2011