Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

~ ~ 5 0 8 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 (Environmental Health). Students
are supervised by a member of the academic staff, and are
required to complete a Competency Attainment Progam.
~ ~ 6 0 8 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
Applied Science (Environmental Health). Students are
supervised by a member of the academic staff and are required
to complete a Competency Attainment Program.
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Environmental Health
5 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Assessment: assignment and examination
Subject description
Historical background: a history of public health in Victoria and
the impact of environmental health on the prevention of
spread of infectious diseases.
Professional role: professional practice of the environmental
health officer in government and industry. Concepts of
environmental health.
Administration: the structure and role of state and local
government agencies involved in environmental health and
pollution control.
A brief overview of appropriate legislation that the
environmental health officer is required to administer.
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Biology
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours (two hours of
lectures and two hours of practical work)
Subject description
Cell structure and function.
Basic biochemistry and nutrition: chemical composition of the
body. Structure and function of carbohydrate, protein and fat.
Role of enzymes, coenzymes and mineral elements in
metabolism. Digestive processes. Metabolism of glucose. Fate
of dietary protein. Dietary misconceptions. Micronutrients.
Energy in the diet. Metabolism of fat. Food additives and their
toxicity.
Basic microbiology: Elements of microbial world covering
viruses, rickettsia, bacteria, algae, protozoa and fungi.
Methods of growing, isolating and handling
micro-organisms. Microbes and pathogenicity.
Genetics: Genes, chromosomes, cellcycle, mitosis, meiosis.
DNA structure. Replication, transcription and translation of
genes. Genetic engineering. The Human Genome Project.
Genetic traits, crosses, genotypes and phenotypes. Gene pools,
Hardy-Weinberg Law, drift flow and mutation. Cytogenetics,
karyotypes, genetic defects and evolution.
Practical work covering the above topics.
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Biology
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
For details, see SC 108 Biology.
~ ~ 1 2 7 Chemistry
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Subject description
Basic chemical concepts: revision of names, symbols and
electronic configurations; chemical reactions.
Structure of elements and compounds: properties and nature
of metallic, ionic and covalent bonding.
Chemical periodicity.
Weak bonding interactions: dipole, hydrogen and Van der
Waal's.
Stoichiometry: mass-mass; mass-volume; volume-volume and
redox calculations.
Thermochemistry; rates of chemical reactions.
Equilibria: acid/base, redox, solubility, complexation, speciation.
Organic chemistry with biochemical emphasis.
Practical work: Chemical reactions, titrations, pH
measurement. Equilibria.
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Chemistry
7.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
Assessment: examination and assignments
Subject description
Atomic structure, shapes of molecules, chemical bonding,
periodic table of elements.
Organic chemistry - amines, aromatic compounds, amino
acids, peptides, proteins, purines, pyrimidines.
Equilibria, kinetics, acid-base chemistry.
SCI 54
Chemistry
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: five hours
Subject description
Quantitative aspects of chemical reactions with strong
emphasis on writing and using balanced chemical reactions.
Properties of chemical reactions; extent and equilibria involving
gases and solutions.
Electrical energy and chemical reactions - redox; galvanic
cells, electrode potentials and the Nernst equation. Heat
energy and chemical reactions - thermochemistry; Enthalpy
and Hess's Law, calorimeters.
Kinetics of chemical reactions; order, rate equation, reaction
mechanism.
Organic chemistry; nomenclature, reactions and classes of
compounds.
Metals; properties, economic distribution and environmental
aspects. Corrosion and protection of metals, crystal types and
packing models.
Practical chemistry; predicting chemical reactions, equilibria,
kinetics, potentiometric titration, metals, solution skills.