CHEM593 ADVANCED TOPICS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
| Course Code: | 2340593 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Chemistry |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ALİ GÖKMEN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of this course students will know the current research areas in analytical chemistry and comprehend the chemical and physical principles to retrieve chemical information by measurement and data evaluation and raise the awareness for applying an appropriate chemical analysis method to a sociatal problem
Course Content
This is one of the three courses should be taken by first year graduate students working in the area of Analytical Chemistry. Chemical Equilibrium, Statistical methods in Analytical Chemistry, Advance instrumentation one the main subject.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course the students will be able to
- Know the recent research topics in analytical chemistry by reading the review articles in journals in the field of analytical chemistry
- Differentiate and comprehend the relation and difference between analytical signal and noise
- Know the fundamental techniques for retrieving the chemical information from a noisy signal
- Select the more advantageous technique between a dispersive (grating) or multiplex (Fourier transform)
- Understand the design characteristics of Fourier Transform Optical Spectrometers, Raman spectrometers, remote analysis
- Follow the research on origin of life; understand circularly polarized light and its interaction with chiral molecules
- Use various electroanalytical techniques in chemical analysis
- Determine the parameters (flow rate, length of column) of separation of components of a mixture by chromatography
- Understand the basics of separation and preconcentration
- Choose an appropriate technique for atomic and molecular mass spectrometry
- Choose the neutron flux and time of irradiation for multielement determination of the complex samples (food, soil, body fluids) by neutron activation analysis
- Analyze complex data such as multi-element/many-sources using a chemometric method, principle component analysis
- Apply chemical analysis methods to societal problems
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Graduates of the Chemistry master program can follow scientific literature as well as developments in technology. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Our graduates have critical, analytical and independent thinking abilities. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They have the ability of working independently. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They have ability to analyze and solve problems. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They scientifically contribute to the areas that they have expertise on. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | They have the background to pursue their PhD in both national and international universities. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | They can perform team work. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | They can have active roles in interdisciplinary studies with researchers from different backgrounds. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | They have the ability to interpret the data obtained from interdisciplinary studies and contribute to the existing knowledge. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | They have the leadership ability to solve challenges that are faced during the projects. | ✔ | |||
| 11 | They have the ability to present their work orally and in a written text as scientific papers or reports. | ✔ | |||
| 12 | They can speak and write English which is the scientific language. | ✔ | |||
| 13 | They can use the communication technologies to transfer their results. | ✔ | |||
| 14 | They are aware of the ethical values during their studies and transfer their results to scientific society. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution