Module Descriptors
SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY FOR FORENSIC SCIENCE
FORE60373
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 6
20 credits
Contact
Leader: Duncan Parker
Email: Duncan.Parker@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 40
Independent Study Hours: 160
Total Learning Hours: 200
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 1 to UG Semester 2
Sites
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- Laboratory Notebook weighted at 15%
- Practical ability weighted at 35%
- Portfolio of Written Reports - 2000 words weighted at 50%
Module Details
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
TO COLLECT, RECORD AND ANALYSE EXPERIMENTAL DATA AT AN ADVANCED LEVEL.
TO INCREASE PRACTICAL AND MANIPULATIVE SKILLS FURTHER, INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THE APPROPRIATE CHOICE OF APPARATUS.
TO PRODUCE A CLEAR AND ACCURATE REPORT FOR A SCIENTIFIC AUDIENCE WITH REFERENCES TO PRIMARY LITERATURE SOURCES APPROPRIATE FOR LEVEL 6 STUDY
TO INCREASE PRACTICAL AND MANIPULATIVE SKILLS FURTHER, INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THE APPROPRIATE CHOICE OF APPARATUS.
TO PRODUCE A CLEAR AND ACCURATE REPORT FOR A SCIENTIFIC AUDIENCE WITH REFERENCES TO PRIMARY LITERATURE SOURCES APPROPRIATE FOR LEVEL 6 STUDY
MODULE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Additional Assessment Information:
Contemporaneous laboratory note book 15% - Outcome 1
Practical skill 35% assessed by quality of submitted samples and analytical results obtained - Outcomes 1 and 2.
Written reports 50% assessed for logic and clarity with emphasis on appropriate scrutiny of results obtained and searching of appropriate background information - Outcome 3.
Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via discussions with tutor during the laboratory and tutorial sessions and on marked formative reports.
Contemporaneous laboratory note book 15% - Outcome 1
Practical skill 35% assessed by quality of submitted samples and analytical results obtained - Outcomes 1 and 2.
Written reports 50% assessed for logic and clarity with emphasis on appropriate scrutiny of results obtained and searching of appropriate background information - Outcome 3.
Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via discussions with tutor during the laboratory and tutorial sessions and on marked formative reports.
MODULE INDICATIVE CONTENT
You will carry out a range of chemical experiments involving single and multi stage syntheses, determination of reaction ratios, compositional and spectroscopic analyses. Typical experiments include the preparation and analysis of polyiodides, determination of the reaction ratio between hydroxylammonium and bromate ions, multistage synthesis of potassium tris(oxalato)ferrate(III), spectroscopic distinction of isomers of a cobalt(III) complex. You will be required to maintain a written note book for contemporaneous recording of all experimental data and observations.
MODULE LEARNING STRATEGIES
Completion of 10x4h practical sessions during which the experiment will be carried out and be fully documented in the laboratory note book. Associated time spent analysing the results obtained, researching the background chemistry and preparing the written reports.
Each practical session will be supported by a tutorial session the following week where
Each practical session will be supported by a tutorial session the following week where
MODULE TEXTS
There are no set texts which cover the practical content, but there are numerous chemistry texts within the library which give excellent coverage of the theoretical background necessary.
MODULE RESOURCES
Module handbook, practical schedules and suitably equipped laboratories. Library and internet resources.
Blackboard VLE
Blackboard VLE
MODULE SPECIAL ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Progress to level 6 of either BSc Forensic Science or MSci Forensic Science awards.