Faculty of Science School of Chemistry

610-211 Light, Matter and Chemical Change B

 

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Information and Resources for Enrolled Students

Assoc. Prof . Ashokkumar

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Assoc. Prof . Bieske

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Assoc. Prof . Gee

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Subject Description and Generic Skills

Upon completion of 610-211 students should have an appreciation for the rates and mechanisms of enzyme catalysed reactions and environmentally significant atmospheric processes; understand the concepts of entropy and free energy and their application to chemical and biological systems; understand the interactions between molecules and light and its use in the determination of molecular structure; and understand modern views of molecular structure and the interaction of light with matter and its chemical consequences.

The subject covers the topics the dynamics of molecular processes; energy transformation and storage in chemical and biological systems; the interaction between molecules and light and its relationship to molecular structure; and molecular structure and the harnessing of energy by absorption of light.

This subject will provide the student with the opportunity to establish/ develop the following generic skills: problem solving and critical thinking skills, the ability to use conceptual models to rationalize observations, an understanding of the changing knowledge base.

QOT Survey - Student feedback

This subject was very well received by students again last year, rating 4.1/5.0. Many students commented on how helpful the lecturers involved in the subject were and how this aided their learning of an interesting but challenging subject.

 
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