General and Inorganic Chemistry

Code:

MI071105

Acronym:

QGINOR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physical Sciences

Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Applied Chemistry Laboratory
Course/CS Responsible:	MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MICF	188	Official Curriculum	1	-	6	65	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The objectives established for General and Inorganic Chemistry are essentially related to its elementary, generalist and pedagogical supporting role, but its lecturing and development will be a consequence of the specific knowledge level exhibited by the students and their subsequent evolution. However, some of the most important objectives are:

a) Revision, uniformity and consolidation of basic and essential chemical knowledge.

b) Systematisation of concepts and development of identification, interpretation and resolution skills regarding problems and situations related to chemical phenomena or reactions.

c) Acquisition of advanced knowledge in distinct chemical areas, whenever possible with a pharmaceutical perspective.

d) Motivation of students to the need of a complementary auto-didactic formation involving the consolidation of the principles, ideas and concepts acquired in classes, by means of bibliographic material, data bases, and other information available in the Internet, etc.

Learning outcomes and competences

Acquisition of theoretical skills involving the subject matter of the program, namely:

. Nomenclature of inorganic compounds.

. Writing and balancing chemical reactions.

. Calculation of concentrations of solutions and respective preparation.

. Assessment of the state of a reaction and prediction of its evolution.

. Characterization of the properties of matter in the three states and appraisal of parameters that determine them.

. Understanding the properties of matter and their dependence on the elements that compose it and the type of bonding and interactions they establish.

 

  Acquisition of practical skills including:

. Handling equipment and laboratory supplies.

. Execution of unitary operations.

. Capacity of planning of laboratory work.

. Critical evaluation of the work performed.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Theoretical classes.

1. Atoms, molecules and ions.
2. Chemical reactions I: chemical equations and reactions in aqueous solutions.
3. Chemical reactions II: Stoichiometry.
4. Chemical bonding.
5. Intermolecular forces and states of the matter.
6. Solutions.
7. Chemical equilibrium.
8. Bioinorganic systems.

Practical-theoretical classes:

Resolution of practical problems involving the subject matters lectured in the theoretical classes.

Laboratorial classes:

Execution of several experiments in order to familiarise the students with laboratorial practices and to improve their skills in dealing with chemical processes:

1. Preparation of standard solutions
2. Preparation of non-standard solutions
3. Crystallization of a pharmaceutical product
4. Determination of the solubility curve of KNO3
5. Preparation and purification of KNO3
6. Structure and reaction of inorganic solids
7. Chemical equilibrium perturbation
8. Determination of a sample composition.

Mandatory literature

Chang Raymond; Química. ISBN: 972-9241-68-6
Reger Daniel; Química. ISBN: 972-31-0773-2
Russell John B.; Qímica geral. ISBN: 85-346-0151-8
Mahan Bruce H.; College chemistry

Teaching methods and learning activities

General and Inorganic Chemistry will have theoretical, practical-theoretical and laboratorial classes.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	80,00
Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	5,00
Total:	5,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must meet the criteria of attendance determined by the Assessment Regulations in force at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto.
Compliance with attendance in lectures is not compulsory.
Students who are exempted from verification of attendance conditions in practice and laboratory classes may be required to conduct a practical test, whose approval is mandatory.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation of General and Inorganic Chemistry  includes a theoretical and a practical component.

The theoretical component will be subject to distributed evaluation and involves performing two frequencies (assessment tests), one at the midle of the semester (during the month of November), with a gain of 20 points, and a second at the end of the school year ( during the examination period of the regular season), with a gain of 20 points. The final grade of the theoretical component will be calculated considering 40% of the marks obtained in the 1st frequency and 60% of that obtained in the 2nd frequency classification. The maximum score will be 20 values ​​and for approval in the course students should get in all of these two-step evaluation, a rating of at least 9.5.

The practical assessment contemplates the implementation of a series of laboratory experiments, some of which involve the presentation of a progress report, and a aferiação work, to be held at the end of the school year, related to the subjects that are part of the laboratory content the course.

The final classification of the course is calculated considering 20% ​​of the marks obtained in the practical assessment and obtained 80% of the theoretical classification. It is however required approvals in both components.

The examination of the appeal period, for students who do not obtain benefit at the end of regular time, or for those who wish to make classification improvements, will have a value of 20 points, and will cover all matter taught in the course