Chemistry

Course summary

Chemistry is a very interesting and hugely rewarding course which opens many doors to students in the future. Our students thoroughly enjoy the challenges posed by the course but success requires determination and a strong work ethic from the outset. Students learn how substances form, behave and interact; start to explain why reactions occur in the way they do, and consider how we can manipulate these to create new substances. The main aims of the chemistry course are to: - promote enthusiasm for chemistry - develop advanced practical and analytical skills - ensure students can operate effectively and safely in a laboratory - appreciate how and where chemistry is used beyond the laboratory and to raise the profile of potential careers - allow students to discover how the different areas of chemistry support each other create knowledgeable, well rounded scientists of the future.