A successful student should be able to:

1. develop critical thinking and enhance their problem solving ability;
2. discuss the processes of scientific methodology and collaborative work;
3. recognise the different states of matter, the physical properties and processes associated with each and the differences between elements, compounds and mixtures;
4. recognise the different groupings of elements within the periodic table;
5. perform basic chemical calculations and balance chemical equations;
6. identify the different shapes of molecules and how this relates to the forces acting between them;
7. explain what acids and bases are and know how to measure acidity and basicity;
8. define and explain the concept of chemical equilibrium and how it reacts to changes in reaction conditions;
9. demonstrate proficiency in common chemistry laboratory techniques.

The textbook for Foundations of Chemistry IA/B is 'Introductory Chemistry', 4th Edition, by Nivaldo Tro, (Pearson) and it is recommended that students acquire their own copy.

Additional notes may be issued for individual sections of the course.

Other sources for recommended reading may be provided by lecturers on an as-needed basis

It is important that all students maintain active communication channels with the Chemistry Discipline throughout the course. The primary communication channels from the Discipline to students are MyUni and email.

The University's online learning management system, MyUni (https://myuni.adelaide.edu.au), will be used to provide students with a variety of learning resources, including (but not limited to) the following:

* Lecture notes
* Lecture recordings
* Workshop questions and solutions
* Computer practical exercises
* Links to summative assignments
* Links to other websites that may assist learning, such as maths help

All learning resources will be provided electronically, and no printed copies will be supplied.

MyUni will also be used on a regular basis to post announcements about assessment deadlines and other information related to the course and to send students emails to their University-provided student email account. 

This course is delivered by the following means:

• Lectures 36 x 50-minute sessions with three sessions per week
• Workshops 12 x 50-minute sessions with one session per week
• Practical 5 x 3-hour sessions with one session per fortnight

A student enrolled in a 3 unit course, such as this, should expect to spend, on average 12 hours per week on the studies required. This includes both the formal contact time required to the course (e.g., lectures and practicals), as well as non-contact time (e.g., reading and revision).

The course content includes the following:

Module 1 – Introduction to Chemistry

• States of matter, elements, compounds and mixtures
• Introduction to the periodic table
• Structure and bonding (including atomic structure)
• Physical and chemical change, chemical equations and balancing
• Chemical calculations: mole concept, significant figures, stoichiometry, concentrations

Module 2 – Molecular behaviour

• Molecular shape (including VSEPR)
• Intermolecular forces

Module 3 – Equilibrium

• Chemical equilibrium
• Le Châtelier’s principle

Module 4 – Acids and bases

• Acids, bases and pH – Ka, Kb, Kw
• Volumetric analysis

Not applicable.

Assessment task	Type of assessment	Percentage of total assessment for grading purposes #	Hurdle Yes or No #	Outcomes being assessed/achieved
Online summative assessment	Summative	20%	Yes (55%)	Module 1: 1-5 Module 2: 1, 2, 6 Module 3: 1, 2, 5, 7 Module 4: 1, 2, 5, 8
Lecture tests	Summative	0-20%	No	1 - 8
Practical work	Summative	20%	Yes (60%)	1, 2, 9
Examination	Summative	40-60%	Yes (45%)	1 - 8

Practical work is compulsory – this includes attendance, conduct of required experimental work, attendance at demonstrator interviews (as required) and submission of laboratory reports.

Online summative assessment: (20 % of total course grade)
Four summative exercises (one per module; each module’s summative component will be worth a total of 5% of the overall course grade) will be used to assess progressive understanding of course material. Students receive instant feedback on submission. Each online exercise will cover all three weeks’ worth of that module’s material.

Lecture Tests: (0-20% of total course grade)
There will be two non-compulsory lecture tests each semester, worth 10% each, potentially making up 20% in total of your final grade for the course each semester. Lecture tests will occur around the halfway mark and towards the end of each semester. Lecture tests will consist of multiple choice questions of a style similar to those that will be presented in the exam.

Lecture test marks will be redeemable in the end of semester exam – there will be a separate multiple choice question section in the exam that will correspond to the material covered in lecture tests. If students choose not to complete the multiple choice section in the exam but have completed the lecture tests, their lecture test marks will be used automatically to calculate their final grade and the exam weighting will be 40%.

If students attempt both the lecture tests and the corresponding section in the exam, the best mark of the two attempts will be used to calculate their final grade.

If the lecture tests are not attempted during the semester, then the corresponding lecture test-related section must be attempted in the exam, in which case the exam weighting will be 60%.

Practical work: (20% of total course grade)
Practical reports will be handed in fortnightly and promptly assessed to provide continual feedback to students and a sense of progressive accomplishment in the course. All practicals have an associated summative online task that students complete before their laboratory class.

Examination: (40-60% of total course grade)
An end-of-semester written examination will be used to summatively assess understanding of the course material.

The examination will be divided into two parts:
1. a compulsory 2-hour section consisting of multiple choice and short answer questions (40%)
2. an optional 1-hour section consisting only of multiple choice questions corresponding to those of the lecture tests (potentially 20% if used to redeem lecture test marks).

Submission of Assigned Work
A lab report book will be provided in the first practical session. Before practical reports are submitted, students must ensure they have signed and dated the Plagiarism and Collusion section on the Feedback and Assessment page. This must be done for EACH practical. Note that report books must not be removed from the laboratory.

Extensions for Assessment Tasks
Extensions of deadlines for assessment tasks may be allowed for reasonable causes. Such situations would include compassionate and medical grounds of the severity that would justify the awarding of a supplementary examination. Evidence for the grounds must be provided when an extension is requested. Students are required to apply for an extension to the Course Coordinator before the assessment task is due. Extensions will not be provided on the grounds of poor prioritising of time. The assessment extension application form can be obtained from: http://www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/current/ 

Late submission of assessments
If an extension is not applied for, or not granted then a penalty for late submission will apply.  A penalty of 10% of the value of the assignment for each calendar day that the assignment is late (i.e. weekends count as 2 days), up to a maximum of 50% of the available marks will be applied. This means that an assignment that is 5 days late or more without an approved extension can only receive a maximum of 50% of the marks available for that assignment.