Course: Proseminar in General Chemistry

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Course title Proseminar in General Chemistry
Course code AFC/PSOC
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Koudelíková Radana, Mgr.
  • Kotrle Kamil, Mgr.
  • Svobodová Abigail, Mgr.
  • Štarha Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Zahradníková Eva, Mgr.
Course content
The seminar is dedicated to the following topics of General chemistry: - periodic system, basic chemical terms and laws, units - nomenclature of binary compounds, acids, salts and complexes - chemical formulas and chemical equations - structure of atom, electrons and configuration, molecular orbitals - stereochemistry of inorganic molecules (VSEPR, hybridization) - redox equations - thermochemistry - ideal gas law - solutions - chemical equilibrium - acid-base reactions - electrochemistry and electrolysis

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The seminar is dedicated to the first-year students of chemistry study programmes and gives an opportunity to practise in more details the subject matter of General chemistry (AFC/OBC, AFC/OBC1), focusing mainly on the nomenclature and exercises.
An ability to deal with practical aspects of General chemistry.
Prerequisites
A knowledge of nomenclature and chemical exercises on secondary school level. A basic knowledge of simultaneous courses of General chemistry.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

The student has to accomplish 100% attending on the seminar and fulfil adequately the instructions and tasks of the teacher.
Recommended literature
  • A. Mareček, J. Honza. (2004). Chemie - sbírka příkladů. Proton Brno.
  • J. Vacík. (2000). Obecná chemie. Praha.
  • M. Čajan, B. Drahoš, A. Klanicová. (2018). Příklady a úlohy z obecné a anorganické chemie. VUP Olomouc.


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