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Overview

This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to devise and plan experimental or investigative activities and interpret, explain, evaluate and communicate the results of these. Students will acquire sufficient understanding and knowledge to be able to bring together principles and concepts from different areas of chemistry.

The course prepares students to progress into further or higher education, to follow courses in chemistry, medicine, biochemistry and other 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.
• Acquire knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of modern chemistry.
• Develop intellectual and practical skills that will be of value in their future life and in the study of chemistry.
• Develop the ability to study both independently and co-operatively.
• Develop positve attitudes of mind, including interest, initiative, open-mindedness and a positive attitude towards the study and applications of chemistry.
• Become aware of the nature of scientific and technological endeavour and of the various contexts in which the work of chemists is important to society.