ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 31 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Inorganic Chemistry
Areas: Inorganic Chemistry
Center Faculty of Sciences
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Provide basic knowledge that allows the acquisition of other more specific within the areas of Chemistry. Know how to correlate the concepts learned in theory classes with practical realization.
Theoretical classes program
Unit 1. Basic concepts. Stoichiometry.
Unit 2. Atomic structure and periodic system of the elements.
Unit 3. Chemical bond I: Thermochemistry. Ionic bond.
Unit 4. Chemical bond II: Covalent bond. Metallic bond.
Unit 5. Intermolecular forces. States of aggregation of the matter.
Unit 6. Introduction to Organic Chemistry.
Practical classes program
- Safety norms. Knowledge and manipulation of the most elementary materials and reagents in a laboratory.
- Separation methods.
- Synthesis of an organic compound.
Basic bibliography
• CHANG, R.: “Química”, 13ª ed., McGraw-Hill, México (2020).
• PETRUCCI, R. H., HARWOOD, W. S., HERRING, F. G., “Química General”, 8ª ed., Pearson Educación, Madrid (2003).
Complementary bibliography
• ATKINS, P. W., JONES, L.: “Principios de Química: los caminos del descubrimiento”, 5ª ed., Editorial Médica Panamericana, Madrid, 2012.
• BROWN, T. L., LEMAY, H. E., BURSTEN, B. E.: “Química. la ciencia central”, edición en castellano de la 7ª ed., Prentice-Hall Hispanoamericana, México (1998).
• CASABÓ i GISPERT, J.: “Estructura atómica y enlace químico”, Reverte, Barcelona (1999).
• KOTZ, J. C., TREICHEL, P. M.: “Química y reactividad Química”, 5ª ed., Paraninfo Thomson Learning, México DF, Méjico (2003).
• MASTERTON, W. L., HURLEY, C. N., “Química. Principios y reacciones”, 4ª ed., International Thomson, Paraninfo, Madrid (2004).
• PETRUCCI, R. H., HERRING, F. G., MADURA, J. D, BISSONNETTE, C.: “General Chemistry. Principles and modern applications”, 11th ed., Pearson Education, Canada (2017). Spanish version: “Química General: principios y aplicaciones modernas”, Pearson Educación, Madrid (2017).
• REBOIRAS, M. D., “Química: la ciencia básica”, International Thomson, Paraninfo, Madrid (2006).
• WHITTEN, K. W., DAVIS, R. E., PECK, M. L., “Química General”, 3ª ed. in spanish, translation of the 5th ed. english, McGraw-Hill Madrid (2002).
• SILBERBERG, M. S.: “Química: la naturaleza molecular del cambio y la materia”, MacGraw-Hill Interamericana, México (2002)
• UMLAND, J. B., BELLAMA, J. M., “Química general”, 3ª ed., International Thomson, México (2000).
Problem books
• Selection of problems from any of the General Chemistry books previously indicated
• LÓPEZ CANCIO, J. A., VERA, A., “Problemas de química: cuestiones y ejercicios”, Prentice Hall, Madrid (2000)
• NYMAN, C. J., KING, G. B., “Problemas de química general y análisis cualitativo”, AC, Madrid (1971)
• RUIZ, A., POZAS, A., LÓPEZ, J., GONZÁLEZ, B.; “Química general. Serie Schaum”, McGraw Hill Interamericana, Madrid (1994)
• VALE PARAPAR, J., ET AL., “Problemas resueltos de química para ingeniería”, Thomson, Madrid (2004)
Basic competences:
CB1 - That students have demonstrated to have got and understand knowledge in Chemistry that starts from the base of general secondary education, and is usually at a level that, although it is supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge coming from the forefront of your field of study.
CB2: That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills are usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defence of arguments and the resolution of problems within their field of study.
General competences:
CG3 - Knowledges in basic and technological subjects, that train them to learn new methods and theories, and gives them the versatility to adapt to new situations.
Transversal competences:
CT4 – Capacity for teamwork.
CT6 – To demonstrate sensitivity towards environmental issues.
CT10 – Capacity to solve problems
Specific competences:
CE4 - Capacity to understand and apply the principles of basic knowledge of General Chemistry, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry and their applications in engineering.
Teaching is divided, by group, and over the six months in 31 hours of lectures, 3 hours of seminar sessions, 2 small group tutorials and 15 hours of laboratory practice.
In the lectures (mostly theoretical), are explained the theoretical concepts established in the program of the matter and, in specific classes, resolve previously proposed questions through bulletins, trying to follow a methodology that will facilitate the acquisition of the knowledge by the students. The teacher may have the support of different teaching resources: oral presentation with use of blackboard, audio-visual and computer resources, internet resources, among others, but always using as a basis the books recommended in the bibliography and with the support of the virtual campus.
In the interactive small group classes (seminars), will be analysed and discussed the issues and problems previously proposed to the students through bulletins, tried that students participate actively In addition, in these sessions, intermediate written controls may be carried out on the knowledge acquired and the work carried out. The notes of the latter will count for continuous assessment. These classes are included in the continuous assessment. The doubts that students may have related to the to the subject taught and some questions proposed in the bulletins will be resolved in the tutorials in small groups. These tutorials are also compulsory attendance. In these, as in the seminars, tests may be conducted to evaluate the work of the students that will count for continuous evaluation.
The practical classes will encompass concepts acquired by the student in the theoretical classes and seminars. They will be carried out in the laboratory in groups of two students and it will be aimed at the student to acquire skills in the handling of laboratory material and develop their deductive, communicative, teamwork, and analytical abilities. Also, the emphasis will be placed on the importance of safety standards in laboratories and proper treatment of waste. At the end of the internship, each student must submit a notebook of lab with the work done or, depending on the circumstances, to take a written test about its contents that will be included in the continuous evaluation. Attendance at these classes is compulsory.
The qualification of each student will be made by continuous assessment, and completion of a final exam. Continuous assessment includes monitoring of the student's personal work, which may include written controls, deliveries, student participation in the classroom, laboratory practices and tutorials. The assessment will depend, above all, on the completion of a final written test, common to all students (75%). It will also take into account the individual participation of students in classes and seminars and the completion of the different exercises presented during the course (10%), and the realization of the practices in which it will be taken into account for the note the student's work in the laboratory (5%) and the laboratory notebook where the work carried out and the resolution of the questions included in the scripts supplied or, where appropriate, a written test on the contents of the laboratory practices (10%). The student must understand that at least must get on the final exam a minimum grade of 4.5 out of 10 for that the notes of the other parties can be added to the final exam. Attendance to the small group interactive classes (seminars) and laboratory practices is considered compulsory in general. Since the laboratory practices are integrated into the subject, their evaluation will be included in the percentage of continuous evaluation. In addition, to pass the subject, the student must perform all assigned practices and must achieve the qualification of apt.
Only students who have not carried out any of the mandatory evaluable activities will be able to obtain the final grade of Not Presented. Considering the above, students who have a continuous assessment grade and do not attend the final exam will receive a grade of zero.
Students who have not achieved the pass in the previous evaluation process will have a second chance to achieve it doing a new exam at the end of the course, maintaining the continuous assessment score.
The competences assessed in the previous sections are:
Final examination (75 % de la nota total): CB1, CB2, CG3, CT10, CE4
Participation in class, seminars and tutorials (10 % of the total grade): CB1, CB2, CG3, CT4, CT10, CE4
Prácticas (15 % de la nota total): CB1, CB2, CG3, CT4, CT6
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of qualifications will apply.
Matter consists of 6 ECTS credits and student workload will be 95 hours. The distribution of hours for each of the activities involved in the course will be as follows:
Activity: Contact hours in classroom / hours of personal work for the students
Lectures in large group: 31 / 62
Seminars: 3 / 9
Laboratory practices: 15 / 9
Tutoring in very small group: 2 / 4
Conducting exams and review: 4 / 11
Total hours: 55 / 95
- It is recommended that students attend the exhibition classes.
- It is important to keep the study of matter "up to date".
- Once completed a topic, it is useful to summarize the important points, identifying the basic equations to remember and making sure you know both their meaning and the conditions under which they can be applied.
- Problem solving is essential for learning this subject. It may be useful to follow these steps: a) to make a list of all the relevant information provided by the enunciate; b) to make a list with the quantities to be calculated. c) to Identify the equations to use to solve the problem and apply them correctly.
- Read carefully the scripts supplied by the teacher before starting laboratory practices and answer the questions included in them.
- It is convenient to use the tutorials to clarify doubts that arise both in the classroom and in the laboratory.
- It is recommended to regularly consult the virtual classroom of the course, where it is available the teaching guide, the scripts of practices, bulletins of problems and other supplementary material to help students with their study.
The subject will be taught in Galician and Castilian.
Juan Manuel Ortigueira Amor
Coordinador/a- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- juanm.ortigueira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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