The Bachelor in Chemistry

The Bachelor in Chemistry (BiChem) program offered by Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences started in 2002 and the last updated in 2020. The general information of the BiChem program is presented in Table 1.

Table 1: General information of the BiChem program

Program name

Chemistry

Program code

7440112

In-charge training unit

College of Natural Sciences

University

Can Tho University

Award title

Bachelor

Opening year

Academic year 2002-2003

Number of graduated cohorts

08

Mode of training

Full-time, Regular

Training language

Vietnamese

To be accredited according to an international standard in education and training, CTU issued Decision 878/QD-DHCT dated May 07, 2020 and Decision 1755/QD-DHCT dated June 16, 2021 on the establishment of self-assessment team according to the AUN-QA standard for the BiChem program. The Department of Chemistry performed different activities to review the results of related work in 2020-2021 and self-assess the BiChem program according to the AUN-QA criteria Version 3.

Program Objectives

Based on the goals of Vietnam's higher education in Vietnam's Education Law (Regulation 39), CTU set its vision and mission. CNS’s mission and vision are developed to be aligned with the CTU’s mission and vision. The BiChem program has been built with program objectives (POs) and program expected learning outcomes (PLOs) in alignment with the vision and mission of both CTU and CNS.

The program objectives (POs) of the BiChem program are listed as follows:

- PO1: To possess solid background knowledge in chemical science, self-study capacity, self-research to adapt to the development of industry and society.

- PO2: To demonstrate in-depth knowledge and skills in chemistry (including modern analytical techniques, chemical synthesis, natural compounds, food, and the environment).

- PO3: To apply professional competence to work in chemical-related agencies, organizations and companies.

- PO4: To demonstrate competence for scientific research and pursuing postgraduate study at domestic and foreign universities.

- PO5: To effectively use foreign languages and information technology in research, work and social communication.

-  PO6: To have consciousness in health protection, and attitude, personal ethics and responsibility, and professional ethics.

Program Expected Learning Outcomes

After completion, the graduates are able to:

Table 2: The BScC program’s PLOs

Group

PLOs

Knowledge

General education knowledge block

PLO 1: Demonstrate understanding of the national philosophy and policies.

PLO 2: Demonstrate basic knowledge of law, social sciences and humanities, natural sciences to meet the requirements of acquiring professional education knowledge.

Fundamental knowledge block

PLO 3: Apply knowledge of basic principles in the field of general chemistry, physical chemistry, general quantum chemistry as a theoretical foundation to solve practical problems for the chemistry sector.

PLO 4: Apply basic knowledge and skills in the field of chemistry (including inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, and biochemistry) to solve practical problems for chemical fields.

PLO 5: Apply knowledge of laboratory technical safety and laboratory management in practice.

Specialized/ professional knowledge block

PLO 6: Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of using modern equipment such as MS, GC-MS, HPLC, NMR, UV-VIS, IR, ... to conduct chemical analysis in other fields such as food, medicine, environment, materials, ...

PLO 7: Demonstrate knowledge about writing plans/ proposals and organizing experiments for chemical research, processing and evaluating research results data, and building experimental models.

PLO 8: Apply knowledge about using chemical methods and chemical compounds to create new compounds and new materials, on the principle of not causing harm to the environment.

Skills

Academic skills

 

PLO 9: Use modern analytical equipment in chemical analysis.

PLO 10: Propose and create chemical research models that contribute to solving practical problems related to chemistry.

Soft skills

 

PLO 11: Work independently, cooperate in teamwork.

PLO 12: Use foreign languages (English or French) and software and information technology applications for learning, research, working and social communication activities.

Attitude and Awareness

PLO 13: Promote the importance of chemistry in the development of the country.

PLO 14: Instill a sense of collective, teamwork, cooperation and sharing with everyone.

PLO 15: Practice lifelong learning (i.e, actively planning to develop personal and professional competencies).

PLO 16: Live and work responsibly, in a civilized manner, respect the law, and protect national and ethnic values.

PROGRAM SPECIFICATION

The 2020 BiChem curriculum consists of 141 credits with 108 required credits and 33 electiveones, allocated to the general education, fundamental and specialized blocks, as shown in Table 3 and Table 4.

Table 3. The 2020 BiChem curriculum

Knowledge blocks 

Credits

Compulsory

 credits

Elective credits

Total

General Knowledge  

36

15

51

Fundamental Knowledge

43

2

45

Specialized Knowledge

29

16

45

Total

108

33

141

Table 4. Training program

No

Course ID

Course Name

Credits Number

Compulsory credits

Elective credits

Theory hours

Practicehours

 

Prerequisite course

Parallel course

Semester opened

I. General Knowledge

1 

QP010

National Defence Education 1 (*)

2

2

 

37

8

Taught in groups of majors

2

QP011

National Defence Education 2 (*)

2

2

 

22

8

Taught in groups of majors

3

QP012

National Defence Education 3 (*)

2

2

 

14

16

Taught in groups of majors

4

QP013

National Defence Education 4 (*)

2

2

 

4

56

Taught in groups of majors

5

TC100

Physical Education 1+2+3 (*)

1+1+1

 

3

 

90

 

 

I,II,III

6

XH023

General  English 1 (*)

4

 

10

credits

of English or

10

credits

of

French

60

 

 

 

I,II,III

7

XH024

General English 2 (*)

3

 

45

 

XH023

 

I,II,III

8

XH025

General English 3 (*)

3

 

45

 

XH024

 

I,II,III

9

XH031

Level B1 English 1 (*)

4

 

60

 

XH025

 

I,II,III

10

XH032

Level B1 English 2 (*)

3

 

45

 

XH031

 

I,II,III

11

XH033

Level B1 English 3 (*)

3

 

45

 

XH032

 

I,II,III

12

FL001

General French 1 (*)

4

 

60

 

 

 

I,II,III

13

FL002

General French 2 (*)

3

 

45

 

FL001

 

I,II,III

14

FL003

General French 3 (*)

3

 

45

 

FL002

 

I,II,III

15

FL007

Intensive French 1 (*)

4

 

60

 

FL003

 

I,II,III

16

FL008

Intensive French 2 (*)

3

 

45

 

FL007

 

I,II,III

17

FL009

Intensive French 3 (*)

3

 

45

 

FL008

 

I,II,III

18

TN033

Basic Informatics (*)

1

1

 

15

 

 

 

I,II,III

19

TN034

Basic Informatics Practice (*)

2

2

 

 

60

 

TN033

I,II,III

20

ML014

Marxist - Leninist Philosophy

3

3

 

45

 

 

 

I,II,III

21

ML016

Marxist - Leninist Political Economy

2

2

 

30

 

ML014

 

I,II,III

22

ML018

Scientific Socialism

2

2

 

30

 

ML016

 

I,II,III

23

ML019

History of the Communist Party of Vietnam

2

2

 

30

 

ML018

 

I,II,III

24

ML021

Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology

2

2

 

30

 

ML019

 

I,II,III

25

KL001

General Law

2

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II,III

26

ML007

Basic Logic

2

 

2

30

 

 

 

I,II,III

27

XH028

Overview of Sociology

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II,III

28

XH011

Basic Vietnamese Culture

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II,III

29

XH012

Vietnamese in Use

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II,III

30

XH014

General Management Documents and Archive

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II,III

31

KN001

Transferable Skills

2

 

20

20

 

 

I,II,III

32

KN002

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2

 

20

20

 

 

I,II,III

33

TN059

Advanced Mathematics B

3

3

 

45

 

 

 

I,II,III

34

TN044

Probability and Statistics B

2

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II,III

35

TN048

General Physics

3

3

 

45

 

 

 

I,II,III

36

TN049

General Physics practice

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN048

I,II,III

37

TN042

General Biology

2

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II,III

38

TN043

Experiment on General Biology

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN042

I,II,III

Total: 51 credits (compulsory credits: 36; elective credits: 15)

II. Fundamental Knowledge

39

TN427

Safety and Laboratory

Management

2

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

40

TN101

General Chemistry 1

2

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

41

TN102

General Chemistry 2

3

3

 

45

 

TN101

 

I,II

42

TN103

General Chemistry Laboratory 2

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN102

I,II

43

TN236

Inorganic Chemistry 1

3

3

 

45

 

TN102

 

I,II

44

TN173

Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 1

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN236

I,II

45

TN247

Inorganic Chemistry 2

3

3

 

45

 

TN236

 

I,II

46

TN107

Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 2

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN247

I,II

47

TN111

Organic Chemistry 1

3

3

 

45

 

TN102

 

I,II

48

TN112

Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN111

I,II

49

TN249

Organic Chemistry 2

3

3

 

45

 

TN111

 

I,II

50

TN178

Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN249

I,II

51

TN108

Physical Chemistry 1

3

3

 

45

 

TN102

 

I,II

52

TN109

Physical Chemistry 2

3

3

 

45

 

TN108

 

I,II

53

TN110

Physical Chemistry Laboratory

2

2

 

 

60

 

TN109

I,II

54

TN115

Analytical Chemistry l

3

3

 

45

 

TN102

 

I,II

55

TN180

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory l

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN115

I,II

56

TN117

Analytical Chemistry 2

3

3

 

45

 

TN115

 

I,II

57

TN182

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 2

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN117

I,II

58

TN436

Quantum Chemistry

3

3

 

45

 

TN101

 

I,II

59

TN163

English for Chemistry Students

2

 

2

30

 

 

 

I,II

60

XH019

French for Science and Technology

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

Total: 45 credits (compulsory credits: 43; elective credits: 2)

III. Specialized Knowledge

61

TN235

Biochemistry

3

3

 

45

 

TN249

 

I,II

62

TN364

Biochemistry Laboratory

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN235

I,II

63

TN437

Environmental Chemistry

3

3

 

45

 

TN117

 

I,II

64

TN312

Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN437

I,II

65

TN438

Technical Analysis Chemistry

3

3

 

45

 

TN117

 

I,II

66

TN322

Technical Analysis Chemistry Laboratory

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN438

I,II

67

TN308

Modern Analytical Chemistry

3

3

 

45

 

TN117

 

I,II

68

TN309

Modern Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

1

1

 

 

30

 

TN308

I,II

69

TN361

Spectroscopic Methods

2

2

 

30

 

TN249

 

I,II

70

TN439

Food, Foodstuff and

Medicine Testing

3

3

 

45

 

 

 

I,II

71

TN292

Nondestroyed Analysis

2

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

72

TN245

Chemical Analysis  of Residue In Food

2

2

 

30

 

TN117

 

I,II

73

TN319

Field Works

1

1

 

 

30

 

 

I,II

74

TN468

Method of Scientific Research and Statistics in Chemistry

3

3

 

30

30

 

 

I,II

75

TN452

Natural Compound Chemistry

3

 

6

45

 

 

 

I,II

76

TN379

Natural Compound Chemistry  Laboratory

1

 

 

30

 

TN452

I,II

77

TN327

Organic Synthesis

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

78

TN395

Techniques for Isolation Natural Compounds

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

79

CN247

Chemistry of Plant Growth Regulators and Plant Protection

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

80

KC120

Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering

3

 

45

 

 

 

I,II

81

KC289

Nanomaterials of Science and Technology

3

 

45

 

 

 

I,II

82

TN473

Practice of nanomaterials synthesis

1

 

 

30

 

KC289

I,II

83

CN199

Physical Chemistry of Polymer

3

 

30

30

 

 

I,II

84

MT338

Wastewater Treatment Technology

3

 

45

 

 

 

I,II

85

MT339

Lab Session on Wastewater Treatment

1

 

 

30

 

MT338

I,II

86

TN339

Environmental Toxicology

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

87

MT342

Environment Impact Assessment

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

88

TN338

Graduate Thesis

10

 

10

 

300

≥ 105 TC

 

I,II

89

TN246

Graduate Essay

4

 

 

120

≥ 105 TC

 

I,II

90

TN387

Asymmetric Synthesis

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

91

TN367

Medicinal Chemistry

3

 

45

 

 

 

I,II

92

CN231

Chemical Reaction Engineering

3

 

35

20

 

 

I,II

93

TN300

Applied Chemistry

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

94

KC310

Green Chemistry

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

95

TN362

Inorganic Synthesis

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

96

TN326

Research on Complex Compounds by Spectrometric Method

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

97

TN313

Applied Informatic Technology in Chemistry

2

 

15

30

 

 

I,II

98

MT331

Hazardous Waste Management

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

99

MT309

Environmental Quality Management

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

100

MT301

Applied Environmental Ecology

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

101

NS318

Food Chemistry

3

 

30

30

 

 

I,II

102

NN151

Food Additives

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

103

NN180

Principles of Food Preservation and Processing

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

104

NS321

The Quality Assessment of Food Products

2

 

30

 

 

 

I,II

Total: 45 credits (compulsory credits: 29; elective credits: 16)

Total: 141 credits (compulsory credits: 108; elective credits: 33)

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Tel: 0292.3872.091
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