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Dear Student,

Congratulations on making it to Year 2 of your undergraduate university studies, and welcome to CHEM230. We urge you to double the effort you put into your work in Year 1, as Year 2 might be a bit more challenging.

With Dr. PB Gumbi and myself, Prof. BO Owaga (module coordinator), you are in very capable hands that should comfortably see you through the module. Some tips that I have seen work for most students in this module include:

• Joining small study groups (of about 4 to 5 students),
• Keeping up with the lecturer and not leaving material for the last minute,
• Attending lectures and tutorials regularly, as these allow you to interact with your lecturer.

You will be informed in class and via email as to when practicals will commence. Make sure to collect your laboratory manuals from Mr. Brian Ndlovu (our PHYSCHEM technician) from the PHYSCHEM laboratory on Level 2, preferably in the first week of the semester (week beginning on the 22nd of July). For the practicals, you will need to A4 Quire books that you will be using in alternate weeks.

You will be given an introductory lecture during the first lecture of the module. A video titled “Important Information About Practicals has also been prepared for you and will be available on Learn2024.

Should you have any queries, you may contact the module admin person at CTO, or myself, and in the future through the class rep whom we'll appoint in the first week.

Best wishes,

Dear Student,

I would like to warmly welcome you to CHEM 320 this semester. I hope you are excited and you will learn a lot from the module.

The course is offering 6 exciting topics which are Advance Carbonyl chemistry, Retrosynthesis, Conformation, Pericyclic reactions, Heterocyclic reactions and Spectroscopy.

Since this is the last organic module in your undergraduate program, I will do all I can to ensure that you get all the support you need on the academic side to make learning conducive.