ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 29 Interactive Classroom: 13 Total: 45
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Inorganic Chemistry
Areas: Inorganic Chemistry
Center Faculty of Pharmacy
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
⁃ Understand the importance of chemistry in environmental studies.
⁃ Identify the main sources of air, water, and soil pollution, along with specific examples of environmental disasters directly related to chemistry.
⁃ Comprehend the chemical foundations behind the most serious environmental problems today, particularly climate change.
⁃ Topic 1: Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
⁃ Topic 2: Atmospheric Environmental Chemistry
⁃ Topic 3: Water Environmental Chemistry.
⁃ C. Baird, "Environmental Chemistry," Ed. Reverté, 2nd ed., 2013.
⁃ S. E. Manahan, "Introduction to Environmental Chemistry," Editorial Reverté, 2006.
⁃ T. G. Spiro, W. M. Stigliani, "Environmental Chemistry," 2nd ed., Pearson, Prentice Hall, 2003.
⁃ C. Orozco, A. Pérez, M. N. González, F. J. Rodríguez & J. M. Alfayate; "Environmental Pollution. A Perspective from Chemistry," Paraninfo, 2002.
⁃ M. Lancaster; "Green Chemistry: An Introductory Text," The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
⁃ H. Neilson, A.-S. Allard; "Environmental Degradation and Transformation of Organic Chemicals," Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2008.
⁃ J. H. Seinfeld, S. N. Pandis, "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change," 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2016.
⁃ S. E. Harnung, M. S. Johnson, "Chemistry and Environment," Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Knowledge:
K01. Understand the origin, nature, and how to design, obtain, analyze, control, and produce active ingredients, drugs, and medicines, as well as other products and raw materials of sanitary interest for human or veterinary use.
K02. Understand the therapeutic and toxic effects of pharmacologically active substances.
K03. Apply the scientific method and develop skills in handling legislation, information sources, literature, protocol design, and other necessary aspects for the planning and critical evaluation of preclinical and clinical trials.
K10. Be aware of personal limitations and the need for continual updating of professional competence, with special emphasis on evidence-based self-learning.
K12. Understand the characteristics of solution reactions, states of matter, and principles of thermodynamics and their application to pharmaceutical sciences.
K13. Understand the characteristic properties of elements and their compounds, as well as their application in the pharmaceutical field.
K14. Understand the nature and behavior of functional groups in organic molecules.
K16. Know and apply key techniques for structural research, including spectroscopy.
K19. Understand the structures of biomolecules and their transformations in the cell.
K23. Understand the main metabolic pathways involved in drug degradation.
K25. Understand the processes of drug release, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, and the factors affecting these depending on the route of administration.
K30. Know how to determine bioavailability and evaluate bioequivalence, as well as the factors that influence them.
K38. Understand the nature, mechanism of action, and effects of toxins, as well as the resources available in case of intoxication.
K39. Know analytical techniques related to laboratory diagnostics, toxic substances, food, and the environment.
Skills or Abilities:
S01. Participate in health promotion and disease prevention activities at individual, family, and community levels, with a comprehensive and multiprofessional view of the health-disease process.
S03. Assess the toxicological effects of substances and design and apply appropriate tests and analyses.
S04. Perform hygienic-sanitary analyses (biochemical, bromatological, microbiological, parasitological, etc.), especially those related to general health and to food and the environment in particular.
S05. Develop oral and written communication and information skills to interact with patients and users of healthcare centers.
S09. Estimate the risks associated with the use of chemical substances and laboratory processes.
S13. Estimate the biological risks associated with the use of substances and laboratory processes.
S18. Promote the rational use of medicines and health products.
General Competencies:
C01. Ability to analyze and synthesize.
C03. Oral and written communication in the native language.
C06. Information management skills (ability to search and analyze information from diverse sources).
C08. Decision making.
C10. Critical and self-critical capacity.
C14. Ability to communicate with experts from other fields.
C17. Ethical commitment.
C20. Learning ability.
C25. Ability to work independently.
C28. Concern for quality.
Teaching will consist of 23 hours of lectures, 18 hours of interactive classes, and 2 hours of tutoring.
Students will find support materials, updates, and announcements related to the subject on the course's Virtual Classroom.
In lectures, the instructor will use various teaching resources and base the sessions on the recommended textbooks. These sessions will be conducted interactively, encouraging discussion on the more complex or interesting aspects of each topic. Students will actively participate by solving problems proposed by the instructor. These tasks will only count toward the continuous assessment grade.
In interactive classes (seminars and tutorials), students will work individually or in groups on previously assigned tasks or those introduced during the sessions. These classes may also address transversal topics. At the beginning of the course, each student will be assigned an individual oral presentation. These sessions may be used for the public presentation and discussion of these oral reports. These tasks will also count only toward the continuous assessment grade.
All classes will be held in person. Attendance is mandatory. Absences must be justified with official documentation, as per current university regulations.
The final grade (FG) will be calculated through continuous assessment (CA; 40% of FG) and a final exam (FE; 60% of FG).
CA includes monitoring of personal student work (PSW; 50% of CA), consisting of quizzes, practical exercises during interactive classes, attendance at all sessions, and the individual oral presentation (IOP; 50% of CA).
A minimum of 80% attendance is required for CA to be considered.
To pass the subject, the FE grade must be at least 4.0 out of 10.
The subject is considered passed if the total FG (FG = FE + CA) is 5.0 or higher out of 10.
Exceptionally, students who have officially obtained exemption from class attendance will be assessed solely on the final exam (FG = FE), and a minimum grade of 5.0 out of 10 is required to pass.
The CA grade will be maintained for the resit exam (second opportunity) if the student fails in February. It will also be valid for two academic years (2026–2027 and 2027–2028) if the student does not pass in either call of the current year.
In cases of academic dishonesty, the regulations described in the "Academic Performance Evaluation and Grade Review Regulations" will apply.
⁃ The IOP must be presented in person.
⁃ The discussion of the IOP will take place in class.
⁃ Quizzes and practical exercises will be conducted in person.
⁃ Final exams will be held in person.
⁃ Both CA and FE will assess the knowledge, skills, and competencies listed in the syllabus.
The course has 4.5 ECTS credits, equivalent to 112.5 hours of total student workload (25 hours per ECTS credit). The breakdown is as follows:
Activity: In-class hours / Personal study hours
Lectures: 23 / 37
Interactive classes: 18 / 20.5
Individual tutoring: 2 / 2.5
Exams and reviews: 2 / 8
Total in-class hours: 45
Total personal study hours: 67.5
⁃ Keep up to date with the material.
⁃ At the end of each topic, summarize key points and ensure understanding.
⁃ Regularly consult the recommended bibliography.
⁃ Use tutorial hours to resolve doubts.
⁃ Check the Virtual Classroom regularly, where the syllabus and additional support materials will be posted, along with announcements and class-related tasks.
This course will be taught in Spanish.
Students should revise theoretical concepts introduced in each topic. Success in solving classroom exercises is a good indicator of readiness for the final exam. Students experiencing significant difficulties should attend tutoring sessions for further assistance.
The instructor will analyze, if requested, the difficulties encountered by students who do not successfully complete the evaluation process.
Miguel Vazquez Lopez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881815736
- miguel.vazquez.lopez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | 5035 Classroom 6 Faculty of Law |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | 5035 Classroom 6 Faculty of Law |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | 5035 Classroom 6 Faculty of Law |