Ethics for Chemists

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Course title

ETHICS FOR CHEMISTS

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Code

HМ-658

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Study curriculum

All chemistry study programs

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Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

Institute of chemistry, PMF, UKIM

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Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

III/VI

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ECTS points

4

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Lecturer

Dr. Ljupco Pejov, Professor

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Prerequisites

/

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Course objectives (competences):
Through interactive teaching, to introduce students to the role and responsibility of chemists in the field of ethics.

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Course content:
INTRODUCTION. 1. Defining, role and meaning of ethics. 2. Theories in ethics:
(a) Theories that advocate absolute moral and ethical standards
(b) Theories advocating cultural relativism
3. Brief overview of classical ethics (Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Augustine, Kant)
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS - ETHICS FOR CHEMISTS
4. Ethical obligations of the chemist
(a) To his profession and workplace. (b) Towards the environment (environmental ethics). Code of Ethics. (c) In industry (chemicals, food, water, chemical waste...). Code of Ethics. (d) In pharmacy and medicine. Code of Ethics. (e) In scientific research and experimentation. Code of Ethics. (f) In education. Code of Ethics. (g) In presenting and publishing results and papers. Falsification, tuning and plagiarism. Code of Ethics. (h) When reviewing other people's works, projects, etc. Code of Ethics.
5. Management ethics. Code of Ethics.
SEMINAR AND PROJECT TASKS:
(a) Current ethical topics for chemists, in the world and in our country.
(b) Compilation of ethical codes.

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Teaching methods: lectures, laboratory classes

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Total available time

120 hours

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Time distribution

2+1+0 hours/week (lectures 30 hours, problem solving 15 hours)

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

30 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

15 hours

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Other activities

16.1.

Projects

30 hours

16.2.

Independent work

25 hours

16.3.

Homework

20 hours

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

50 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

40 points

17.3.

Activity

10 points

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Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Finished laboratory practicals and attending lectures

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Course language

Macedonian

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Teaching quality control

Anonymus surveys for course quality and student suggestions

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Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Иван Грозданов

ЕТИКА ЗА ХЕМИЧАРИ

Интерна скрипта

2010

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Kovac, Jeffrey

THE ETHICAL CHEMIST

Pearson/Prentice Hall

2004

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Барух де Спиноза

ЕТИКА

Ѓурѓа, Скопје

2010

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

Зигмунд Бауман

Постмодерна етика

Темплум, Скопје

2005

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Д-р Нада Поп-Јорданова

Медицинска етика

Култура, Скопје

2003

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