The course will enable students to develop their knowledge and capability in conducting risk assessment and dealing with the chemical safety issues in the research laboratory. Students will also be able to discover for themselves how selected advanced and widely used research techniques and instrumental methods in chemistry can be applied to their own research studies. 

Students are required to submit all assignments and the risk assessments of their research laboratory and experiments to their supervisors and ALERT lab managers. Students are also required to present their major types of experimental procedures related to their research project and the corresponding risk assessment in the group meetings. Students are also required to attend all group meetings.

Starting from Semester A, 2015-16, students must satisfy the following minimum passing requirement for courses offered by CHEM:

"A minimum of 40% in both coursework and examination components."