Syllabus

fall Semester, 2015

 

1. Course Description

Course Objectives

As chemistry is the science of molecule, chemistry studies the component and structure of materials, identify the properties of chemicals, and study the reaction from reactants to products with energy transfer. This course provides an introductory survey on traditional methods (titration, gravimetric, and colorimetric method) and modern methods (instrumental methods including spectroscopy, electrochemical methods, and chromatography) as fundamental level. Develop the intellectual skills to integrate theory and practice in student-centered class with cooperative learning. Understand the qualitative and quantitative analysis with personal and team projects. Learn the process of data analysis like the statistical treatment of data and literature survey and validation of analytical methods.   Analytical chemistry can be used to various fields as basic tools, this course gives a chance to connect to other sciences and environmental fields. Students take an experiences on chemical analysis from the understanding the fundamental theory of instrument to apply the knowledge for the field using the KSA instrument and tools through the projects. 1) Intensify the fundamental understanding of analytical techniques 2) Accustom the instrument and practice the application methods to solve the real problems 3) Choose appropriate information and improve scientific communication skills 4) Rigorous interpretation and statistical analysis of data

Contents

Contents and Guideline The prerequisites courses are General Chemistry1 and General Chemistry Lab1. This course provides the fundamental understanding and practices of chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and separation science. The course also includes qualitative and quantitative experiment and projects using classical and instrumental methods. 1) Lab safety and chemical measurement tools and apparatus of lab 2) Experimental error and Statistics 3) Acid-base 4) Electrochemistry 5) Complex and precipitation 6) Titration 7) Extraction and chromatography 8) Spectroscopy 9) New analytical instruments and methods 10) Individual project using instrument with operation, demonstration, presentation, and discussion 11) Application to real problems (team project, improve science communication skill, choose appropriate information, Experience of reproducible data acquisition following the analytical methods, Rigorous interpretation and statistical analysis of data)

 

2. Text & References

Text : Quantitative Chemical Analysis 8th ed. Daniel C. Harris. W. H. Freeman and Company

 

References :

1) Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 8th ed., D. A. Skoog etc, Thomson and Brooks/cole

2) Analytical Chemistry, David S. Hage and James D. Carr, Pearson Education

3) Encyclopedia of analytical chemistry: applications, theory and instrumentation, R. A. Meyers, Chichester : John Wiley ＆ Sons. Ltd , 2000

 

3. Grading : The grade will be given according to total points.

Presentation & projects	Quiz	Mid-term Exam	Final Exam	Attendance & Attitude	Total	Remarks
60	5	10	15	10	100%

※ Lab reports and projects must be submitted by the deadline, or there will be a penalty on the scores.

Grading Scale: 100-90:A+, 90-85: A0, 85-80: A-, 80-75: B+, 75-70: B0, 70-65: B-, 65-55: C+, 55-45: C0, 45-40: C-, 40-35: D+, 35-30: D0, 30-25: D-, 25-: F.

 

3. Lecture schedules

*** The schedule will change as it may chance.

 

 

 

 

 

4. Teaching and Learning

1) Student-centered

2) Inquiry-based learning and problem-solving (POGIL)

3) Self-directed learning with individual learning

4) Cooperated learning and improving the communication through team project

5) Rigorous interpretation and statistical analysis of data

 

5. Comments (Grading)

Evaluation items are performance assessment (lab activities and projects), presentation and discussion, written test, oral test, quiz, attendance and attitude. performance assessment consists of simple lab practice, quiz, individual project, and team project. The followings are specific details.

1) Simple lab practice is practice of basic lab techniques in less than one and half hour

2) Individual project is to understand and accustom the modern instrument by direct use. It require the operation demonstration to class, teaching the theory and data analysis to class, and discussion (content is based on text. require the discussion during the preparation of presentation and the training of operation instrument).

3) Team project (3 student in one team) is practice the whole process of analytical chemistry with SOP. It also require students to discuss the progress with instructor regularly (proposal, lab note, lab report, logbook of instrument having operation days, statistical methods for data, conclusion and discussion, presentation and final reports). The presentation and final reports contain the content in the text.

 

6. Comments (Textbook and Others)

Students progress the simple lab practice and two term projects by themselves. They can acquire the information from the instrument manual, literature and SOP from institute, and Textbook and references. They work for sample preparation and instrument operation themselves. They also discuss with instructor and professionals.

The textbook of KAIST chemistry department takes priority. SOPs (standard operating procedures) and analytical methods from on-line site also can be used.