Competencies

It refers to transversal competences, transferable to a multitude of functions and tasks. This includes both instrumental and interpersonal competences as well as systemic ones:

• Ability to analyze and synthesize.
• Ability to organize and plan.
• Knowledge of a foreign language.
• Problem solving.
• Decision making.
• Teamwork.
• I work in an interdisciplinary team.
• I work in an international context.
• Interpersonal relationship skills.
• Recognition of diversity and multiculturalism.
• Critical reasoning.
• Ethical commitment.
• Self-directed learning.
• Adaptation to new situations.
• Creativity.
• Leadership.
• Motivation for quality.
• Sensitivity to environmental issues.

The following specific competences are the competences directly related to the European Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry (Eurobachelor), they represent the basis of the Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry and have been selected as the most important based on a study carried out among academics, members of the Official College of Chemists of Spain and those of the National Association of Chemistry of Spain. We can divide them into:

B1.) Theoretical Competencies:

• Main aspects of chemical terminology, nomenclature, conventions and units.
• Variation of the characteristic properties of the chemical elements according to the Periodic Table.
• Characteristics of the different states of matter and the theories used to describe them.
• Main types of chemical reaction and their main associated characteristics.
• Principles of thermodynamics and their applications in Chemistry.
• Study of chemical elements and their compounds. Obtaining, structure and reactivity.
• Properties of organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds.
• Study of analytical techniques (electrochemical, optical, etc.) and their applications.
• Unit operations of Chemical Engineering.
• Metrology of chemical processes including quality management.
• Relationship between macroscopic properties and properties of individual atoms and molecules: including macromolecules (natural and synthetic), polymers, colloids and other materials.
• Structure and reactivity of the main classes of biomolecules and the chemistry of the main biological processes.

B2.) Practical Competencies

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, principles and theories related to the areas of Chemistry.
• Resolution of qualitative and quantitative problems according to previously developed models.
• Recognize and analyze new problems and plan strategies to solve them.
• Evaluation, interpretation and synthesis of chemical data and information.
• Safely handle chemical materials.
• Carry out standard laboratory procedures involved in analytical and synthetic work, in relation to organic and inorganic systems.
• Handling of standard chemical instrumentation such as that used for structural investigations and separations.
• Interpretation of data from observations and measurements in the laboratory in terms of their significance and the theories that support it.
• Risk assessment in the use of chemical substances and laboratory procedures.
• Balance between theory and experimentation.
• Recognize and value chemical processes in daily life.
• Understanding the qualitative and quantitative aspects of chemical problems.
• Ability to relate Chemistry to other disciplines.