Course Requirements

All PhD students are required to gain 30 ECTS credits through core and optional coursework. The core credits relate to courses designed to enable research and provide transferable skills. These will include an integrated seminar series and a workshop in chemical communication which will focus on effective literature research, research ethics and the preparation of presentation material for academic review and public consumption. In the case of optional credits these will be related to the topic of the PhD and will be decided by the student in consultation with the supervisor.  In their final year of study all PhD candidates will be required to present their research work to members of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology through a combined poster and oral presentation as part of the assessment for another core module. Below are the courses currently offered in Dublin Chemistry: 

 

Dublin Chemistry Postgraduate Courses 2008-09

Code Module title Type Credit Contributors Term
DCM001 Carbohydrate Chemistry Master Class 2.5 Various
Sept 08
DCM002 Magnetism Chemistry Master Class 2.5 Various
Dec 08
DC5001

Dublin Chemistry Integrated Seminar Series

 

Core (yr1)

Option (yr2,3)

 2.5 Various
All
DC5002 Chemistry Core Skills (WS) Core (yr1) 5 Various
October 08

DC5003

Spectroscopic Techniques

 Option 2.5 Y. Gun'ko, S. Quinn
J. M. Kelly, S. M. Draper
October 08
DC5005

Synthesis and Chemical Modification of Nanomaterials

 Option 2.5

Y. Gun'ko, S. Quinn
J. M. Kelly, S. Giordani
TBD
DC5006

Using Chemistry to Combat Disease

 Option 2.5 M. Senge
TBD
DC5007

Comprehensive X-ray Crystallography

 Option 2.5

H. Müller-Bunz
M. McGlinchey, W. Schmitt
S. M. Draper, T. McCabe
Jan 09
DC5008

Synthesis of Complex Molecules

 Option 2.5 M. Casey, P. Evans
2009
DC5009

Introduction to Mocleucar Modelling

 Option 2.5 Prof. Graeme Watson
2009
DC5011 Methods for Structure Elucidation: NMR and Mass Spectrometry Option 2.5

P. Guiry, M. McGlinchey
J. O’Brien

Dr. Jimmy Muldoon

Dr. Dilip Rai
2009
DC5013

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

 Option 2.5

Dr. Cormac Dalton
Jan 09
DC5014

Dublin Chemistry Outreach

 Option 2.5

Dr. Susan Quinn
Mar 09
DRSIF01

Advanced Separation Techniques

 Option 2.5

Various (DCU)
Sep 08
PHY5002 Nanoscience* Option 5 School of Physics  
PHY5005 Bio-Physics* Option 5 School of Physics  
           

* Currently not accommodated in UCD PhD structural programme