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CHEMISTRY

Course

Code: 1150

Degree: Bachelor's in Biotechnology

Faculty of Experimental Sciences

Year: Year 1 of Bachelor's in Biotechnology

Semester: Fall

Type: Core

Language: Spanish

ECTS credits: 6

Lecture: 3

Laboratory: 3

Hours: 150

Directed: 60

Shared: 30

Autonomous: 60

Subject matter: Chemistry

Module: Chemistry

Department: Agrochemistry and Environment

Area: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Course instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.

Description

Atomic structure. Chemical bonds. Aggregation states. Electrochemistry.

Faculty

Name	Coordinator	Lecture	Laboratory
POVEDA LARROSA, JOSE ANTONIO	■	■
ESQUEMBRE TOME, ROCIO			■
HORNOS ADAN, FELIPE			■

Professional interest

Chemistry is one of the pillars of the scientific knowledge, so it is foundamental its knowledge for a University student of a Scientific Degree,
Moreover, for a Biotechnologist, it is essential to acquire a chemical "vision" of the biological processes. In this way, if they study any question related with a bilogical system, thay should know that what is going on is a chemical process although in a biological context, so that phenomenom is under the chemistry laws. That point of view is not usually developed in the students, so if they do not gain it, they will not take advantage of other matters, so they will not understant how the biological processes take place at the molecular level, an ability foundamental in Biotechnology

Competencies and learning outcomes

General competencies

Acquisition of basic scientific knowledge.
Capacity to identify, formulate, and resolve basic problems.
Capacity to apply analytical and numerical methods for the analysis of problems.
Ability to implement efficient tools for troubleshooting within the field of knowledge.
Capacity for continuous improvement, experimentation, and innovation.
Critical and analytical skills in the field of the sciences.
Creative capacity within the field of the branch of knowledge.
Capacity to evaluate, optimize, and compare criteria in decision making.
Capacity to draft, represent, analyze, and interpret scientific documentation and relevant data within the branch of science.
Ability to transmit knowledge acquired in expert and non-expert environments.
Ability to work with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
Ability to update knowledge within the branch of sciences.
Social, ethical, and environmental commitment for the development of scientific solutions that are compatible and sustainable with the realities of human and natural environments.
Ability to adapt to and update new knowledge and scientific advances, adopting an ethical, innovative, and creative attitude in the practice of the profession.

Specific competencies

Ability to recognize and understand the molecular bases of biotechnological processes.
Predict the evolution of a composition of a reaction mixture from thermodynamic parameters and apply such knowledge to the optimization of biotechnological processes.
Design characterization protocols of biotechnological products using the most appropriate techniques in the quality control and safety of the biotechnological processes.

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

01Students should know and understand the structure and properties of matter at an atomic and molecular level, as well as the laws that govern it, and their influence in their chemical reactivity
02To identify the different states of matter and their chemical properties. To understand the matter transformation processes.
03To knoledge and understand the energetic changes involved in the matter transformation processes, the physical and chemical ones. To apply the thermodynamics and kinetics laws.
04To learn and apply the chemical equilibrium law to different chemical reaction types.
05To foresee the evolution of the composition for a chemical reaction from the thermodynamics parameters
06Ability to interpret, analyse and solve chemistry basic problems
07To be able to work at a chemistry laboratory
08To apply the chemistry knowledge from the theoretical sessions on the laboratory
09To calculate, organize and write results associated to an experiment
010To learn how to look for information, filter, arrange, summarize and express it either in a written or in an oral way

Teaching units

Association between objectives and units

Objective/Unit	U1	U2	U3
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
010

Schedule

Week	Teaching units	Directed hours	Shared hours	Autonomous hours	Total hours
1	U1	4	1	4	9
2	U1	5	1	4	10
3	U1	3	1	4	8
4	U1	4.5	1	4	9.5
5	U1	4.5	2	4	10.5
6	U2	2	1	4	7
7	U2	5.5	1	4	10.5
8	U2	4	1	4	9
9	U3	4.5	2	4	10.5
10	U3	4	3	2	9
11	U3	3.5	3	4	10.5
12	U3	3	4	4	11
13	U3	4.5	1	4	9.5
14	U3	5	4	6	15
15	U3	3	4	4	11

Basic bibliography

Methodology and grading

Methodology

Cooperative learning: Develop active learning through cooperative working strategies among students and promote shared responsibility to reach group goals.
Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.
Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.

Grading

You can find a more detailed version of the evaluation criteria on the subject site:
https://sites.google.com/a/goumh.umh.es/quimicabiotecnologia/

The final mark will be calculated as follows:
50-80% from a written test, where it will be evaluated the student knowledge about the subject, as well as his/her ability to solve chemistry problems.
20% from the laboratory practices. In this case, it will be evaluated, an inform from the laboratory practices where the practices will be described, as well as the results obtained and their interpretation. In this case, the student behaviour during the practices will be also evaluated.
0-15% from the class attendance, and the delivery of different task related to the theoretical programm (voluntary work).
0-15% students are free to make a group work and its presentation at the classroom.
Finally, each student will be able to obtain up to 1 point, which will be additive to the other two marks (in a 10 base), if the student participates at the subject web site.
It is mandatory to obtain a minimum mark of 4 in the written test and in the laboratory practices, in order to make the average with the other marks. In any case, the final mark has to be at least 5 to pass the course.

Assessment test characteristics

See at https://sites.google.com/a/goumh.umh.es/quimicabiotecnologia/

Correction criteria

More details at: https://sites.google.com/a/goumh.umh.es/quimicabiotecnologia/

Additional requirements

For the written test, pencil and calculator.

Research: CHEMISTRY