Competencies and objectives

Provisional information. Pending approval by the School/Faculty Board.

 

Course context for academic year 2025-26

The Inorganic Chemistry subject is the first one on Inorganic Chemistry in the Chemistry degree, and its main objective is to establish the foundations of this knowledge area. For this reason, the study of descriptive Inorganic Chemistry is addressed, that is, the study of chemical elements and their compounds. The contents have been stablished, considering that the student, in the second semester of the first year, has already learned the subject Chemistry II, in which the following issues are presented: the atomic structure, justifying the electronic configurations, description of the Periodic Table and the periodic properties, and the explanation of the different types of bonds (covalent, metallic, ionic and coordination) and intermolecular forces. It also includes general topics on reactivity of inorganic compounds (acid-base and oxidation-reduction reactions) and organic compounds. Thus, the systematic study of the elements and their main compounds is developed based on this important background, trying to relaate atomic properties and bonding with the physical and chemical properties of elements and compounds.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The group in which teaching will be taught in English will only constitute if at least 40% of the students are enrolled in this group. In the event that this figure is not achieved, the second teaching group will be taught in Spanish.

 

 

Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26

Generic Degree Course Competences

  • CG1 : Develop the capacity for analysis, synthesis and critical reasoning.
  • CG5 : Commitment to ethics, the values of equality and social responsibility as a citizen and professional.
  • CG6 : Self-learning.

 

Specific Competences:>>Theoretical

  • CE10 : Deduce the properties of organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds.
  • CE2 : Recognise the variation of the characteristic properties of chemical elements according to the Periodic Table.
  • CE6 : Understand the principles of the thermodynamics and their applications in Chemistry.
  • CE8 : Study chemical elements and their compounds, their distribution in nature, acquisition, structure, reactivity and applications.

 

Specific Competences:>>Ability

  • CE24 : Show knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, principles and theories associated with the different areas of Chemistry
  • CE27 : Interpret, evaluate and synthesise Chemical data and information.
  • CE35 : Interpret data obtained from laboratory observation and measurement.
  • CE38 : Use inductive and deductive methods correctly in the field of Chemistry.
  • CE39 : Recognise and evaluate chemical processes in daily life.
  • CE40 : Relate Chemistry to other disciplines.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26

DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY

Generic Degree Course Competences
Develop the capacity for analysis, synthesis and critical reasoning.
Commitment to ethics, the values of equality and social responsibility as a citizen and professional.
Self-learning.

Specific Competences:>>Theoretical
Recognise the variation of the characteristic properties of chemical elements according to the Periodic Table.
Understand the principles of the thermodynamics and their applications in Chemistry.
Study chemical elements and their compounds, their distribution in nature, acquisition, structure, reactivity and applications.
Deduce the properties of organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds.

Specific Competences:>>Ability
Show knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, principles and theories associated with the different areas of Chemistry
Interpret, evaluate and synthesise Chemical data and information.
Interpret data obtained from laboratory observation and measurement.
Use inductive and deductive methods correctly in the field of Chemistry.
Recognise and evaluate chemical processes in daily life.
Relate Chemistry to other disciplines.

General Objectives (English)

Get to know the bonding, structure, properties, production methods, applications, and most important chemical reactions of the chemical elements and their most representative compounds.
Acquire the ability to analyze and interpret the properties and reactions of chemical elements and their compounds, using theoretical concepts and models based on the relationships between groups in the Periodic Table using inductive and deductive methods.
Interpret the results of qualitative tests of reactions of inorganic elements and their compounds.
Apply the concepts of thermodynamics to the reactions of chemical elements and their compounds.
Be able to explain in an understandable way everyday phenomena and processes related to inorganic chemistry and recognize its importance within science and its impact on today's industrial and technological society.

 

 

 

 

General

Code: 26021
Lecturer responsible:
Berenguer Murcia, Ángel
Credits ECTS: 9,00
Theoretical credits: 2,28
Practical credits: 1,32
Distance-base hours: 5,40

Departments involved

  • Dept: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    Area: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    Theoretical credits: 2,28
    Practical credits: 1,32
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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