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Overview

This course is designed to provide students with a balanced coherent study of chemistry in which chemical principles are developed. Students will be able to devise and plan experimental and investigative work and interpret, explain, evaluate and communicate the results of these. Students will also gain an awareness of the ethical, environmental, technological and economic aspects of the subject.

The course prepares students to progress into further or higher education, to follow courses in chemistry, medicine, biochemistry, or related subjects, or to enter employment where knowledge of chemistry would be useful.

Specification aims

The aims of these specifications are to encourage students to:

• Develop essential knowledge and understanding of the concepts of chemistry, and the skills needed for the use of these in new and changing situations.
• Develop an understanding of the link between theory and experiment.
• Be aware of how advances in information technology and instrumentation are used in chemistry.
• Appreciate the contributions of chemistry to society and the responsible use of scientific knowledge and evidence.
• Sustain and develop their enjoyment of, and interest in, chemistry.
• Bring together knowledge of ways in which different areas of chemistry relate to each other.