According to present scheme of school education at Senior Secondary stage, chemistry emerges out as a separate discipline.

The present chemistry course has been developed basically around the themes:

• Why do chemical reactions occur? What is the quantitative relationship among reacting constituents in a chemical reaction?
• How far and how fast will a chemical reaction proceed under a given set of conditions?
• Can we predict whether a chemical reaction will occur or not?
• What is the relation between the structure of a chemical substance and its functions/properties?
• In what way is a chemical reaction relevant for getting new types of substances and materials for daily life and chemical industries?

Some interdisciplinary aspects have also been provided to make the course more meaningful and functional.

This Chemistry Course has three parts, I and II consist of theory portion and part III is a practical manual. Part I and II of theory portion has eight modules.

Part-I consists of five modules namely as : Some basic concepts of chemistry, Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding, States of matter, Chemical Energetics, and Chemical Dynamics.

Part-II consists of three modules namely: Chemistry of Elements, Chemistry of Organic Compounds, and Chemistry in Everyday Life. Each module is further divided into different lessons.

Course Overview

Module I Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry      Alloted Marks: 04

1. Atoms, Molecules and Chemical Arithmetic

Module II Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding   Alloted Marks: 10

2. Atomic Structure

3. Periodic Table and Periodicity in Properties

4. Chemical Bonding

Module III States of Matter    Alloted Marks: 08

5. The Gaseous State and Liquid State

6. The Solid State

7. Solutions

8. Colloids

Module IV Chemical Energetics     Alloted Marks:  06

09. Chemical Thermodynamics

10. Spontaneity of Chemical Reactions

Module V Chemical Dynamics     Alloted Marks:   12

11. Chemical Equilibrium

12. Ionic Equilibrium

13. Electrochemistry

14. Chemical Kinetics

15. Adsorption and Catalysis

Module VI Chemistry of Elements    Alloted Marks:  18

16. Occurrence and Extraction of Metals

17. Hydrogen and s-Block Elements

18. General Characteristics of the p-block Elements

19. p-block Elements and their Compounds – I

20. p-block Elements and their Compounds - II

21. d-Block and f-Block Elements

22. Coordination Compounds

Module VII Chemistry of Organic Compounds     Alloted Marks:  18

23. Nomenclature and General Principles

24. Hydrocarbons

25. Compounds of Carbon Containing Halogens

(Haloalkanes and Haloarenes)

26. Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

27. Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

28. Compounds of Carbon Containing Nitrogen

29. Biomolecules

Module VIII Chemistry in Everyday Life    Alloted Marks:  04

30. Drugs and Medicines

31. Soaps, Detergents and Polymers

32. Environmental Chemistry

                                                                   Total Marks : 80

CURRICULUM FOR PRACTICAL WORK IN CHEMISTRY

1. Basic Laboratory Techniques

2. Characterization of Chemical substances

3. Preparation of dilute solutions

4. Experiment related to pH change

5. Surface Chemistry

6. Electrochemistry

7. Thermochemistry

8. Chemical Equilibrium

9. Chemical Kinetics

10. Preparation of Inorganic Compounds

11. Preparation of Organic Compounds

12. Chromatography

13. Detection of Elements

14. Characteristic Tests for cabohydrates; fats and proteins and their detection

15. Volumetric Analysis (Quantitative analysis)

16. Qualitative Analysis

SCHEME OF PRACTICAL EXAMINATION

There will be a practical examination of 20 marks and 3 hours duration.

The distribution of marks is as follows.

1. Salt Analysis                                                  Alloted Marks:         4

(one cation + one anion)

2. Volumetric Analysis                                         Alloted Marks:     6

(i) write-up in which student may be asked to write brief method, indicator, equation, end point.  

(ii) Set-up of experiment   

(iii) Results 

3. (i) Detection of elements in an organic compound    Alloted Marks:  4

(ii) Detection of functional group 

OR

Setting up of one experiment from experiments at serial

number 2 to 10, 12 and 13. 

4. Viva-voce                                                    Alloted Marks:     3

5. Record book                                                Alloted Marks:    3

                                                                        Total  Marks:   20

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AFTER STUDYING CHEMISTRY

Chemical sciences (Chemistry) offer access to a wide range of careers. Chemistry is the study of substances, their makeup and applications. In fact it is the study of all materials and is vital to every aspect of our lives. Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical chemistry and Biochemistry are the main branches of chemistry.

The career options in chemistry are practically endless! However, employment options depend on how far the education, training and experience taken. A chemistry or biochemistry degree can lead to career paths in professions such as medicine, pharmacology, agriculture, chemical engineering, forensic science, etc.

Some of the Important career opportunities after studying chemistry at senior secondary level is as

• Career opportunities in Petrochemical and Pharmaceutical industries
• Analytical chemist
• Clinical biochemist
• Forensic scientist Chemical development engineer
• Scientific journalist Toxicologist
• Teacher/Professor
• Quality controller
• Laboratory assistant
• Research associate/ Research assistant
• Career opportunities in Plastics and Polymer Industry
• Career opportunities in Textile Industry
• Biochemistry
• Biotechnology.