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FARB1200 Organic Chemistry Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Organisk kjemi
Study programme
Pharmacy Programme
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2024/2025
Curriculum
FALL 2024
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

1) Two internal examiners

2) Two internal examiners

External examiners are used regularly.

Required preliminary courses

Chaoru Lu: chaorulu@oslomet.no

Learning outcomes

None.

Content

The course consists of the following subject areas, specified below with the number of credits:

  • Organic chemistry10 credits

Teaching and learning methods

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.

Course requirements

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

  • Minimum attendance of 90% 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.

Assessment

Supervised individual written exam, 5 hours.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

  • Own lab reports
  • Own hand-written notes.
  • Chemistry data (B. Pedersen).
  • Alphanumeric/financial calculator with cleared memory. A digital calculator is available to the student during the exam.
  • Molecular model set

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F

Examiners

All answers are assessed by one examiner. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Overlapping courses

  • 10 credits overlap with FARMA1200 Organic Chemistry.