KJPE1300 General Chemistry Course description

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

Knowledge

The student can

• explain the structure of the musculoskeletal system and nervous system, and the connection between these
• account for the relationship between the structure and functional characteristics of the musculoskeletal system
• account for the relationship between the structure of the nervous system and functional properties
• account for the structure and function of the sensory organs
• identify and describe surface structures of the body, as well as describe the procedure for palpation
• account for normal anatomical variation in the musculoskeletal system
• account for pain physiology, including nociceptive signal transmission, modulation mechanisms and pain processing in the brain

Skills

The student can

• identify and describe anatomical structures in the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system with precise technical terminology.
• describe directions of movement, axes and planes with precise professional terminology

The work and teaching methods vary between lectures, seminars, group work, skills training, and self-study. In some lectures, the teaching language will be English.

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

Knowledge

The student:

• can describe the structure of the periodic system.
• can describe structure of atoms and structure og chemical bond in molecules, gases, liquids and solids.
• can describe the main types of chemical reactions.
• can describe the main principles of reaction kinetics, and the relationship between kinetics and equilibrium.
• can explain the terms enthalpy, entropy, and free energy and describe how they provide the connection between thermodynamics, electrochemistry and chemical equilibrium.
• can explain the behavior of galvanic cells and electrochemical cells.

Skills

The student:

• can name simple chemical compounds.
• can balance reaction equations.
• can perform stoichiometric calculations and determine concentrations and partial pressure at chemical equilibrium.
• can perform basic calculations within reaction kinetics, thermodynamics (enthalpy, entropy and free energy) and electrochemistry (galvanic cells and electrolysis).
• can perform simple chemical reactions and laboratory tests with both qualitative and quantitative determinations.
• can write and explain the results of the laboratory work in the journal, report and spreadsheet.

General competence

The student:

• can collaborate in groups both with practical and written work.
• have insight into the proper handling of chemicals on the basis of HSE data and from laboratory experience.

Supervised individual written exam (multiple choice), 4 hours.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• 6-day laboratory course with 6 associated written assignments (5-15 pages per assignment)
• 4 of 7 compulsory exercises (2-4 hours per exercise)
• 1 presentation (10 - 15 min)

Grade scale A-F.

All answers are reviewed by one examiner. An external examiner is regularly involved in the evaluation of sets of assignment sets and assessment criteria, at a minimum for every third ordinary examination.

9 credits overlap with FYB1100 Anatomy and Physiology - I.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.