ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Inorganic Chemistry
Areas: Inorganic Chemistry
Center Faculty of Chemistry
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
• To know the properties of the coordination compounds, relating them to the characteristics of their components.
• To be able to perform normal procedures in an inorganic laboratory.
• To understand risks and safety standards in handling chemicals.
• To know how to solve chemical problems.
Course contents:
Item 1. Thermodynamic stability of coordination compounds.
Item 2. The bonding in coordination compounds.
Item 3. Spectroscopic properties of transition metal coordination compounds.
Item 4. Magnetic properties of transition metal coordination compounds.
Laboratory sessions contents:
Experiment 1 .- Preparation of dichloro(ethylenediamine) cobalt(III) chloride
Experiment 2.- Preparation of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminium
Experiment 3.- Preparation of potassium dioxalatecuprate(II)
Experiment 4.- Complex ions and spectrochemical series
Reference Manual:
- Housecroft C.E., Sharpe A.G., ¡Inorganic Chemistry 3th Ed.; Prentice Hall, 2008. Chapters 7 and 21.
Additional:
- Shriver, D.F. & Atkins, P., Inorganic Chemistry; ; Oxford University Press, 2010. Chapters 19 and 20.
-Huheey J. E., Keiter E. A., Keiter R. L. "Inorganic Chemistry" 4th Edition, HarperCollins CollegePublishers, 1993.
- Ribas Gispert, J., Coordination Chemistry; Wiley-VCH, 2008.
1. BASIC AND GENERAL COMPETENCIES
GC1 - That undergraduates may know and understand the concepts, methods and the more important results of the different branches in Chemistry, inclusive of a historical perspective of their development.
GC2 - That they may be able to gather and to interpret data, information and relevant results, draw conclusions and issue reasoned reports on scientific, technological problems or other areas requiring the use of chemical knowledge.
GC3 - That they may apply both their acquired theoretical and practical knowledge, as well as their ability for analysis and abstraction, to the definition and approach of problems and of finding solutions, both in academic and professional contexts.
GC4 - That they may have the ability to communicate, both written and in oral form, knowledge, procedures, results and ideas in Chemistry, to a specialized public as well as to a non-specialized one.
GC5 - That they may be able to study and to learn independently, with organization of time and resources, new knowledge and techniques in any scientific or technological discipline.
2. TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCIES
TC1 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis
TC2 - Capacity for organization and planification
TC3 - Knowledge of a foreign language
TC4 - Troubleshooting
TC5 - Decision making
3. SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
SC7 - To be able to know the properties of organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds
SC13 - To have capacity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, principles and theories related to the areas of Chemistry
SC14 - To be able to solve qualitative and quantitative problems according to models previously developed
SC18 - To be able to perform standard laboratory procedures implied in analytical and synthetic work, in relation to organic and inorganic systems.
SC23 - To recognize and to value chemical processes in everyday life.
Training activities in the classroom with the lecturer
A) Large group lectures ("CE" in the timetable): Lessons taught with different possible formats (theory, problems and/or general examples, general guidelines on the course, ...). The lecturer can rely on audiovisual media and computers. Usually, the lectures follow the literature contents in the Teaching Guide of the course. Attending these lectures is not compulsory.
B) Interactive small group lectures (seminars, "S" in the timetable): theory and practice lectures issues related to theory, applications, exercises, problems, etc. are proposed. (In these lectures, the student participates actively in various ways: he hands in exercises that have been given long in advance), solution of exercises in the classroom, etc. The lecturer may use audiovisual media and computers, but in general, students will not handle them. It can include screening tests. Attendance is compulsory.
C) Laboratory sessions: This includes lectures that take place in a laboratory. In these, students acquire the appropriate chemistry lab skills which consolidate the knowledge attained in the lectures. Student's personal work in this activity is greatly reduced. For these practices, the student will have a Practical Laboratory Guide, which includes general observations on the laboratory work and an outline of each of the experiments performed. The guide will consist of a brief presentation of the fundaments, methodology to follow, details on the calculations to be performed and results to be presented. The student will have to attend every laboratory session having previously read carefully the contents of this guide. Students will perform individually the experiments and calculations required to achieve the aims of the practical work, writing in their notebook the development, calculations and results of each experiment; they will hand in the results, which will be evaluated, the same day or at the next meeting.
Attendance is compulsory. Failure to attend must be properly justified and those cases falling within the existing university regulations will be accepted. The not made practice shall be recovered in accordance with the lecturer and within the scheduled time for the course.
D) Tutorial sessions in very small groups ("T" in the timetable): Tutorials scheduled by the lecturer and coordinated by the Centre. In general, each student will take one tutorial per semester and course. Additional work includes essays, answering questions about theory or practice, problems, exercises, reading or other proposed tasks, as well as presentations, debates or comments in small groups works. In many cases the lecturer will require students to hand the exercises before the tutorial. These will be included in the activities to be undertaken by students throughout the course and are in the Teaching Guide. Attendance is compulsory.
E) The student will find support material in the Virtual Classroom.
Taking into account the indications contained in the document “Directrices para o desenvolvemento dunha docencia presencial segura no curso 2020-2021”, three possible scenarios are considered, each one with its own teaching methodology:
Scenario 1: adapted normality (without restrictions on face-to-face attendance)
- Large group lectures, interactive small group lectures and laboratory sessions will be fundamentally face-to-face, although in some exceptional and justified cases virtual teaching could be used up to 10% of the overall time for lectures and up to 25% of the overall time for laboratory sessions.
- In this scenario, and in the event that some of the laboratory time will be carried out virtually, face-to-face priority will be given to carrying out face-to-face the experimental part of the laboratory sessions.
- Tutorial sessions could be partially carried out virtually.
- Large group lectures, interactive small group lectures, tutorial and laboratory sessions could be carried out virtually using MS Teams, the Virtual Classroom and/ or in streaming.
Scenario 2: distancing (with partial restrictions on face-to-face attendance)
- Large group lectures could be carried out 100% virtually (in classrooms where social distancing is not possible) or 50% virtually/50% face-to-face (in classrooms where social distancing is possible).
- In interactive small group lectures and laboratory sessions, virtual teaching could be used up to a 50% of the overall time if social distancing is necessary
- In this scenario, only the experimental part of the laboratory sessions will be carried out in a face-to face way.
- Tutorial sessions will take place virtually.
- Large group lectures, interactive small group lectures, tutorial and laboratory sessions will be carried out virtually using MS Teams, the Virtual Classroom and/or in streaming.
Scenario 3: closure of the facilities (impossibility to perform face-to-face teaching)
- Large group lectures, interactive small group lectures, tutorial and laboratory sessions will take place virtually.
- Large group lectures, interactive small group lectures and tutorial sessions will be carried out virtually using MS Teams and/or the Virtual Classroom.
- Laboratory sessions will be carried out virtually using MS Teams and/or the virtual classroom. The contents will be adapted to the impossibility of carrying out the experimental work in the laboratory. Alternative activities will be proposed according to the laboratory schedule, which could include watching videos of the experiments.
Taking into account the indications contained in the document “Directrices para o desenvolvemento dunha docencia presencial segura no curso 2020-2021”, three possible scenarios are considered, each one with its own methodology regarding the assessment system:
Scenario 1: adapted normality (without restrictions on face-to-face attendance)
- Final exams (first and second opportunity) will be face-to-face.
- Regarding the continuous assessment, the delivery procedure of the different proposed tasks (exercise bulletins, exercises performed during the interactive small group lectures, laboratory notebook and laboratory questions) will preferably be face-to-face, although could be delivered virtually if the lecturer considers it appropriate.
Scenario 2: distancing (with partial restrictions on face-to-face attendance)
- Final exams (first and second chance) will be virtual, although the possibility of conducting face-to-face exams will be considered as long as the official regulations allow it and the social distance measures can be met.
- Regarding the continuous assessment, the delivery procedure of the different proposed tasks (exercise bulletins, exercises performed during the interactive small group lectures, laboratory notebook and laboratory questions) will preferably be virtual, although could be delivered face-to-face if the lecturer considers it appropriate and as long as the official regulations allow it and the social distance measures can be met.
Scenario 3: closure of the facilities (impossibility to perform face-to-face teaching)
- Final exams (first and second chance) will be virtual.
- Regarding the continuous assessment, the delivery procedure of the different proposed tasks (exercise bulletins, exercises performed during the interactive small group lectures, etc) will be virtual.
- Laboratory sessions: the students will deliver the laboratory questions virtually. The virtual delivery of the laboratory notebook will be considered.
General considerations about the assessment system common to the three scenarios:
1. Attendance at 100% of laboratory sessions is compulsory.
2. Attendance at interactive small group lectures and tutorial sessions is evaluable. Unattended laboratory sessions for justified reasons will need to be recovered, in accordance with the lecturer.
3 The assessment will consist of two parts:
3.1) Continuous assessment (40%), which in turn consists of:
i. Exercise bulletins proposed by the lecturer
ii. Exercises performed during the interactive small group lectures
iii. Laboratory sessions
3.2) Final exam (60%)
The student’s final grade will not be lower than the final exam grade or than that obtained once included the continuous assessment.
4. Each subsection of section 3.1 shall account for the student’s final grade as follows:
i, ii: 25%
iii: 15%
5. To pass the course is mandatory to pass the laboratory sessions assessment.
6. Students who pass the laboratory sessions assessment but not the course will not have to carry out the laboratory sessions again during three academic years (the current one included).
7. Competencies assessment
Interactive small group lectures CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CT1, CT3, CT4, CT5, CE7, CE13, CE14, CE23
Laboratory sessions: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5, CE7, CE13, CE14, CE23
Final exam: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT5, CE7, CE13, CE14, CE18, CE23
8. In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises, tests and exams, the provisions of the “Regulations for the assessment of two academic performance and for the review of qualifications” will apply.
9. In the event that it will be necessary to carry out virtual final exams (first and second chance final exams), these will be carried out synchronously using MS Teams and/or the Virtual Classroom.
STUDENT’S FACE-TO-FACE WORK IN THE CLASSROOM
a) Large group lectures. Hours: 23
b) Interactive small group classes. Hours: 8
c) Tutorial sessions. Hours: 2
d) Laboratory sessions. Hours: 20
Total face-to-face work hours in the classroom or in the laboratory. Hours: 53
STUDENT’S PERSONAL WORK
a) Individual or in-group study. Hours: 46
b) Resolution of exercises and related work. Hours: 24
c) Preparation of exercises and oral presentations. Library activities and related work. Hours: 12
d) Preparation of laboratory sessions and related work. Hours: 15
Total hours student's personal work. Hours: 97
-It is important to attend the lectures and sessions.
-It is important to keep an "up to date" study of the course.
-Once a chapter has been read in the reference manual, it is useful to summarize the important aspects, identifying fundamental points and the basic relationships that must be remembered, and making sure to know both its meaning and the conditions under which they may be applied.
- Resolution of exercises is important for learning in this field. It may be helpful to follow these steps: (1) Make a list of all the relevant information provided by the heading. (2) Make a list of quantities to be calculated. (3) identify the equations to be used in solving the problem and apply them properly.
- Preparing the experimental work is essential for the laboratory sessions. First, the important theoretical concepts of each experiment should be reviewed and then you should carefully read the outline of the practice, trying to understand the objectives and the development of the proposed experiment. Any doubts that arise must be discussed with the lecturer.
Contingency plan
Taking into account the indications contained in the document “Directrices para o desenvolvemento dunha docencia presencial segura no curso 2020-2021”, two possible scenarios with reduced face-to-face attendance are considered, each one with its own teaching methodology and assessment system:
Scenario 2: distancing (with partial restrictions on face-to-face attendance)
- Large group lectures could be carried out 100% virtually (in classrooms where social distancing is not possible) or 50% virtually/50% face-to-face (in classrooms where social distancing is possible).
- In interactive small group lectures and laboratory sessions, virtual teaching could be used up to a 50% of the overall time if social distancing is necessary
- In this scenario, only the experimental part of the laboratory sessions will be carried out in a face-to face way.
- Tutorial sessions will take place virtually.
- Large group lectures, interactive small group lectures, tutorial and laboratory sessions will be carried out virtually using MS Teams, the virtual classroom and/ or in streaming.
- Final exams (first and second chance) will be virtual, although the possibility of conducting face-to-face exams will be considered as long as the official regulations allow it and the social distance measures can be met.
- Regarding the continuous assessment, the delivery procedure of the different proposed tasks (exercise bulletins, exercises performed during the interactive small group lectures, laboratory notebook and laboratory questions) will preferably be virtual, although could be delivered face-to-face if the lecturer considers it appropriate and as long as the official regulations allow it and the social distance measures can be met.
- In the event that it will be necessary to carry out virtual final exams (first and second chance final exams), these will be carried out synchronously using MS Teams and/or the Virtual Classroom.
Scenario 3: closure of the facilities (impossibility to perform face-to-face teaching)
- Large group lectures, interactive small group lectures, tutorial and laboratory sessions will take place virtually.
- Large group lectures, interactive small group lectures and tutorial sessions will be carried out virtually using MS Teams and/or the virtual classroom.
- Laboratory sessions will be carried out virtually using MS Teams and/or the virtual classroom. The contents will be adapted to the impossibility of carrying out the experimental work in the laboratory. Alternative activities will be proposed according to the laboratory schedule, which could include watching videos of the experiments.
- Final exams (first and second chance) will be virtual.
- Regarding the continuous assessment, the delivery procedure of the different proposed tasks (exercise bulletins, exercises performed during the interactive small group lectures, etc) will be virtual.
- Laboratory sessions: the students will deliver the laboratory questions virtually. The virtual delivery of the laboratory notebook will be considered.
- The virtual final exams (first and second chance final exams) will be carried out synchronously using MS Teams and/or the Virtual Classroom.
Maria Matilde Fondo Busto
- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814231
- matilde.fondo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Jose Manuel Vila Abad
- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814255
- josemanuel.vila [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Maria Isabel Garcia Santos
- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814956
- isabel.garcia [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Miguel Vazquez Lopez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881815736
- miguel.vazquez.lopez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Julio Corredoira Vazquez
- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- julio.corredoira.vazquez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Xunta Pre-doctoral Contract
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