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UWI-Mona, Home PageThe material presented here will be constantly changing and will be updated and added to regularly. For regulations concerning entry to courses, you are advised to always consult the current Handbook of the Faculty of Natural Sciences (The Yellow Book). You may also find it useful to correspond with the Undergraduate Course Coordinator,
Dr Willard Pinnock at [email protected]A major in Chemistry requires a total of 32 credits from Part II Chemistry courses which must include C21J, C22J, C23J, C31J, C32J, C33J.
A major in Applied Chemistry can only be obtained as a double major with Chemistry and, in addition to the major in Chemistry, requires the following courses: C24Q, C34Q, C34K or C34L, C26Q and C34J.
A major in Food Chemistry can only be obtained as a double major with Chemistry and, in addition to the major in Chemistry, requires the following courses: C24Q, C25P, C35Q, C25J and C34J.
Admission to Applied Chemistry and Food Chemistry courses is limited.
Since 1993, Preliminary Chemistry has been offered by a number of community colleges in Jamaica. For those students who have not
passed 'A' level chemistry, this course is still taught at Mona but it is expected that it
will be phased out as enrollments increase at the community colleges.
About 220 new students are accepted into Introductory (first year) Chemistry -C 10J and C
10K each year.
One 2-hour written paper 75% Practical work 20% In course test 5%
Practical work is assessed throughout the duration of the course. Students whose practical work is considered to be unsatisfactory are required to sit a practical examination of not more than six hours duration. Candidates must provide the ORIGINAL note books of their laboratory work at the practical examination. These must be certified by the laboratory course Supervisor and may be taken into consideration by the Examiners.
One 2-hour written paper 70% Written course tests (2) 10% Practical Work 20%
Practical work is assessed throughout the duration of the course. Students whose practical work is considered to be unsatisfactory are required to sit practical examination of not more than six hours duration. Candidates must provide the ORIGINAL notebooks of their laboratory work at the practical examination. These must be duly certified by the course Supervisor and may be taken into consideration by the Examiners.
One 2-hour written paper 75% In-course test 10% Practical work 15%
Practical work is assessed throughout the duration of the course. Students whose practical work is considered to be unsatisfactory are required to sit a practical examination of not more than six hours duration. Candidates must provide the ORIGINAL notebooks of their laboratory work at the practical examination. These must be certified by the laboratory course Supervisor and may be taken into consideration by the Examiners.
Two 2-hour papers 75% One course test 10% Practical work 15%
Practical work is assessed throughout the duration of the course. Students whose practical work is considered to be unsatisfactory are required to sit a practical examination of not more than six hours duration. Candidates must provide the ORIGINAL notebooks of their laboratory work at the practical examination. These must be certified by the laboratory course Supervisor and may be taken into consideration by the Examiners.
One 2 hour paper 75% One course test 10% Practical work: work study programme or project 15%
Students will be required to satisfy the Examiners in both the written paper and the practical work separately.
One 2 hour paper 82% Project 18%
1. Candidates must satisfy the General regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of
Science (except those relating to Support Courses) in addition to the following
regulations:
2. The minimum standards for admission the programme are as follows:
Completion of Part I of the B.Sc. degree programme including passes in:
(i) Introductory Chemistry (C 10J and C10K) at the prescribed level. (ii) Introductory Mathematics (M 10A and M 10B or M 10C). Consideration will be given to those applicants with an appropriate grade in Preliminary Mathematics (M08B and M08C) or `A' Level Mathematics or its equivalent. (iii) Preliminary Physics (P04A and P04B) or its equivalent.
3. Admission to this programme is limited and candidates with good grades in C 10J and
C10K will be given preference.
4. To be eligible for the award of the B.Sc. (Special) Chemistry degree, candidates must
obtain:
(a) A total of 56 Credits by successfully completing the following Part II courses:
(i) C21J, C31J, C22J, C32J, C23J, C33J (ii) Two courses from C31K, C31L, C31M, C31N (iii) Two courses from C32K, C32L, C32M, C32N (iv) Two courses from C33K, C33L, C33M, C33N (v) One further course from (ii)..(iv) above. (vi) A research project C37J.
(b) An additional eight credits selected from Part II courses in any subject area in
the B.Sc. degree programme in Natural Sciences approved by the Department.
5. Candidates must successfully complete the Support Courses in Language:
Exposition/Argument (UC120).
This course is only available to students registered in the B.Sc. (Special) Chemistry
degree programme.
Pre-requisites:
C 21J, C 22J, C 23J, C 31J, C 32J, C 33J
Syllabus:
Use of chemical literature. Methods of investigation; experimental design. Project writing
and reporting. Investigation and written report on an approved topic.
Evaluation:
Assessment of course work 40%, Written Report 60%.
At Part I, the following courses are taken for a total of 26 credits:
C 10J, C 10K Introductory Chemistry
EC10A, EC10B Introduction to Micro and Macroeconomics
SY13A Introduction to Sociology
MS12A Introduction to Management
MS15A, MS15B Introduction to Financial Accounting, Cost and
Management Accounting
At Part II, in addition to the CORE chemistry courses C 21J, C 22J, C 23J, C31J, C 32J, C 33J the following courses are taken to give a total of 58 credits:
MS20A Principles of Marketing
MS25A Financial Accounting I
MS23C Introduction to Quantitative Methods
MS26A Managerial Economics
MS25B or Financial Accounting II
MS33D Business Strategy and Policy
MS28D Financial Management I
MS22A Organizational Behaviour
MS27B Business Law
MS29P Introduction to Production and Operations
Management
PLUS 8 additional credits from Level II or Level II Chemistry Courses approved by the Department, together with one other one-semester (3 credit) Management Studies Course taken from Level II or Level III.
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