Module manager: Dr Marcelo Miranda
Email: m.miranda@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
Students must be eligible to progress to Year 3 of the Integrated Masters programme of study prior to embarking on the study year abroad. Where the language medium of the partner institution is not English, students must have normally gained at least Grade B at GCSE in the foreign language, and successfully completed a relevant package of FLTU electives in years 1 and/or 2 (or equivalent) in a foreign language Students must also have succeeded in being placed at a partner institution offering chemistry through application to the Study Abroad Office.
CHEM9303 Integrated Year Abroad: European has been merged into this module
This module is not approved as a discovery module
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- communicate fluently in the host nation's language
- contrast different approches to learning and teaching in another culture and communicate their learning experience effectively.
Improved language skills (if appropriate); improved self-awareness and interpersonal skills; synoptic chemical awareness.
The ability to adapt to a new learning environment in a different culture.
The programme of work will be agreed by arrangement with the student, academic supervisor in Leeds, and corresponding academic supervisor in the Institution abroad, within the overall objectives described above.
It is recommended that a laboratory-based project should comprise about 40% of the total, and that the chemistry-related content of the programme as a whole should be not less than 80%.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support by Host Establishment | 0 | 0 | 1200 |
| Private study hours | 0 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 1200 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 1200 | ||
The programme of work will be agreed by arrangement with the student, academic supervisor in Leeds, and corresponding academic supervisor in the Institution abroad, within the overall objectives described above.
It is recommended that a laboratory-based project should comprise about 40% of the total, and that the chemistry-related content of the programme as a whole should be not less than 80%.
There is email contact with the module leader at Leeds but the students follow the assessment arrangements in existence at the host institution.
Academic and pastoral support will be provided through a local adviser and through the Chemistry International Tutor and students' personal tutors via email and the VLE.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | Exchange assessment | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The assessment is based on: i) the equivalent of 100-120 Leeds credits on the basis of direct comparison with a normal course load at the host institution; ii) satisfactory reports from the academic supervisor at the host insitution; iii) successful delivery of an oral presentation critically assessing different approaches to learning and teaching in the host institution/culture. All marks obtained during the year are moderated and converted into a Leeds-equivalent mark, whch will be incorporated into the final Integrated Masters degree classification.
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Last updated: 09/04/2025
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