Natural Product Chemistry (5 cr)

Location and time

Lessons are given according to the curriculum on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Exam schedules

- The exam dates will be announced during the course.
- Note that you can try a failed final exam again two times (grade 0)
- Note that you can try to get a better grade only once by taking the final exam again.
- This is allowed, if you have already gotten a grade 1 to 4.

Assessment methods and criteria

Grading will be based on the following (preliminary) point system:

TWO INTERIM EXAMS

points /36 18 21 25 28 33

grade 1 2 3 4 5

FINAL EXAM

points / 30 15 18 21 24 27

grade 1 2 3 4 5

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

The course will be given in English via Zoom. The course consists of lessons, voluntary exercises and exams.

- You can earn 1 - 3 extra points for doing the exercises (points are added to a passed course (grade 1 or higher)).
- Exercise sets will be published at the bottom of the Moodle page (they mostly follow the book).

Learning materials

This course will follow the following book closely: Natural Products Chemistry, 1st edition or later (Raymond Cooper & George Nicola)
It is not necessary to buy the book. Lecture material will be published in Moodle and is sufficient.

Content scheduling

The course is divided into four topics (according to the book):
- Basics
- Selected classes of natural products
- Natural product contributions to human health
- Nature's pleasures and dangers

Completion alternatives

- To pass the course the student will have to do either two interim exams or one final exam.
- Note: The student must pass both interim exams in order to pass the course (9/18 points for each interim exam).
- Interim exams have four (or five) assignments each and you can choose to do three (or four) of them (at maximum).
- Final exam has six or seven assignments and you can choose five at maximum.
- The student must get at least half of the points of the final exam to pass the course (15/30 points).

Further information

The course starts online on Tuesday, February 21st.
- Zoom link: https://tuni.zoom.us/s/7195092696
- Passcode (if needed): 966698
- Moodle page for the course will open on Monday, February 20th, at the latest.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student does not get at least 18/36 points from the two interim exams OR 15/30 points from the final exam.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

To be added soon.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

To be added soon.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

To be added soon.