1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

SC480 Practical Chemistry
7.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Organic techniques; syntheses, identification and
characterisation of compunds using chemical tests, physical
measurements.
SC490 Computers in Chemistry
7.5 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry) and (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Statistical treatment of chemical data using spreadsheets
errors, distributions, confidence limits, significance tests,
lines and curves of best fit, quality control charts.
Internet communications.
Exercises using the Acid-Base package.
SC504 Human Biochemistry
4 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Control mechanisms operating in living organisms. Steroid
and trophic hormone effects. Their target tissues and
activities at the enzyme and nucleic acid levels. Also includes
amplification of signals through receptors, types of receptors
and synthetic analogues modifying the signals. Abnormal
hormone patterns and their relationship to disease processes.
The role of chemical analysis in the treatment and diagnosis
of disease.
Clinical biochemistry.
Organisation of clinical laboratories automation and quality
control.
Computers in the clinical laboratory.
SC507 Chemical Engineering Management
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials Assessment: examination
40%, assignments 40%, tutorial participation 20%
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
0 b jedives
To introduce and develop (or further develop) an
understanding of the role of management with respect to
innovation and enterprise, project management, engineering
finance and accounting, industrial relations, engineering law,
leadership and human resource management in the context
of chemical engineering projects and industry.
Content
Topics will encourage students to develop and demonstrate
an understanding of the responsibilities and processes
associated with effective management in chemical
engineering industries.
Topics will include
the role of innovation and enterprise;
role of research and development;
project management, project initiation, organisation,
evaluation and review;
finance and accounting processes, balance sheets, capital
investment issues, sources of finance;
principles of human resource management, the role of
leadership, industrial relations, resolution of conflict;
legal environment with respect to engineering
operations, legal obligations, contracts, property,
professional liability.
Recommended reading
Samson, D., Management for Engineers, Longman, Cheshire, 1995
Chapman, C.B., Cooper, D.F. and Page, M.J., Management for
Engineers, Wiley, 1987
Eunson, B., The Communication Skills Series, Wiley, 1994
George, C.S. and Cole, K., Supervision in Action: the art of
managing Prentice-Hall, 1992
Schermerhorn, J.R., Management for Productivity, Wiley, 1993
SC508 Industry Based Learning
50 credit points
A six-month period of employment experience occurring as
part of the third year of the course leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Applied Science Biochemistry/Chemistry and
Chemistry. Students are supervised by a member of the
academic staff and are required to submit a report to their
employer and to their supervisor.
SC509 Research Skills
7.5 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Environmental Health)
Content
Students are introduced to research methods, both
quantitative and qualitative, in preparation for a major
research project.
SC553 Applied Chemistry
12.5 credit points 7 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry)
Content
Introduction to catalysis.
Applied Organic Chemistry
Chemistry of natural products saccharides.
Organic synthesis general principles. Reagents. Planning and
design of syntheses. Practical aspects and synthetic
techniques. Industrial versus academic syntheses.
Computer-aided syntheses.
Photochemistry free radicals and their reactions;
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