Chemistry

Course summary

A-level chemistry is considered an academic and rigorous course. It is an A-level that is respected and highly thought of by all universities and colleges and therefore a good grade in A-level chemistry will allow you to access many different courses. Having successfully studied Chemistry to A level shows your intelligence, application, and ability to learn. The course will develop your practical skills as well as application of knowledge, organizational skills, and critical thinking skills. A Level Chemistry Year 1 Topic Areas studied: Physical chemistry - including atomic structure, amount of substance, bonding, energetics, kinetics, chemical equilibria, and Le Chatelier's principle. Inorganic chemistry - including Periodicity, Group 2 the alkaline earth metals, and Group 7 the Halogens. Organic chemistry - including introduction to organic chemistry, alkanes, haloalkanes, alkenes, alcohols, and organic analysis. A Level Chemistry Year 2 Topic Areas studied: Physical chemistry - including thermodynamics, rate equations, equilibria, and electrochemical cells. Inorganic chemistry - including properties of Period 3 elements and their oxides, transition metals. Organic chemistry - including optical isomerism, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids, aromatic chemistry, amines, polymers, amino acids, proteins and DNA, organic synthesis, NMR spectroscopy, chromatography.