The subject covers a core area of the discipline pertaining to the descriptive chemistry of the elements and their compounds and including structures and symmetry, bonding, reactions, synthesis and characterisation. A good understanding of inorganic chemistry is important to students intending to complete a major or minor study in chemistry, and it lies at the borderlines of earth sciences, life sciences and engineering. This subject introduces advanced concepts and methods employed in organic chemistry, the branch of chemistry that deals with compounds of carbon and the molecules of life. The subject covers a core area of the discipline pertaining to organic molecules from a functional group, and their chemical reactions, approach and including synthesis, structure and characterisation A good understanding of organic chemistry is important to students intending to complete a major or minor study in chemistry, and it lies at the borderlines of life sciences, biotechnology and engineering. This subject provides a basic understanding of the core area of physical chemistry, based around the theme of systems, states and processes.
Topics covered are molecular spectroscopy, chemical thermodynamics and equilibria, and kinetics.
This subject aims to provide an understanding of chemistry as it applies to processes in industry and of basic concepts important in applications in the industrial world. Topics covered are the chemical basis of metallurgical processes, and industrial inorganic and organic chemistry processes, including examples from regional industry. This subject introduces environmental chemistry, focussing on chemistry of the hydrosphere, geosphere and atmosphere. It examines the chemistry of natural and waste waters, chemical aspects of nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, water pollution and treatment. It examines the nature and composition of the atmosphere and atmospheric pollutants, introduces rocks, soils and sediments, and discusses toxic and hazardous wastes.