Unit information: Transferable Skills in 2011/12

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Unit name Transferable Skills
Unit code CHEMM0660
Credit points 40
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director Professor. Wyatt
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Successful completion of Year 3 of F103

Co-requisites

CHEM M0670

School/department School of Chemistry
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

This unit brings together the various skills that a well trained chemist employs. There are exercises in problem solving requiring the application of basic chemical knowledge and numeracy to unseen questions. Students will participate in all the activities expected of fully contributing members of a research team - attendance at seminars, contributions in group meetings etc. Students will develop their presentational skills through oral and written reports of their research project (CHEM M0670).