Program Overview

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OSCI18 - Fundamentals of Chemistry (OUA)

Overview

To view overview information, please note that this unit provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of chemistry.

Academic Contacts

Unit coordinator information is available upon selection of a specific offering.

Offerings

The following offerings are available:

• OUA-OUA1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Other-OUA1
  • Location: Open Universities Australia
  • Attendance mode: External
  • Start year: 2018
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: No
• OUA-OUA2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Other-OUA2
  • Location: Open Universities Australia
  • Attendance mode: External
  • Start year: 2018
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: No
• OUA-OUA3-EXT-2018-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Other-OUA3
  • Location: Open Universities Australia
  • Attendance mode: External
  • Start year: 2018
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: No
• OUA-OUA4-EXT-2018-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Other-OUA4
  • Location: Open Universities Australia
  • Attendance mode: External
  • Start year: 2018
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: No

Enrolment Rules

Students should have some prior knowledge of chemistry at Year 10 level (third year in WA secondary schools) or equivalent and a reasonable grounding in basic mathematics.

• Students with a final scaled score of 50% or higher in Chemistry ATAR (WACE Chemistry 3A/3B) within the past three years may be excluded from the unit.
• Students who have successfully completed CHE144 Foundations of Chemistry/PEC144 Chemical Principles may not enrol in this unit for credit.
• Students who have successfully completed PEC140 Introduction to Chemistry or OSCI18 Introduction to/Fundamentals of Chemistry cannot enrol for credit in this unit.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

1. Describe the nature of matter at the atomic and molecular level using appropriate language, symbols and representations.
2. Use chemical equations to describe chemical reactions.
3. Carry out calculations related to chemical quantities, processes and reactions.

Unit Content

The unit content includes:

• The nature of matter
• Elements
• Compounds
• Measurement
• Chemical composition
• States of matter
• Chemical reactions
• Chemical quantities
• Organic compounds

Additional Information

Completion of this unit will enable students to enrol in CHE144 Foundations of Chemistry.

Unit Details

• Unit version: 03
• Version start date: 01/01/2017
• End date: 31/12/2016
• Owning college: College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (PRE 2023)
• Owning school: (OLD) Chemistry and Physics
• Credit points: 3