FARB1200 Organic Chemistry Course description

Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene. Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på de besvarelsene som er vurdert skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

The student must have been admitted to the study programme.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can explain structures and properties of important functional groups in active pharmaceutical ingredients
• can explain the connection between organic molecules’ chemical structure and reactivity
• can explain the concepts of resonance, isometry and stereochemical ratios, including identifying the chiral centres in active pharmaceutical ingredients and naming the correct stereochemistry
• can explain key types of reactions and reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry

Skills

The student

• can carry out chemical synthesis of simple active pharmaceutical ingredients under supervision
• can conduct selected chemical experiments, and interpret and present experimental data from selected organic chemistry experiments
• can identify simple organic compounds based on their NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance - spectroscopic data)
• can use IR (infrared spectroscopy), thin-layer chromatography and gas chromatography as methods of identification under supervision

General competence

The student

• can demonstrate an understanding of important functional groups in organic chemistry, organic chemical structures and theory of reactions with a focus on pharmaceuticals

The work and teaching methods comprise lectures, seminars, group work and a laboratory course. Digital learning resources are an important part of the teaching activities.

Practical skills are acquired through laboratory work. The students must complete pre-lab and a safety course before they can start the laboratory course. The course also includes written tests. By alternating between theory and practice, the programme helps the students to develop their ability to cooperate and work independently.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Minimum attendance of 80% at laboratory courses.
• Minimum attendance of 80% at seminars.
• Laboratory reports in accordance with specified criteria.
• Completed safety training before participating in the laboratory course.

Supervised individual written exam, 5 hours.

• Own lab reports
• Own hand-written notes.
• Chemistry data (B. Pedersen).
• Calculator.
• Molecular model set

Grade scale A-F

In their third year, students will work on a bachelor thesis. The work on the bachelor thesis provides the students with experience of systematic project work over time, where professional development and the development of new knowledge in common is key. Philosophy of science and research methodology knowledge and skills are recurrent topics in the work on the bachelor’s thesis.

In part one, which starts at the beginning of the autumn semester, focus will be on how to plan project work. The student will start by working in-depth with a topic that forms the basis for their bachelor thesis. Students will be assigned a supervisor who follows the development of the project outline.

In part two, which concludes the programme, focus will be on completing the project and writing the bachelor’s thesis.

The bachelor’s thesis must be related to a research and development work in occupational therapy and occupational science.

Passed first and second year of the programme or equivalent.