To pass the
course, three basic requirements are required:

- Regular
attendance at all the activities and achieve a final score of 5 points and at
least a minimum of 4 points in each of the activities. If this minimum value is
not achieved in any of them, and the average is greater than or equal to 5 (out
of 10), the student will not pass the course and will appear a qualification of
4.5.

In the absence of
any scientific and / or informative event scheduled in the teaching period, the
corresponding evaluation percentage will be assigned to the mixed test.

The student will
obtain the qualification of “No presentado” when he attends less than 25% of
the scheduled academic activities, and he does not make the mixed test.

The qualifications for the guest lectures, labs and academic / information events will remain in the second chance. While the qualification of the mixed test made in the first opportunuty will replace that obtained in the first. The students evaluated on the second opportunity will obtain “Matrícula de honor” only if the maximum number of those for the corresponding course has not been fully covered at the first opportunity.

For students with part-time dedication and academic exemption from
attendance or specific modalities of learning or support for diversity, if they
cannot make the tests of continuous evaluation, the professor will adopt
appropriate actions to avoid prejudicing their qualification.

The teaching-learning process, including evaluation, refers
to a complete academic course and, therefore, will start again with a new
academic course, including all the activities and evaluation procedures that
are scheduled for said academic course.

Fraudulent performance of tests or evaluation
activities will be penalized taking into account what is established in the
regulations.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
Learn the applicability and potential of the different instrumental techniques in solving problems related to the environment, industry, etc.	AC1 AC22	BC1 BC5	CC2 CC11
Be able to select the most appropriate technique depending on the type of species to be determined, its contents, sample type, cost, etc.	AC3 AC22	BC2	CC3 CC9
Acquire skill in the use of different instruments and adjusting the instrumental variables.	AC22	BC7
Be able to get the most reliable information from experimental results.	AC9	BC6	CC4 CC6 CC10

Topic	Sub-topic
1.- Introduction	Presentation. Documentation for the students.
2.- Mass spectrometry	Fundamentals. Sources of ionization. Analyzers. Detectors. Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Aplications: environmental, industry.
3.- Atomic absorption spectrometry	Atomization systems. Advances in instrumentation. Operational considerations. Aplications: environmental, industry.
4.- ICP optical emision spectrometry. ICP mass spectrometry	Operational considerations. Aplications: environmental, industry.
5.- Gas chromatography	Advances in instrumentation and modes of operation. Operational considerations. Coupled and multidimensional techniques. Aplications: environmental, industry.
6.- Liquid chromatography	Advances in instrumentation and modes of operation. Operational considerations. Coupled and multidimensional techniques. Aplications: environmental, industry.
7.- Capillary electrophoresis	Fundamentals. Instrumentation and modes of operation. Operational considerations. Aplications. Electrochromatography.
Experimental work	1.- Determination of ionic species by Capillary Electrophoresis. 2.- Visit to the Chromatography unit of Servicios Xerais de Apoio a Investigación. 3.- Visit to the Plasma-mass unit of Servicios Xerais de Apoio a Investigación. 4.- Treatment of the experimental results obtained from different atomic spectrometric techniques.

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A1 A22 B1 B5 C2 C9 C10 C11	10.5	35	45.5
Laboratory practice	A3 A9 B2 B6 B7 C3 C6 C9 C11	8	16	24
Events academic / information	A1 C9 C10 C11	1.5	1.5	3
Mixed objective/subjective test	A22 B2 B5 C4	1	0	1

Personalized attention		1.5	0	1.5

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech	The teacher presents the fundamental concepts and develops the essential aspects of the subject. It also raises different issues to be discussed and resolved by the students, thereby encouraging their participation.
Laboratory practice	The script of the laboratory practice includes: - A scheme of the experimental procedure. - Issues related to the work done in the laboratory: justification for selection of instrumental parameters, obtaining information from the experimental results, etc.. In the laboratory, the student performs the selection of the experimental conditions, contributes to the adjustment and optimization of the experimental variables, the introduction of the samples, performs calculations of experimental parameters, concentrations, etc. At the end he must submit a report of the practices carried out.
Events academic / information	The student's participation in informative events, technical seminars or conferences related to the topics covered by the subject will be facilitated.
Mixed objective/subjective test	The student will have to answer to questions related to aspects dealt with in the guest lectures or to apply the acquired knowledge to the resolution of practical cases. It will also include questions related to scientific articles that the student should read.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Events academic / information	A1 C9 C10 C11	Attendance and active participation of the student will be taken into account.	10
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A1 A22 B1 B5 C2 C9 C10 C11	Attendance at keynote sessions and active participation in them will be assessed.	20
Laboratory practice	A3 A9 B2 B6 B7 C3 C6 C9 C11	Skill in conducting the experimental activities and the quality of the delivered report will be assessed.	20
Mixed objective/subjective test	A22 B2 B5 C4	It will be done at the end of the teaching activities, in order to assess the degree of learning and acquisition of skills by the student. It will consist of both theoretical questions and questions applied to solving real problems, and related to scientific articles.	50

Assessment comments
To pass the course, three basic requirements are required: - Regular attendance at all the activities and achieve a final score of 5 points and at least a minimum of 4 points in each of the activities. If this minimum value is not achieved in any of them, and the average is greater than or equal to 5 (out of 10), the student will not pass the course and will appear a qualification of 4.5. In the absence of any scientific and / or informative event scheduled in the teaching period, the corresponding evaluation percentage will be assigned to the mixed test. The student will obtain the qualification of “No presentado” when he attends less than 25% of the scheduled academic activities, and he does not make the mixed test. The qualifications for the guest lectures, labs and academic / information events will remain in the second chance. While the qualification of the mixed test made in the first opportunuty will replace that obtained in the first. The students evaluated on the second opportunity will obtain “Matrícula de honor” only if the maximum number of those for the corresponding course has not been fully covered at the first opportunity. For students with part-time dedication and academic exemption from attendance or specific modalities of learning or support for diversity, if they cannot make the tests of continuous evaluation, the professor will adopt appropriate actions to avoid prejudicing their qualification. The teaching-learning process, including evaluation, refers to a complete academic course and, therefore, will start again with a new academic course, including all the activities and evaluation procedures that are scheduled for said academic course. Fraudulent performance of tests or evaluation activities will be penalized taking into account what is established in the regulations.

Basic	Sanz-Medel, Alfredo (2008). Analytical atomic absorption spectrometry : an introduction. Oxford : Coxmoor WELZ, B.; SPERLING, M. (1999). Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Ed. Wiley-VCH HILL, S.J. (Ed) (2007). Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry and its Aplications. Ed. Blackwell Publishing ESTEBAN, L. (1993). La Espectrometría de Masas en Imágenes. ACK Editores NIESSEN, W.M.A. (2006). Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Chromatographic science series, vol. 97. . Ed. Boca Ratón: Taylor & Francis HOFFMANN, E.; STROOBANT, V (2005). Mass Spectrometry. Principles and Applications. Ed. Wiley SKOOG, D.; HOLLER, F.J.; NIEMAN T.A. (2000). Principios de Análisis Instrumental . Ed. McGraw-Hill CELA, R.; LORENZO, R.A.; CASAIS, M.C. (2002). Técnicas de Separación en Química Analítica. Ed. Síntesis
	Various web resources to help students understand and fix the skills taught in the theoretical and practical classes will be used. Eg. simulations, diagrams.  Students will have access to journal articles, dissertations's degree from the Faculty of Sciences and other documents that show the practical application of the techniques studied throughout the course.
Complementary	RUBINSON, K.A.; RUBINSON, J.F. (2002). Análisis Instrumental. Ed. Prentice Hall KELLNER, R.; MERMET, M.; OTTO, M.; VALCARCEL, M.; WIDMER, H. M. (1998 ). Analytical Chemistry . Ed. Wiley-VCH CULLEN, M. (Ed.) (2004). Atomic Spectroscopy in Elemental Análisis . Ed. Blackwell Plublishing Ltd. ROUESSAC, F., ROUESSAC, A. (2007). Chemical Analysis. Ed. Wiley DEDINA J., TSALEV D. L. (1995). Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy . John Wiley & Sons MONTASER, A.; GOLIGHTLY, D.W. (Eds) (1992). Inductively Coupled Plasmas in Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. Ed. VCH

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