CHEM255-18S2 (C) Semester Two 2018

Contemporary Chemistry: Technology, Environment, and Health

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 29 July 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 October 2018

Description

This course focuses on the interface between chemical technology, the environment and health. Case-studies examine contemporary challenges of optimising the benefits of chemical technology, including such topics as "green chemistry", technology spin-offs and environmental impact.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

30 points from CHEM111, CHEM112, BCHM112, CHEM211 and CHEM212. RP: CHEM281

Restrictions

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Owen Curnow

Lecturers

Ian Shaw , Sally Gaw and Greg Russell

Guest Lecturer

Adjunct Prof Murray McEwan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Project work for case-studies 60%
Exam 40%

Course links

Course handout and content (PDF 218KB)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $865.00

International fee $3,788.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

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