- Faculté des sciences
- 120 credits
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Enseignements obligatoires | ||||||||||||
SCHIM104 | Characterization Techniques in Life and Materials Chemistry | Aprile Carmela | 6 | 36 - 24 | ||||||||
SSPSM101 | Science, ethics and development | Leyens Stéphane | 3 | 18 - 6 | ||||||||
SCHIM101 | Surface chemistry and electrochemistry | Mekhalif Zineb | 3 | 18 - 12 | ||||||||
SCHIM102 | Advanced Theoretical Chemistry | Champagne Benoit, Olivier Yoann | 6 | 36 - 24 | ||||||||
SCHIM103 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: Adsorption, Interfaces, Heterogeneous Catalysis | Aprile Carmela, Su Bao Lian | 6 | 36 - 24 | ||||||||
SCHIM105 | Advanced Biological Chemistry | Vincent Stéphane, Wouters Johan | 6 | 36 - 24 | ||||||||
SCHIM106 | Advanced Organic Chemistry | Berionni Guillaume, Lanners Steve | 6 | 36 - 24 | ||||||||
Mémoire | ||||||||||||
SCHIM113 | Introduction to scientific research | Lanners Steve | 12 | |||||||||
Enseignements au choix | ||||||||||||
Orientation de recherche Matériaux | ||||||||||||
SCHIM121 | Microscopy Applied to Materials Chemistry | Aprile Carmela | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM122 | Electrochemical Elaboration of materials | Mekhalif Zineb | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM123 | Molecular Electronics and Photonics | Champagne Benoit | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM115 | Complements of macromolecular chemistry | 4 | 12 - 0 | |||||||||
SCHIM124 | Processes and Methods for the Preparation of Solid Nanomaterials | Su Bao Lian | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM109 | Scientific Programming for Chemists | Liégeois Vincent | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM111 | Advanced biochemistry | Michiels Carine | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM114 | Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis | Berionni Guillaume | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
Orientation de recherche Vivant | ||||||||||||
SCHIM114 | Organometallic Synthesis and Catalysis | Berionni Guillaume | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM123 | Molecular Electronics and Photonics | Champagne Benoit | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM109 | Scientific Programming for Chemists | Liégeois Vincent | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM115 | Complements of macromolecular chemistry | 4 | 12 - 0 | |||||||||
SCHIM111 | Advanced biochemistry | Michiels Carine | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM132 | Synthesis of natural substances | Vincent Stéphane | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM133 | Structure based drug design approaches | Vincent Stéphane | 4 | 12 - 0 |
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Philosophie | ||||||||||||
SSPSM202 | Philosophy of material sciences | Sartenaer Olivier | 3 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SSPSM203 | Philosophy of Life Sciences | Leyens Stéphane | 3 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
Mémoire | ||||||||||||
SCHIM201 | Research Master thesis | Lanners Steve | 15 | |||||||||
Enseignements au choix | ||||||||||||
SCHIM210 | Epistemology of chemistry | DEHON Jérémy | 4 | 18 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM208 | Biochimie approfondie II | Michiels Carine | 4 | 18 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM202 | Green Chemistry | Lanners Steve | 4 | 18 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM205 | Industrial chemistry | 4 | 18 - 0 | |||||||||
SCHIM204 | Solid state chemistry | Su Bao Lian | 4 | 18 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM203 | Supramolecular Chemistry | Berionni Guillaume | 4 | 18 - 0 | ||||||||
Finalité approfondie | ||||||||||||
SCHIM224 | Organic photochemistry | Berionni Guillaume | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM225 | Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis | Lanners Steve | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM225 | Radioisotopes - partim | Lucas Stéphane | 4 | 12 - 6 | ||||||||
SCHIM223 | Part 1: Concept and production of energy - Partie 1 : Concept et production de l'énergie | Olivier Yoann, Su Bao Lian | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM223 | Part 2: Energy conversion and storage - Partie 2 : Conversion et stockage de l'énergie | Olivier Yoann, Su Bao Lian | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM234 | Magnetic properties and spin-dependent processes in nanomaterials | Olivier Yoann | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM211 | Physical electrochemistry | Mekhalif Zineb | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM212 | Alternation of materials | Mekhalif Zineb | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM213 | Structure of macromolecules | Leherte Laurence, Wouters Johan | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM214 | Strategy for the Synthesis of Complex Molecules | Lanners Steve | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM215 | Glycoscience | Vincent Stéphane | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM217 | Introduction to relativistic phenomena in chemistry | Champagne Benoit | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM218 | Further information on quantum chemistry | Champagne Benoit | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SCHIM222 | Nanotechnologies | Aprile Carmela | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
SPHYM229 | Ion beam methods of analysis | Colaux Julien | 4 | 12 - 0 | ||||||||
Stage | ||||||||||||
SCHIM232 | Internship in a university or industrial research laboratory | 14 |
The Chemistry Department offers a general approach to Chemistry, whether it be in the first or the second cycle of University studies. It is characterised by a close collaboration between staff and students, with the aim of giving students the tools to become increasingly independent.
The scientific training is complemented and balanced by courses in Humanities, English, Information Technology as well as lectures and seminars focused on matters such as psychology, reflecting on the scientific method and its limits, and scientists’ responsibility in environmental issues.
The Chemistry Department seeks to guide students towards an experimental approach and towards the ability to convey scientific information accurately and effectively.
Master’s Degree in Chemical Sciences
The Unamur Chemistry Department has specialised in fields that either focus on Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, or on Chemistry of Materials with particular applications in the sphere of surfaces and nanomaterials.
The Master’s degree in Chemical Sciences at Unamur ensures that students obtain in-depth knowledge in these two focuses of contemporary Chemistry in order to acquire an expertise either in Biological Chemistry, or in Chemistry of surfaces and Chemistry of materials, with theoretical modelling for both focuses.
The Unamur Master’s Degree in Chemistry offers three different focuses :
In the common core, all students follow both general and in-depth courses for 48 credits, as well as specialised courses that they choose from a series of options, granting 6 additional credits for each focus. This programme is completed through a research project which is finalised with an oral presentation of the dissertation. Students are also expected to participate in the seminars organised by the department. They also have the opportunity to develop a humane approach by following courses in Science, Ethics and Sustainable Development, as well as an optional course in Philosophy of Sciences of Matter or Sciences of Living Beings.
In the Master’s degree with an in-depth focus, students are trained towards scientific research in the fields of supramolecular chemistry and biomolecular chemistry, chemistry of nanomaterials, chemistry of surfaces, and theoretical chemistry. This training is completed by an internship / work placement at a research laboratory in an Industrial firm or at another university in Belgium or abroad.
Aims and objectives are established as follows :
The training in this Master’s degree in Chemical Sciences builds on in-depth courses in the department’s two areas of research
The programme’s emphasis on research is ensured through practicals in the department’s various laboratories, as an introduction, followed by the project and dissertation which are to be carried out more specifically in one of the department’s laboratories.
The in-depth focus is completed through a three-month internship / work placement in a research centre within the university or at an industrial firm, mostly abroad.
The training is completed through a three-month training period with an Industrial Firm.
In the Master’s degree programme, the main first year courses are lectures to which practicals are associated (« Travaux Pratiques, TPs »). The optional courses are also lectures that are associated with analyses of research articles.
Regardlesss of the chosen focus, initiation to research already begins in the first year of the Master’s programme, (second term) within the Chemistry department research laboratories.
The teaching methods have been established with the aim of allowing students to acquire increasing independence throughout their studies. The Master’s training is completed through an internship / work placement in a research centre or firm, in Belgium or abroad.
There are several assessment systems for the common core of the Master’s degree in Chemistry. Depending on the subject, either oral or written examinations will be proposed by the lecturers. The practicals may be assessed separately. Some more advanced courses may be assessed through oral presentations of personal or joint projects.
Scientific research within laboratory frameworks are at the core of this programme. The Initiation to Research course takes place throughout the first year of the Master’s degree and is assessed through a succint report and a defense before a jury that is assigned by the Research Unit which is hosting the student.
The research project and dissertation are assessed through a complete scientific report and defense before a jury that is assigned by the department. Scientific results of the research project are presented by Students at a poster display session.
Courses that are specific to the chosen focus are assessed either by means of a traditional exam or by participative evaluations of individual or team projects, depending on the choice of the lecturer.
The work placement at the end of the Master’s degree, which can take place within the University or at laboratories in industry, is assessed through a succinct scientific report and an oral presentation before a jury established by the department.
The assessment of teaching units of the Master’s degree in Chemistry with a focus on teaching, granting 120 credits, aims at evaluating the Student’s ability to develop the necessary skills to become a competent Chemistry (and Science) teacher in the Secondary School system.
In order to obtain the AESS degree granting Qualified Teacher Status within the Belgian Secondary System (Agrégation de l’Enseignment Secondaire Supérieur), not only do students need to pass written and oral examinations, but the quality of their written projects on Education and Methodology have to receive approval after thorough assessment.
The evaluation methods for each teaching unit can be found in the description of the corresponding courses.