Chemistry and Energy
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 10
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- KJEM110
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- Norwegian
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
Upon completing the course KJEM110, the student will have the following:
Knowledge
The student has
- basic knowledge on the composition, properties and reactions of matter from a physical persepctive
- basic kowledge on the structures of and bondings in atoms and molecules
Skills
The student is able to
- perform calculations using physical chemistry laws and equations
- conduct experiments in a laboratory following a written procedure
- write a lab report that contains the purpose of a laboratory experiment, a description of the experimental procedure and an evaluation of the quality of the experimental results.
Competences
The student
- understands scientific literature written in English
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching is given as lectures, laboratory course and colloquium.
Lectures: 60 h (4h/week)
Laboratory course: 30 h (6h/week for five weeks)
Colloquium (groups led by advanced students): 28 h (2h/week)
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Forms of Assessment
Portfolio assessment based on:
- Laboratory course (pass/fail)
- Mandatory written exercise (pass/fail)
- Midterm exam (2h) (accounts for 30% of the final grade)
- written exam at home (4 hours) (accounts for 70% of the final grade)
Supplementary exam-regulations:
1. The laboratory course and mandatory written excercise are valid the 5 following semesters.
2. Mid-term assessment, grading from the laboratory course and the final exam are only valid in the same semester as they are taken.
3. In semesters with teaching:
a. Students without approved laboratory course and approved mandatory written exercise from previously semesters must complete in the portfolio assessment.
b. Students with approved laboratory course and approved mandatory written exercise from previously semesters must take both the midterm exam and the final exam.