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UCC Matriculates 2019/2020 Sandwich Students

18 Aug, 2020 By louis Mensah

A total of 1,859 students have been admitted by the University to pursue various programmes both at undergraduate and graduate levels via the Sandwich mode.
The number is made up of 559 undergraduates and 1,300 postgraduate students.


This was announced by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, during a matriculation ceremony for Sandwich students on campus.

UCC's Environment

In his address, Prof. Boampong said the University has always provided an environment that exposed students to an entertaining and a wide-range of learning experiences. “Our lecturers, scholars and researchers are not only here to help you obtain that prestigious and enviable University of Cape Coast degree, but also to help expand your understanding of society and the world, at large” and asked them to feel proud of being part of this academic environment.

Virtues

Extolling the virtues of the University, Prof. Boampong noted that, the University did not only pride itself in training students in academic work but also was concerned with moulding their character so that upon graduation the student would be ready to be a responsible citizen to contribute to national development in a patriotic and result-oriented manner. “Our hope is that you will imbibe the virtues of self-discipline, self-care, good mode of dressing, fidelity to your studies and work, and general comportment before you graduate from this University”, he added.

Freedom and Responsibility

The Vice-Chancellor reminded the matriculants that “The University is a place where you enjoy a lot of freedoms, but that freedom often comes with some corresponding obligations. Here your freedom ends where another person’s freedom begins”.  “So not only must you protect your rights, privileges and freedoms, you must also ensure that you do not trample on the rights and freedoms of others”, he said.

Rules and Regulations

On rules and regulations, the Vice-Chancellor said the University like any other university, has rules and regulations but were not meant to punish them rather ensure that there was order and harmony in the University and also to make their stay on campus enjoyable. Continuing, he said that the University would continue to maintain zero tolerance for all anti-social behaviours such as cultism, examination malpractices, hooliganism, prostitution and other vices. “The University has enjoyed relative peace over the years and, therefore, you are advised to keep the matriculation oath and stay away from any activities that will constitute a threat to the peace of this noble institution”, he admonished them. He said the University as an institution was committed to helping them achieve their dreams and should, therefore, study hard and adhered to the rule and regulations contained in the student’s handbooks.

COVID-19

Turning to COVID-19, he said the pandemic had rendered today’s world as has never been seen before, anticipated or planned for. Again, he said the foundation of all societal institutions had changed completely and for that matter, the conduct of tertiary education had no other option than to undergo several reforms to survive. “We may never go back to the system you were most acquainted with; you, therefore, have to brace yourselves for enormous novel challenges. We encourage you to continue to observe the COVID-19 protocols and measures put in place to stay safe”, he concluded.
 

CHEMICAL KINETICS

The course offers a more advanced on kinetic concepts related to chemical processes with an emphasis on how mechanistic proposals arise from measurements. Topics to be discussed will include: molecularity of elementary reactions, determination of reaction order, experimental rate law, steady-state approximation, pseudo first order reactions, complex reactions (parallel, series, consecutive and reversible reactions), collision theory, and transition state theory. It will also introduce students to reactor designs (batch and continuous reactors), and heterogeneous catalysis (acid-base catalysis and enzymatic catalysis). Prerequisite: CHE 203

Course Code: 
CHE 305
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

MATERIALS SCIENCE

This course would introduce students to the nature of industrial materials such as metal, polymers, ceramics, composites, their classifications and some of their important forms or states.  The course would also deal with the processing of these materials and others such as cement. Corrosion and degradation of materials would be explained as well as some material selection for corrosion control and environmental control as well.

Course Code: 
CTN 301
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

This course focuses on the fundamental principles of analytical methods in Chemistry. Topics to be discussed will concepts based on analytical sampling, experimental uncertainty, statistical data analysis, glassware and instrument calibrations, volumetric analysis, solvent extraction, gravimetry, titrimetry (acid–base, complexometric, precipitation and redox titrations), and Beer’s law and its related chemical and instrumental deviations. Students will also be introduced to the principles of optical instrumentation, atomic spectroscopy and chromatographic methods. 

Course Code: 
CHE 301
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

CHEMICAL SEPARATION PROCESSESS

The course explains some industrial Chemical Separation processes which include Crystallisation, Drying, Adsorption and Chromatography, Membrane Separation processes,

distillation, extraction, mixing and stirring, biochemical separations, wastewater treatment processed.

Course Code: 
CTN 212
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II

This course is the second part of CHE 203. The course focuses on principles of chemical equilibrium, acid and bases, and acid-base equilibra. It also deals with ionic solutions and their properties (conductance properties, molar conductivity, Kohlrausch’s law, electrolytes, Ostwald dilution law, drift speed, ion mobility and conductivity) and thermodynamics of electrolytes, kinetics and transport properties (thermodynamic functions of formation and activity coefficients, ionic strength, Debye-Huckel limiting law, diffusion in liquids and Fick’s laws).

Course Code: 
CHE 208
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

PRACTICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The course will involve preparation, separation, purification and identification of organic compounds.

Course Code: 
CHE 205
No. of Credits: 
1
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR INDUSTRIAL CHEMIST

This course would enable students benefit from the reactions and industrial applications of some organic compounds such as Benzene, Alcohols, Aldehydes and ketones, Carboxylic acids, Esters and Amines. Similarly, other aspects of organic chemistry such as Stereochemistry, Heterocyclic compounds as well as Proteins and nucleic acids would be thoroughly dealt with.

Course Code: 
CTN 204
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

This course would introduce students to Conduction, Convection, Radiation and Evaporation processes. Also, the design of heat transfer equipment, heat exchangers, and correction factor for Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers and Flow in non-circular cross section would be discussed. The introduction to diffusion in mass transfer, and its importance in operations such as; Gas-liquid operations, calculation of packed height, McCabe-Thiele method, Solid-liquid operations, Liquid-liquid operations, Fluid-solid operations, Gas-liquid-solid operations would be discussed.

Course Code: 
CTN 203
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

VECTOR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

This course builds on ICH 209. It would use and apply differential equation in solving problems.

Course Code: 
MAT 202
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

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