3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023178FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Chemistry
Educational team
Frank De Proft (course titular)
Frederik Tielens
Activities and contact hours
13 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Students are introduced to state-of-the-art theoretical and quantum chemistry research through a series of guest lectures by both national and international experts in the field.   These lectures are intended to broaden the view of the students on various specialized areas of theoretical chemistry.

Additional info

NA.

Learning Outcomes

general competencies

The student gains insight and comes into contact with different state-of-the-art research topics in theoretical and quantum chemistry.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • assignment with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation is made through the grades obtained for the assignments given after each of the seminar, evaluating the insight of the students in the topics of the different lectures. To this end, a series of questions for each seminar are provided that need to be addressed in the report.  

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Chemistry: Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
Master of Chemistry: Chemical Theory, (Bio)Molecular Design and Synthesis