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bulb blowing;
rod working;
straight joining;
tube bending;
burette repair;
internal seals;
glass to metal seals;
pipette joins;
capillary glassworking.
TL456 Radioactive Methods
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: TL201
Assessment: assignments and practical work
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Applied Science
(Laboratory Technology).
Content - -
Legal and safety aspects in use of radioactive isotopes,
applications of isotopes in industry and research and
chemical procedures, experimental techniques and
applications.
TL460 Microbiology 1
3 hours per week part-time or 4 hours per week full-time
Hawthorn Prerequisite: Nil Assessment: assignments,
written and practical tests
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Applied Science
(Laboratory Technology) the Advanced Certificate in
Laboratory Technology; and the Certificate in English for
Vocational Education (Laboratory Technology Stream).
Content
History of microbiology, microscopy, prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells. Basic microbial metabolism, physical and
chemical growth, measurement of microbial populations,
control of microbial growth.
Recommended reading
Barnett, M.E. Microbiology Laboratory Exercises. Dubuque, Iowa,
p - Wm. C. Brown. 1992
g Brock, T.D. et al. Biolopy - ofMicroorganisms. -
7th edn, Prentice
8 Hall, 1994
n Cano, R. and Colome, J.S. Microbiology. St. Paul, Minn., West
Pub. Co., 1986
Students kill also be required to have their own laboratory
coats, safety glasses and calculator.
TL461 Microbiology 2
3 hours per week part-time or 4 hours per week full-time
Hawthorn Prerequisite: TL460 Assessment: assignments,
tests, practical tests
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Applied Science
(Laboratory Technology) and the Advanced Certificate in
Laboratory Technology.
Content
The origin of micro-organisms, classification of microorganisms,
cyanobacteria, typical gram negative cell-walled
bacteria, typical gram positive cell-walled bacteria, wall-less
bacteria, bacteria with unusual cell walls, the fungi, the
algae, the protozoa, the multicellular parasites, viruses.
Recommended reading
Barnett, M.E. Microbiology Laboratory Exercises. Dubuque, Iowa,
Wm. C. Brown, 1992
Brock, T.D. et al. Biology of Microorganisms. 7th edn, Prentice
Hall, 1994
Cano, R. and Colome, J.S. Mimobiology. St. Paul, Minn., West
Pub. Co., 1986
TL462 Microbiology 3
3 hours per week part-time or 4 hours per week full-time
Hawthorn Prerequisite:TL461 Assessment: assignments,
tests, practical tests
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Applied Science
(Laboratory Technology).
Content
Determinants of health and disease, diagnosis of infectious
disease, epidemiology of infectious disease, the immune
response, disorders associated with the immune system,
antimicrobial drugs and chemotherapy, diseases of the skin,
diseases of the respiratory tract, diseases of the digestive
tract, diseases of the urogenitial system, diseases of the
nervous system, diseases of the cardiovascular and
lymphatic system.
Recommended reading
As for Microbiology 1 and 2
TL463 Microbiology 4
3 hours per week part-time or 4 hours per week full-time
Hawthorn Prerequisite: TL462 Assessment: assignments,
tests, practical tests
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Applied Science
(Laboratory Technology).
Content
Advanced metabolism, metabolic regulation, advanced
virology, mutation and gene-function at the molecular
level. The expression of mutation in viruses and cells,
genetic recombination, the industrial exploitation of
microbes, the agricultural exploitation of microbes,
microbes in the food industry.
Recommended reading
Barnett, M.E. Microbiology Laboratory Exercises. Dubuque, Iowa,
Wm. C. Brown. 1992
Brock, T.D. et al. Biolopy -. ofMicroorganisrns. 7th edn, Prentice
Hall, t994
Cano, R. and Colome, J.S. Microbiology. St. Paul, Minn., West
Pub. Co., 1986
Students also require a lab coat, goggles and a calculator.
TL465 Electrochemical Analysis 1
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: TL202
Assessment: written tests, assignments and practical work
A subject in the Associate Diploma of Applied Science
(Laboratory Technology).
Content
Conductivity (theory and experimental), potentiometry
(theory and experimental).