| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, offshore teaching period |
| Old unit code |
510.103 |
| Content |
This unit is of the same standard as CHEM1102 Organic Chemistry and is recommended principally for students who intend to major in the biological sciences. However, the unit also provides entry to Level 2 and Level 3 chemistry units and to a major in Chemistry.
The first few weeks of the semester are spent revising and extending some of the basic concepts in chemistry (acids and bases, oxidation and reduction, atomic structure, bonding, stereochemistry, nomenclature). The remainder of the semester is devoted to organic chemistry, where the properties, preparation, reactions and uses of the various classes of organic compounds are discussed. A substantial emphasis is placed on biological molecules including proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids. |
| Assessment |
This comprises an examination (50 per cent), laboratory work (20 per cent) and a mid-semester examination (30 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is available for those students who obtain a mark of 45 to 49 inclusive in this unit (see University General Rule 1.2.1.25). |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Dr Marta Polomska |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Singapore |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: satisfactory performance (scaled score of 50 per cent or more) in TEE Chemistry or equivalent. Students with a raw score of less than 40 per cent must consult a Level 1 chemistry adviser. |
| Incompatibility: CHEM1102 Organic Chemistry |
Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; labs: 3 hrs per week (for 6 weeks) (unsatisfactory attendance and/or performance at the laboratory sessions leads to a laboratory mark of zero)
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| Note |
A partial requirement for membership of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute is a substantial Level 1 study (normally 12 points) of all three branches of chemistry. This unit, with CHEM1104 Biological Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, constitutes such a study. |
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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