Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) B.Sc (Hons) Chemistry University of Delhi UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME (Courses effective from Academic Year 20XX-XX) SYLLABUS OF COURSES TO BE OFFERED: Core Courses, Elective Courses &Skill Enhancement Courses B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry 9 Page 1 of 167 B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry Introduction The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) provides an opportunity to a student to choose courses from the syllabus comprising Core, Elective and Skill based courses. It offers a flexibility of programme structure while ensuring that the student gets a strong foundation in the subject and gains in depth knowledge. The learning outcome based curriculum framework will provide students with a clear purpose to focus their learning efforts and enable them to make a well judged choice regarding the course they wish to study. This will suit the present day needs of students in terms of securing their paths towards higher studies or employment. Programme Duration and Design The B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry course is a six semester course spread over three academic years. The teaching – learning process involves theory and practical classes and will be student centered. Apart from the conventional chalk and talk method, power point presentations, audio – video tools, class discussions, simulations and virtual labs (wherever possible) will be used. Students will be encouraged to carry out short term projects and participate in industrial and institutional visits, seminars and workshops. Assessment will be based on continuous evaluation (class test, presentation, group discussion, quiz, assignment etc.) and end of semester examination. Each theory paper will be of 100 marks out of which 25% marks are reserved for internal assessment while a practical paper will be of 50 marks comprising 50% internal assessment. Programme Structure The programme includes Core Courses and Elective Courses. The Core Courses are all compulsory courses.There are three types of Elective Courses – Discipline Specific Elective (DSE), Generic Elective (GE), Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC). In addition there are two compulsory Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC). The Core, DSE and GE Courses are six credit courses; the SEC, AEC are four credit courses. To acquire a B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry degree, the student will study fourteen Core Courses, fourDiscipline Specific Elective Courses, four Generic Elective Courses, two Skill Enhancement Courses and two Ability Enhancement courses. The student will study two Core Courses each, in Semesters I and II, three Core Courses each in Semesters III and IV and two Core Courses each in Semesters V and VI. The programme offers several Discipline-Specific Electives, of which the student will study two in each of the Semesters V and VI. Different Generic Elective courses are offered to students of B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry Programme by other Departments of the Collegeand the student will have the option to choose one GE course each in Semesters I, II, III, and IV. At least two papers of Mathematics are compulsory for admission to Page 2 of 167 M.Sc. Chemistry in University of Delhi, thus students are advised to opt for the same. The Department of Chemistry offers seven GE courses to students of other disciplines (refer to * on page 4). Students will study one Skill Enhancement Course in Semesters III and IV. The two compulsory Ability Enhancement Courses are Environmental Sciences and English Communication and the student will study one each in Semesters I and II. B.Sc. (H) CHEMISTRY PROGRAMME STRUCTURE AND COURSE DISTRIBUTION Semester Core Course (14) Ability Skill Discipline Generic Enhancement Enhc. Specific Elective Course (AEC) (2) Course Elective (GE) (4) (SEC)(2) (DSE) (4) I Inorganic Chemistry I:Atomic Structure & Environmental GE-1 Chemical Bonding Science / English Communication Physical Chemistry I:States of Matter & Ionic Equilibrium II Organic Chemistry I:Basics and Hydrocarbons Environmental GE-2 Science / English Physical Chemistry II:Chemical Thermodynamics Communication and its Applications III Inorganic Chemistry II:s- and p-Block Elements SEC -1 GE-3 Organic Chemistry II:Oxygen Containing Functional Groups Physical Chemistry III:Phase Equilibria and Electrochemical Cells IV Inorganic Chemistry III:Coordination Chemistry SEC -2 GE-4 Organic Chemistry III:Heterocyclic Chemistry Physical Chemistry IV: Conductance & Chemical Kinetics V Organic Chemistry IV: Biomolecules DSE-1 Physical Chemistry V: Quantum Chemistry & DSE-2 Spectroscopy VI Inorganic Chemistry IV: Organometallic Chemistry DSE -3 Page 3 of 167 Organic Chemistry V: Spectroscopy DSE-4 COURSES OFFERED UNDER B.Sc. (H) CHEMISTRY PROGRAMME (CBCS) CORE COURSES –14 (six credits each) – Each course has 4 Periods/week for Theory, 4 Periods/week for Practical CREDITS SEMESTER COURSE CODE NAME OF THE COURSE T=Theory Credits P=Practical Credits Inorganic Chemistry I:Atomic Structure CHEMISTRY – C I & Chemical Bonding T=4 P=2 I Physical Chemistry I:States of Matter & CHEMISTRY – C II Ionic Equilibrium T=4 P=2 Organic Chemistry I:Basics and CHEMISTRY – C III Hydrocarbons T=4 P=2 II CHEMISTRY – C IV Physical Chemistry II:Chemical T=4 P=2 Thermodynamics and its Applications Inorganic Chemistry II:s- and p-Block CHEMISTRY – C V Elements T=4 P=2 Organic Chemistry II:Oxygen Containing CHEMISTRY – C VI T=4 P=2 III Functional Groups Physical Chemistry III:Phase Equilibria CHEMISTRY – C VII T=4 P=2 and Electrochemical Cells Inorganic Chemistry III:Coordination CHEMISTRY – C VIII Chemistry T=4 P=2 IV CHEMISTRY – C IX Organic Chemistry III:Heterocyclic T=4 P=2 Chemistry Physical Chemistry IV: Conductance & CHEMISTRY – C X Chemical Kinetics T=4 P=2 CHEMISTRY – C XI Organic Chemistry IV: Biomolecules T=4 P=2 V CHEMISTRY – C XII Physical Chemistry V: Quantum T=4 P=2 Chemistry & Spectroscopy CHEMISTRY – C XIII Inorganic Chemistry IV: Organometallic T=4 P=2 VI Chemistry CHEMISTRY – C XIV Organic Chemistry V: Spectroscopy T=4 P=2 Credits: 14 6 = 84 DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE COURSES (DSE) – 4 (six credits each, refer to ** on page 5) Each course has 4 Periods/week for Theory, 4 Periods/week for Practical CREDITS SEMESTER COURSE CODE NAME OF THE COURSE T=Theory Credits P=Practical Credits Novel Inorganic Solids T=4 P=2 Inorganic Materials of Industrial Importance T=4 P=2 Applications of Computers in Chemistry T=4 P=2 Analytical Methods in Chemistry T=4 P=2 Molecular Modelling & Drug Design T=4 P=2 V, VI Polymer Chemistry T=4 P=2 Research Methodology for Chemistry T=5 P=1 Green Chemistry T=4 P=2 Industrial Chemicals & Environment T=4 P=2 Instrumental Methods of Analysis T=4 P=2 Dissertation 6 Page 4 of 167 Credits: 4 6 = 24 GENERIC ELECTIVES COURSES (GE)– 4(six credits each) –Offered by other Departments Each course has 4 Periods/week for Theory, 4 Periods/week for Practical CREDITS SEMESTER COURSE CODE NAME OF THE COURSE T=Theory Credits P=Practical Credits I GE 1 6 II GE 2 6 III GE 3 6 IV GE 4 6 Credits: 4 6 = 24 SKILL ENHANCEMENT ELECTIVE COURSES (SEC) – 2 (four credits each, refer to *** on page 5) CREDITS SEMESTER COURSE CODE NAME OF THE COURSE T=Theory Credits P=Practical Credits IT Skills for Chemists T=2 P=2 Basic Analytical Chemistry T=2 P=2 Chemical Technology & Society 4 Cheminformatics T=2 P=2 Business Skills for Chemists 4 Intellectual Property Rights 4 III-IV Analytical Clinical Biochemistry T=2 P=2 Green Methods in Chemistry T=2 P=2 Pharmaceutical Chemistry T=2 P=2 Chemistry of Cosmetics & T=2 P=2 Perfumes Pesticide Chemistry T=2 P=2 Fuel Chemistry T=2 P=2 Credits: 2 4 = 08 ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COURSES (AEC) – 2 (4 credits each) CREDITS SEMESTER COURSE CODE NAME OF THE COURSE T=Theory Credits P=Practical Credits AEC-I Environmental Science T = 4 I-II AEC-II English Communication T = 4 Credits: 2 4 = 08 TOTAL CREDITS = 148 *Generic Elective Papers (GE) for other Departments/Disciplines: (Credit: 06 each – 4T + 2P) 1. Atomic Structure, Bonding, General Organic Chemistry & Aliphatic Hydrocarbons 2. Chemical Energetics, Equilibria & Functional Group Organic Chemistry-I 3. Solutions, Phase Equilibrium, Conductance, Electrochemistry & Functional Group Organic Chemistry-II 4. Chemistry of s- and p-block elements, States of matter and Chemical Kinetics 5. Chemistry of d-block elements, Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy 6. Organometallics, Bioinorganic chemistry, Polynuclear hydrocarbons and UV, IR Spectroscopy Page 5 of 167 7. Molecules of life Page 6 of 167 **Discipline Specific Elective Courses: (Credit: 06 each) (4 courses to be selected)-DSE 1-4 DSE 1: Any one of the following 1. Novel Inorganic Solids 2. Inorganic Materials of Industrial Importance DSE 2: Choose any one of the following 1. Applications of Computers in Chemistry 2. Analytical Methods in Chemistry 3. Green Chemistry 4. Industrial Chemicals & Environment DSE 3 and 4: Choose any one option each from Group A and Group B Group A 1. Analytical Methods in Chemistry 2. Polymer Chemistry 3. Industrial Chemicals & Environment 4. Instrumental Methods of Analysis Group B 1. Applications of Computers in Chemistry 2. Molecular Modelling & Drug Design 3. Research Methodology for Chemistry 4. Green Chemistry All colleges will float more than one DSE course for DSE 2,3 and 4 to enable students to have a choice.Students may opt for a dissertation as a DSE course in Semester VI. It will be a six credit course. The number of students who will be allowed to opt for this will vary from college to college depending upon the infrastructural facilities and may vary each year. The college may announce the number of seats for project work well in advance and choose students for the same. It will involve experimental work under the supervision of a faculty member and will involve about eight hours of work a week. The project will be evaluated by internal and external examiners and the report should be sent to examiners in advance (prior to the day of examination).