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This course aims to enable students to demonstrate a deepened understanding of the application of organic chemistry in the industry. Organic compounds of industrial and commercial importance will be discussed, including their production and environmental impact, use, and the scaling of organic reactions.

Upon completing this course students will, through assessment activities, show evidence of their ability to:

1.    Elucidate the mechanisms of major industrial organic reactions;

2.    Formulate reaction conditions for the industrial synthesis and transformation of organic compounds, intermediates and fine chemicals;

3.    Evaluate the chemistry, use, environmental and economic impact of the basic building block chemicals derived from natural gas, petroleum and non-petroleum sources

4.    Evaluate the chemistry, use, environmental and economic impact of polymers derived from ethylene, propylene, butadiene, isobutene

5.    Describe the use of catalysts in industrial organic chemistry

6.    Discuss concepts of green chemistry and sustainability in the chemical industry

7.    Retrieve relevant information in scientific literature and demonstrate effective report writing, experimental design and data analysis.

This course provides instruction and practice in writing for the mass communication media with an emphasis on the development of the journalistic style. Students will learn the fundamentals of generating ideas for news writing, research, writing style and grammar, and the basics of on-line journalism and research. Through a variety of writing tasks, the course will equip students with language and writing skills, which will enable them to function effectively in the communication environment.