At the end of this course, you are expected to be able to:
- Independently and safely design, plan and execute basic physical-organic chemistry experiments based on relevant literature and protocols.
- Plan and execute a small research project in teams that involves method development, testing and evaluation, synthesis, systematic investigation and data analysis.
- Anticipate the knowledge and skills that are required in research projects, identify possible ways to acquire these, and design a strategy to prepare for a research project.
- Critically evaluate your data
- Discuss intermediate results and adapt a research plan.
- Present and discuss results of the research project at the first-year closing symposium.
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In addition to synthesizing molecules, another important skill that you need to acquire as a molecular scientist is to develop strategies to unravel how these molecules form molecular systems, where different types of molecules interact or interconvert.
The lab course starts off with a number of basic, one-day experiments, that will teach you a number of key strategies to study molecular complexation, molecular aggregation, electrochemistry and reaction kinetics. The course ends with a small research project where you will further elaborate on one of the topics that was covered in the basic experiments.
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- Chemical analysis 1 (NWI-MOL121)
- Physical chemistry 1 (NWI-MOL125)
- Mathematics (NWI-MOL131)
- Chemical analysis lab (NWI-MOL123)
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During the course students are assessed on their practical skills, theoretical knowledge, preparation, and dissemination.
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