1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Computer analysis in biochemistry. Use of spectroscopy for
biochemical analysis (e.g. NMR, mass spec.).
SC665 Practical Biochemistry
7.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: major reports, seminar presentation, project
supervisor assessment
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Objectives
Give students experience at managing and executing a
research project, working idependently and designing
experiments. Report writing and seminar skills are also
emphasised.
Content
A major research project in biochemistry is carried out by
the student. An experimental exercise in support of SC662
lectures on radioisotopes and immunology is scheduled late
in the semester.
SC667 Environmental Health Practice (3)
J credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SClOO Environmental Health, SC109
Biology, SC209 Biology, SC467 Environmental Health
Practice (I), SCJ67 Environmental Health Practice (2)
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Environmental Health)
Content
Applied pest control encompassing principals of taxonomy,
lifecycles and general characteristics of insect species, pest
species detection and identification, control measures and
techniques.
SC668 Research Project
16 credit points 8 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject of the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Environmental Health)
Content
Students undertake a research program on an environmental
health topic which can include science, engineering, law,
administrative or social issues.
SC670 Chemistry
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry) and (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Ion exchange and solvent extraction principles and
applications in industrial, laboratory and biochemical
situations.
Organic chemistry: carbocations, heterocyclics.
Laboratory analyzers, with specific discussion of detectors,
amplification, frequency response, digital systems and
clinical analyzers.
SC680 Practical Chemistry
J credit points 3 hours per week Hawthom
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
HPLC and GUMS experiments.
Analysis of a food product using an atomic absorption
spectrometer.
Molecular modelling using the IRIS computer.
SC690 Computers in Chemistry
5.5 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry) and (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Use of macros to automate spreadsheets.
ANOVA, regression and experimental design.
Simplex optimisation.
HPLC optimisation.
Forecasting.
Project Management.
SC708 Scientific Communication 7
2 credit points 1 hour per week Hawthom
This is a fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry) and (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Training and practice in the presentation of oral reports to
industrial, scientific and general audiences.
Special requirements of oral reporting, including the use of
audio-visual aids.
SC709 Employment Experience
30 credit points
A six-month period of industry based learning in the Graduate
Diploma in Industrial 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.
SC716 Basic Colloid Science
7.J credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a subject of the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Applied Colloid Science)
Content
The significance and importance of particle size. Preparation
and purification of simple colloids. Characterisation of
colloids by surface charge and zetapotential. The origin and
significance of surface charge. Potential determining ions.
Electrokinetic phenomena. Applicability of the Nernst and
Lippman equations to colloidal surfaces. Colloid stability.
DLVO theory and steric forces.
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