Degree course in Chemistry

Course Name
CHEMISTRY
Course Code
L060
Class (Ministerial code)
L-27
Website
Field(s) of study
ISCED Area 05 – Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Qualification award
Bachelor Degree
Level of qualification according to the NQF and the EQF
EHEA First cycle; EQF Level 6
Length of programme / number of credits
3 years / 180 ECTS
Language of Teaching
Italian/english
Mode of study
In-class
Didactic centre
Perugia
Programme director
Nadia Balucani
Access to the course
Open access with assessment of personal competencies
Specific admission requirements
Certificate of completion of Italian upper secondary school or equivalent foreign qualification
Evaluation of specific subject knowledge on entry
Verification of the knowledge required for the attendance of the course of study through a compulsory evaluation test of indicative and non-selective nature; if the test is not passed, the student will be given additional educational obligations and will be granted with: • alignment courses, • tutoring, • online alignment courses, • study of additional texts indicated by the course of study
Profile of the programme
The course aims at providing students with a good grounding in the core areas of chemistry (inorganic, organic, physical, biological and analytical chemistry) and with the necessary background in mathematics and physics. The students will have basic knowledge also in more specialized topics in chemistry and will have built up practical skills during laboratory courses in which they have worked either individually or in groups. The graduates will have the ability to gather and interpret scientific data and to communicate information and ideas. They will have competences to fit them for entry-level graduate employment in the general workplace, including chemical industry, and will have developed those learning skills to allow them to undertake further study with a sufficient degree of autonomy.
Programme learning outcomes
Graduates of the Programme will be able to demonstrate: - capacity for applying knowledge in practice - oral and written skills in presenting scientific arguments - capacity to learn and adapt - problem solving - ability to work autonomously - ability to demonstrate knowledge and understating of essential concepts, principles and theories of chemistry - ability to apply such knowledge to the solution of qualitative and quantitative problems - skills in the safe handling of chemicals - skills to conduct standard laboratory procedures and use instrumentation in synthetic and analytical work - ability to interpret data derived from laboratory observation
Qualification requirements and regulations
Admission to the final exam for graduation will require that the student has acquired all the credits in the study plan other than the final exam. The final exam is associated with an internship/industrial placement of 12 ECTS that can be carried out within the department laboratories or other research institutes or external companies or abroad (through the Erasmus Traineeship program or other exchange programs). The activity carried out will be reported in the bachelor thesis. The final exam for graduation is public and consists of an oral presentation of the thesis work to the graduation committee
Examination regulations and grading scale
Assessment is normally an oral or written exam; in some cases there are intermediate exams during the course; other evaluation elements (seminars, reports, etc.) can be foreseen in specific course units and are described in the Course Unit Profiles. The grades for subject exams are measured in thirtieths (0-30 scale), the minimum grade is 18/30 and the maximum grade is 30/30. The maximum grade can be enhanced with “cum laude” (30 cum laude), in case of excellence. Grades are given by an exam commission of at least two teachers, whose President is the chair of the subject. The main exam sessions are held in January/February, March/April, June/July, September/October. Students may retake exams, if not passed. The University provides an ECTS Grading Table, which shows the actual distribution of the examination and final grades among students for each degree programme. The final degree evaluation is expressed in one hundred and tenths (0-110 scale), the minimum grade is 66/110 and the maximum grade is 110/110. The calculation of the final grade of each candidate takes into account the average of the grades obtained in the subject exams, as well as the quality of the work performed in research or in the final thesis which is discussed in public before an exam commission. “Cum laude” (110 cum laude) may be added to the maximum grade if the exam commission decides unanimously.
Obligatory or optional mobility windows
The mobility windows are optional and flexible and can cover a semester or an entire academic year depending on the needs of the individual student. The course of study encourages and promotes mobility associated with internship activities (12 ECTS, 2 months) scheduled for the second semester of the third year through the Erasmus Traineeship program.
Work-based learning
The course includes an internship activity associated with the final exam. The internship can be carried out within the department hosting the course (research-based), but also at external companies (industrial placement) or abroad. The aim of the internship is to provide the student with the opportunity to conduct an initial research project and have personal first-hand experience of what research is about The industrial placement is a valid alternative as it is associated with a well-defined training project that must be approved by the President of the course. It is possible to use part of the free credits to increase the duration of the industrial placement.
Occupational profiles of graduates
Graduates can start the profession of Chemist: passing the State exam for the qualification to exercise the profession Section B allows enrollment in the professional register as Junior Chemist. The graduate will have as occupational fields: research, synthesis, analysis, characterization and quality control laboratories, both in the chemical industry as well as in other industries in the sectors of health, environment, energy, food, conservation of cultural heritage, polymers, adhesives, paints, dyes, products for agriculture, etc., in research institutes and in the public sector. Further possibilities are consultancy activities as a freelancer (for the skills foreseen for the first level graduate) in the sectors of analysis and quality control, environmental protection and civil protection activities.
UnitLanguageAnnoPeriodCFU
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian1II9
ELEMENTS OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY LABORATORY
In all curricula
Italian1II6
ENGLISH
In all curricula
English1I3
GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian1I12
MATHEMATICS 1
In all curricula
Italian1I9
MATHEMATICS 2
In all curricula
Italian1II6
PHYSICS 1
In all curricula
Italian1I6
PHYSICS 2
In all curricula
Italian1II6
COMPUTER CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian2II6
CULTURAL HERITAGE CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian2II6
ELEMENTARY QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian2II6
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian2II12
INSTRUMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian2II6
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1
In all curricula
Italian2I15
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1
In all curricula
Italian2I15
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
English3II6
BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian3I6
CERAMIC MATERIALS
In all curricula
Italian3II6
CHEMICAL FORMULATIONS
In all curricula
Italian3II6
CHEMICAL PROCESSESS FOR BIOMASS VALORIZATION
In all curricula
Italian3II6
CHEMISTRY AT THE COMPUTER
In all curricula
Italian3II6
MOLECULAR DESIGN
In all curricula
English3II6
OPTIONAL SUBJECT
In all curricula
3II12
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2
In all curricula
Italian3I12
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian3II6
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2
In all curricula
Italian3I12
SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
In all curricula
English3II6
SPECTROCHEMISTRY
In all curricula
Italian3II6
STAGE
In all curricula
Italian3II12
STAGE FOR OPTIONAL SUBJECT
In all curricula
Italian3II6
SURFACE PROCESSES
In all curricula
Italian3II6

Free-choice training activities

UnitPeriodCFU
Group AFFINI E INTEGRATIVE II ANNO
CFU (University training credits) required: 6
Group AFFINI E INTEGRATIVE III ANNO
CFU (University training credits) required: 6
Group INSEGNAMENTI CONSIGLIATI CFU A SCELTA
CFU (University training credits) required: 12
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