Experimental Inorganic Chemistry

COURSE CURRICULUM 

1.

Course title

EXPERIMENTAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

2.

Code

HM-411

3.

Study curriculum

Applied chemistry

4.

Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

PMF-Skopje, Institute of chemistry

5.

Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

II/IV

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ECTS points

6

8.

Lecturer

Metodija Najdoski, Full Professor

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Prerequisites

Inorganic Chemistry

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Course objectives (competences):
Expanding and deepening laboratory knowledge and skills while encouraging creativity in solving chemical and practical problems.

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Course content:
Chemical laboratory and laboratory equipment; Chemicals: classification, storage, compatibility rules, safe storage and disposal of chemical waste; Laboratory operations: heating, cooling, drying, work with gases, fractionation, measurement in the chemical laboratory and other laboratory operations (stirring, grinding, etc.); Selected laboratory techniques for microscale experiments; Experimentation: design of an experiment, student projects and student research.

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Teaching methods: lectures, seminars, laboratory classes, problem solving, learning through the completion of seminar papers, reading articles, books, engaging in discussions and independent exam preparation.

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Total available time

180 hours

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Time distribution

2+0+4 hours/week

Lectures 30 hours, Laboratory classes 60 hours

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching – lectures

30 hours

15.2.

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

60 hours

16.

Other activities

16.1.

Projects

10 hours

16.2.

Independent work

20 hours

16.3.

Homework

60 hours

17.

Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

50 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

30 points

17.3.

Activity

20 points

18.

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

Class attendance and completed exercises

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Course language

Macedonian

21.

Teaching quality control

Anonymous surveys

22.

Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

M. Najdoski

Experimental Inorganic Chemistry (in Macedonian)

The author

2011

2.

3.

22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

M. Najdoski,

V. Petrusevski

The Experiment in Chemistry Education, Book 2

Magor, Skopje

2000

2.

S. Nešić, J. Vučetić

Preparative Inorganic Chemistry

Građevinska knjiga, Beograd

1988

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