Experimental Chemistry 2 (CHEM3016)

Course overview

This course will consist of practical training, going some way towards addressing the market place need for industry-ready chemists with relevant practical skills. A laboratory intensive experience with the attendant exposure to quantitative & qualitative analytical skills as well as other core laboratory competencies including synthetic chemistry will be taught. A lecture component is included in order to enhance and develop many of the instrumental techniques employed in the laboratory.

Chemistry is an experimental science. The combination of CHEM2054, CHEM2050/CHEM2901, CHEM2060/CHEM2902 and CHEM3016, in addition to more specialised courses such as CHEM3001, CHEM3004, CHEM3010, CHEM3011, CHEM3020, CHEM3030, will give students the chemistry background and laboratory experiences essential for advancement to either a position in industry or further postgraduate study. As CHEM3016 is the 3rd year Chemistry capstone course, it must be taken by all students who wish to graduate with a Chemistry major.ﾠ

Course requirements

Assumed background

It is required that students taking CHEM3016 have completed CHEM2054, CHEM2050 (or CHEM2901) and CHEM2060 (or CHEM2902).

It is your responsibility to be aware of the necessary background and to be prepared for the experiments in CHEM3016. There is no provision for extensions or exemptions from submitting laboratoryﾠreports on the due dates based on lack of knowledge/theory. Inﾠaddition, lack of previous knowledge is not a reason for special consideration.

You will gain most value from this course if you have either completed third level chemistry courses in semester 1 or if you are doing other third level chemistry courses alongside with CHEM3016 in this semester.ﾠ

Prerequisites

You'll need to complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:

CHEM2054 + (CHEM2050 or CHEM2901) + (CHEM2060 or CHEM2902)

Course contact

Course staff

Timetable

The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.

Additional timetable information

There will be a lecture session scheduled on each Monday (check mySI-net for detailed timetable information)ﾠand you are expected to attend these essential lectures.ﾠThe lecture topics will be on analytical chemistry, data analysis, theoretical chemistry and selected other topics. The lecture sessions will also be used to provide feedback, for discussions of laboratory reports and as information sessions. These are an opportunity to ask questions about the experiments and the course and for general discussion. There will be a lecture on the FIRST Monday of the semester (i.e. Week 1): you need information from this lecture to complete the task in Week 1.

The schedule for the laboratory sessions throughout the semester is as below.ﾠ

Week 1 will have a compulsory Lab Induction, Course Introductionﾠand a analytical dry prac (pass/fail).

Weeks 2-4 will be wet pracs for core skills, containing three scheduled experiments. Each experiment will take about 6 hours to complete. The deadline for submission of each experiment worksheet is 3 days once conducting the experiment (at 2pm) (i.e. Tuesday group due on Friday; Wednesday/Thursday groups due on Monday; Friday group due on Tuesday).ﾠ

Weeks 5-7 will be analytical wet pracs, involving scheduled analytical experiments.ﾠEach experiment will take about 6 hours to complete and you areﾠ STRONGLY advised to arrange your lecture schedule such that you can attend the laboratory for one full 6-hour period on one day.ﾠIn fact,ﾠyou probably will NOT be able to complete the experiments effectively unless you set aside one 6-hour period in the one day. ﾠPlease note that post Week 7, these experiments will no longer be available. ﾠIf you miss one of these experiments, it is your responsibility to make up the missed experiment. The deadline for submission of each experiment report is 6 days once conducting the experiment (at 2pm) (i.e. Tuesday group due on Monday; Wednesday group due on Tuesday; Thursday group due on Wednesday; Friday group due on Thursday).ﾠ

In Week 4, you will be learning how to conduct computation, where a related report needs to be submitted by 2 pm on Wed (4th Sep) of Week 7 (pass/fail).

Weeks 8-12 will involve an extended project. The deadline for the project report submission is at 2 pm of your project day of the Exam Week (i.e. 4th-8th Nov).

In Week 13, thereﾠwill be a prac exam, including written and oral examinations. Timetable will be provided in course blackboard site.

Please note that current listed 1L3P3C contact hours are effectively equivalent to 1L6P, where the 6P may include data analysis (e.g. when some experiments in the lab may take less than 6 hours). This might be reversed back to 1L3P3C if a higher level of restriction will be applied due to situations such as a new COVID outbreak wave.ﾠ

Aims and outcomes

A student undertaking this course will complete a portfolio of core laboratory competencies, including analytical chemistry, synthetic chemistry, molecular modelling, communication skills and problem solving skills.

Learning outcomes

After successfully completing this course you should be able to:

Assessment

Assessment summary

A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied in order to receive a specific grade for the course. Check the assessment details for more information about hurdle requirements.

Assessment details

Laboratory Notebook (Weeks 1-12)

• Hurdle

Mode

Activity/ Performance

Category

Notebook/ Logbook, Practical/ Demonstration

Weight

Pass/Fail

Due date

30/07/2024 - 18/10/2024

Learning outcomes

L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Submission guidelines

The Laboratory Notebook cannot be removed from Level 5 of Chemistry Building (68). If you will need your lab Notebook for other courses, talk to or email the course coordinator (A/Prof Lo, s.lo@uq.edu.au) for approval. Keep your Laboratory Notebook on Level 5 of Chemistry Building for assessment marking. Marking criteria are available in the course Blackboard site.

Absence of any Laboratory Notebook while marking will be awarded a fail mark for the prac.

Deferral or extension

You may be able to apply for an extension.

Applications for Extensions

Information on applying for an extension can be found here: my.UQ Applying for an extension.

Extension applications must be received by the assessment due date and time.

If you are unable to provide approved documentation to support your application by the due date and time, you must still submit your application by the deadline but with an attached Word document that outlines why you cannot provide the approved documentation by the deadline. You will then need to acquire and upload the approved documentation to your request within 24 hours. Please note: When an extension request has been submitted and is pending, students are expected to continue to work on the assessment item, with the aim of submitting by the requested due date and time.

Prolonged Absence

If you have been ill or unable to attend class for more than 14 days, we advise you to carefully consider whether you are capable of successfully completing your courses this semester.

Extensions with Student Access Plans (SAP)

For extensions up to 7 days, your SAP is all that is required as documentation to support your application. However, extension requests longer than 7 days (for any one assessment item) will require the submission of additional supporting documentation e.g. a medical certificate.

Late submission

You will receive a mark of 0 if this assessment is submitted late.

You are required to submit assessable items on time. If you fail to meet the submission deadline for any assessment item, then 10% of the maximum possible mark for the assessment item (assessment ‘marked from’ value) will be deducted as a late penalty for every day (or part day) late after the due date. For example, if you submit your assignment 1 hour late, you will be penalised 10%; if your assignment is 24.5 hours late, you will be penalised 20% (because it is late by one 24-hour period plus part of another 24-hour period). 10% will be deducted per day for up to 7 calendar days, at which point your submission will receive a mark of zero (0) unless an extension has been approved.

In most instances one or more hurdles will apply to your assessment item so you will need to submit it to fulfil the requirements of the course regardless of how late it is and the mark you are likely to be awarded.

Written Reports

• Hurdle

Mode

Written

Category

Paper/ Report/ Annotation

Weight

75%

Due date

Experiment 1 write-up 23/07/2024 - 26/07/2024

Experiments 2-4 write-up 30/07/2024 - 20/08/2024

Experiments 5-7 write-up 20/08/2024 - 12/09/2024

Weeks 8-12 Project Report 5/11/2024 - 8/11/2024

Learning outcomes

L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Submission guidelines

Experiment 1

The experimental write-up for Experiment 1 will take the form of a worksheet which will be submitted at the end of the scheduled experiment (Week 1) and marked as pass/fail. To get a pass grade, you need to achieve >80% marks.

Experiments 2-4

The experimental write-up for Experiments 2-4 is to be submitted 3 days once conducting the scheduled experiment (at 2pm) (i.e. Tuesday group due on Friday; Wednesday/Thursday groups due on Monday; Friday group due on Tuesday). Submit your completed Result Sheet Turnitin submission (without a coversheet).

Experiments 5-7

The experimental write-up for Experiments 5-7 is to be submitted 6 days once conducting the scheduled experiment (at 2pm) (i.e. Tuesday group due on Monday; Thursday group due on Wednesday; Friday group due on Thursday). Submit your completed report online Turnitin submission (without a coversheet).

Project Report

The Project report (for the work of Weeks 8-12) is to be submitted in the Exam period Week (i.e. 4th-8th Nov) of your prac day (at 2pm) through Turnitin in the course Blackboard site (without a coversheet).

Deferral or extension

You may be able to apply for an extension.

Applications for Extensions

Information on applying for an extension can be found here: my.UQ Applying for an extension.

Extension applications must be received by the assessment due date and time.

If you are unable to provide approved documentation to support your application by the due date and time, you must still submit your application by the deadline but with an attached Word document that outlines why you cannot provide the approved documentation by the deadline. You will then need to acquire and upload the approved documentation to your request within 24 hours. Please note: When an extension request has been submitted and is pending, students are expected to continue to work on the assessment item, with the aim of submitting by the requested due date and time.

Prolonged Absence

If you have been ill or unable to attend class for more than 14 days, we advise you to carefully consider whether you are capable of successfully completing your courses this semester.

Extensions with Student Access Plans (SAP)

For extensions up to 7 days, your SAP is all that is required as documentation to support your application. However, extension requests longer than 7 days (for any one assessment item) will require the submission of additional supporting documentation e.g. a medical certificate.

Late submission

A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.

You are required to submit assessable items on time. If you fail to meet the submission deadline for any assessment item, then 10% of the maximum possible mark for the assessment item (assessment ‘marked from’ value) will be deducted as a late penalty for every day (or part day) late after the due date. For example, if you submit your assignment 1 hour late, you will be penalised 10%; if your assignment is 24.5 hours late, you will be penalised 20% (because it is late by one 24-hour period plus part of another 24-hour period). 10% will be deducted per day for up to 7 calendar days, at which point your submission will receive a mark of zero (0) unless an extension has been approved.

In most instances one or more hurdles will apply to your assessment item so you will need to submit it to fulfil the requirements of the course regardless of how late it is and the mark you are likely to be awarded.

Computation report (Weeks 4-9)

• Hurdle

Mode

Written

Category

Quiz, Role play/ Simulation

Weight

Pass/Fail

Due date

18/09/2024 2:00 pm

Learning outcomes

L03, L06

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Submission guidelines

Submit your assessment item through the course Turnitin submission point in Blackboard. Before submitting your assessment item to Turnitin please name your file in the following way. FAMILY NAME_GivenName_StudentID_CourseCode_AssignmentName For example: Bob Smith (ID: 54329876) would name his ABCD1234 essay 1 in the following way. SMITH_Bob_54329876_ABCD1234_Essay1

Deferral or extension

You may be able to apply for an extension.

Applications for Extensions

Information on applying for an extension can be found here: my.UQ Applying for an extension.

Extension applications must be received by the assessment due date and time.

If you are unable to provide approved documentation to support your application by the due date and time, you must still submit your application by the deadline but with an attached Word document that outlines why you cannot provide the approved documentation by the deadline. You will then need to acquire and upload the approved documentation to your request within 24 hours. Please note: When an extension request has been submitted and is pending, students are expected to continue to work on the assessment item, with the aim of submitting by the requested due date and time.

Prolonged Absence

If you have been ill or unable to attend class for more than 14 days, we advise you to carefully consider whether you are capable of successfully completing your courses this semester.

Extensions with Student Access Plans (SAP)

For extensions up to 7 days, your SAP is all that is required as documentation to support your application. However, extension requests longer than 7 days (for any one assessment item) will require the submission of additional supporting documentation e.g. a medical certificate.

Late submission

A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.

You are required to submit assessable items on time. If you fail to meet the submission deadline for any assessment item, then 10% of the maximum possible mark for the assessment item (assessment ‘marked from’ value) will be deducted as a late penalty for every day (or part day) late after the due date. For example, if you submit your assignment 1 hour late, you will be penalised 10%; if your assignment is 24.5 hours late, you will be penalised 20% (because it is late by one 24-hour period plus part of another 24-hour period). 10% will be deducted per day for up to 7 calendar days, at which point your submission will receive a mark of zero (0) unless an extension has been approved.

In most instances one or more hurdles will apply to your assessment item so you will need to submit it to fulfil the requirements of the course regardless of how late it is and the mark you are likely to be awarded.

Prac Exam (Week 13)

• Hurdle
• Identity Verified
• In-person

Mode

Oral, Written

Category

Examination

Weight

25%

Due date

22/10/2024 - 25/10/2024

The practical exam will take place in your allocated practical session.

Learning outcomes

L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Exam details

Submission guidelines

Hand in at the end of your examination session of the allocated prac exam day.

Deferral or extension

You may be able to defer this exam.

Reschedules will only occur in very exceptional circumstances and valid documentation will be required to be submitted as proof to gain a reschedule.

Contact course coordinator for the request with valid document.

Course grading

Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.

Additional course grading information

Assessment Hurdles

In order to pass this course, you must meet ALL of the following requirements (if you do not meet these requirements, the maximum grade you will receive will be a 3):

1.ﾠ You must obtain an overall course mark of 50% or more; and

2.ﾠ You must carry out ALL Experiments, record ALL Pracs in a laboratory notebook, complete and submit ALL Reports and your Laboratory Notebook; and

3.ﾠ You must obtain a minimum weighted average mark of 40% across all non-examination course assessment items and learning tasks (laboratory and computation reports); and

4.ﾠ You must obtain a PASS mark for Exp 1, a PASS mark for Computation Report, and a PASS mark for each Exp you conducted in the Laboratory Notebook; andﾠ

5.ﾠ You must PASS the Prac Exam (>50%).

The maximum grade you will receive will be a 2 if you:

1.ﾠ Obtain a minimum average mark of 30% or less across all non-examination course assessment items and learning tasks (Exp 1-7, Computation and Project Reports); and/or

2.ﾠ Obtain a FAIL mark for the Laboratory Notebook; and/or

3.ﾠ DO NOT carry out ALL Experiments (Exp 1-7, Computation and Project), submit ALL Lab Reportsﾠ(Exp 1-7, Computation and Project Reports) andﾠ your Laboratory Notebook, and conduct the Prac Exam.

Supplementary assessment

Supplementary assessment is available for this course.

Should you fail a course with a grade of 3, you may be eligible for supplementary assessment. Refer to my.UQ for information on supplementary assessment and how to apply. 

Supplementary assessment provides an additional opportunity to demonstrate you have achieved all the required learning outcomes for a course.  

If you apply and are granted supplementary assessment, the type of supplementary assessment set will consider which learning outcome(s) have not been met.  

Supplementary assessment can take any form (such as a written report, oral presentation, examination or other appropriate assessment) and may test specific learning outcomes tailored to the individual student, or all learning outcomes. 

To receive a passing grade of 3S4, you must obtain a mark of 50% or more on the supplementary assessment. 

Additional assessment information

Marking Criteria:ﾠ marking Criteria Sheets will be available on the CHEM3016 Blackboard page.

NOTE:ﾠYou will be required to attend the laboratory regularly throughout the semester and not to leave the experimental work until the very end of the teaching semester.ﾠ The deadlines advertised elsewhere in theﾠ course profile will be adhered to strictly. The assessment criteria and schedule for handing in reports areﾠavailable elsewhere in the course profile and blackboard page.

Safety Declaration.ﾠ Every student enrolled in CHEM3016 will be sent an email instructing them to access a given URL and log in using their student username. ﾠThe web site will request you to read the Undergraduate Student Safety Guideline, ‘tick’ the boxes and agree to abide by the declaration before submitting the form electronically.ﾠYou may not enter the laboratory, unless this has been completed.

Assessment Submission

It is the responsibility of the student to ensure the on time, correct and complete submission of all assessment items.

Please ensure you receive and save the submission confirmation for all submitted items, you may be asked to produce this as evidence of your submission.

Turnitin

By submitting work through Turnitin you are deemed to have accepted the following declaration “I certify that this assignment is my own work and has not been submitted, either previously or concurrently, in whole or in part, to this University or any other educational institution, for marking or assessment”.

All students must ensure they receive their Turnitin receipt on submission of any assessments. A valid Turnitin receipt will be the only evidence accepted if assessments are missing. Without evidence, the assessment will receive the standard late penalty, or after seven days, will receive zero. In the case of a Blackboard outage, please contact the Course Coordinator as soon as possible to confirm the outage with ITS.

Assessment/Attendance

Please notify your Course Coordinator as soon as you become aware of any issue that may affect your ability to meet the assessment/attendance requirements of the course. The my.UQ website and the Electronic Course Profile (ECP) for your course also provide information about your course requirements, the rules associated with your courses and services offered by the University. Students who miss a laboratory practical session and do not reschedule this session will be advised to withdraw from the course.

Reschedules with documentation

Reschedules will only occur in very exceptional circumstances and valid documentation will be required to be submitted as proof to gain a reschedule.

Late attendance of any scheduled prac sessions (either morning or afternoon) without valid documentation will receive a penalty of 20% available marks each (e.g. 4 marks/each out of 20 marks) associated with the specific prac report. Late attendance means arriving >15 min late. Reschedule penalty will apply:

First reschedule: 20% loss of available marks;

Second reschedule of the same experiment: 40% total loss of available marks.

No third reschedule due to late attendance possible: Failure to complete 100% experiments will result in failure of hurdle and consequently failure of the course.

Arriving unprepared (e.g. incomplete risk assessment) is regarded as late attendance.

Assessment tasks prohibiting use of AI

The course assessment items evaluate students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students are advised that the use of AI technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.

A note for repeating students in this course

Any student who enrols in a course must not be given exemption or partial credit from their previous attempt(s) for any individual piece of assessment. Instead, the student must successfully complete all of the learning activities and assessment items within the study period of enrolment (PPL Assessment - Procedures Section: Assessment integrity).

If the same assessment item is set from one year to the next, repeating students are allowed to submit the same work they submitted in previous attempts at the course. Where possible SCMB recommends that you use the feedback you received in your last attempt to improve parts of the item where you lost marks. Resubmission of an altered or unaltered assessment item by a repeating student (where the same assessment has been set) will not be considered as self-plagiarism.

Important Note

Turnitin is to be used for assignments/laboratory reports to check for plagiarism. Penalties can be severe for plagiarism.

The University has adopted the following definition of plagiarism: Plagiarism is the act of misrepresenting as one's own original work the ideas, interpretations, words or creative works of another either intentionally or unintentionally. These include published and unpublished documents, designs, music, sounds, images, photographs, computer codes and ideas gained through working in a group. These ideas, interpretations, words or works may be found in print and/or electronic media.

Students are encouraged to read the UQ Academic Integrity and Plagiarism policy.

Learning resources

You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.

Library resources

Library resources are available on the UQ Library website.

Additional learning resources information

Laboratory Manual

A CHEM3016 Laboratory manual will be distributed at your first laboratory session on Week 1.

Blackboard

Additional supplementary material will be posted on the Blackboard site for CHEM3016 and on the Chem Lab Hub at learn.uq.edu.au

Please check the Announcements section of the Blackboard site regularly for information updates.

You are strongly advised to check your emails regularly.

Learning activities

The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.

Policies and procedures

University policies and procedures apply to all aspects of student life. As a UQ student, you must comply with University-wide and program-specific requirements, including the:

• Student Code of Conduct Policy
• Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and Procedure
• Assessment Procedure
• Examinations Procedure
• Reasonable Adjustments - Students Policy and Procedure

Learn more about UQ policies on my.UQ and the Policy and Procedure Library.

You'll also need to be aware of the following policies and procedures while completing this course:

• Laboratory Occupational Health and Safety