1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

SC318 Microbiology
7.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SC108, SC208.
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Basic microbiology general anatomy of the bacterial cell.
Structure and function of bacterial components. Bacterial
nutrition and growth. Types and composition of media for
growth. Special growth techniques anaerobic, enrichment.
Counting techniques as a method for measuring bacterial
growth. These will also include simple field techniques such
as millipore filtration and MPN counts.
Sterilisation methods a wide range of physical and chemical
methods of sterilisation and disinfection will be taught. The
methods will range from heat and radiation methods which
are suitable for laboratories to chemicals and chlorine which
are suitable for extensive waterways.
Practical work will be conducted in coniunction with the
above topics.
Recommended reading
Tortora, G.L., et al., Mimobiology. 4th edn, Calif, Benjamin/
Cummings Publishing Co. Inc., 1994
SC349 Microbiology
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SC109, SC209
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Environmental Health)
Content
Basic microbiology general anatomy of the bacterial cell.
Structure and function of bacterial components. Bacterial
nutrition and growth. Types and composition of media for
growth. Special growth techniques anaerobic, enrichment.
Counting techniques as a method for measuring bacterial
growth. These will also include simple field techniques such
as millipore filtration and MPN counts.
Sterilisation methods a wide range of physical and chemical
methods of sterilisation and disinfection will be taught. " The
methods will range from heat and radiation methods which
are suitable for laboratories to chemicals and chlorine which
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are suitable for extensive waterways.
Practical work will be conducted in conjunction with the
o above topics.
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Recommended reading
Tortora, G.L., et al., Mimobiology. 4th edn, Calif, Benjamin/
Cummings Publishing Co. Inc., 1994
SC353 Applied Chemistry
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry)
Content
Industrial energy sources coal, oil, natural gas, shale and
nuclear. Production and use of synthesis gas. Coal
conversion processes.
Inorganic reactions a study of the major classes of inorganic
reactions and associated equilibria. Application of such
reactions to the separation and identification of common
metal cations and anions in multi-component solutions and
commercial products. This component of the course is done
as practical work.
Kinetics of complex reactions Consecutive, parallel and
reversible first-order reactions; non-equal iniitial
concentrations; enzyme kinetics; free radical and chain
reactions; the internal combustion engine and air pollution;
batch and flow reactions.
Introduction to the chemical industry and chemical
processing fluid flow; heat transfer; separation proocesses;
process analysers; process control.
SC360 Practical Chemistry
15 credit points 7 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry)
Content
Quantitative analysis manual titration, colorimetry, atomic
absorption, electrodeposition, GC, HPLC and a project in
quantitative atomic absorption.
Physical chemistry experiments in phase equilibria and
spectroscopy.
SC370 Chemistry
15 credit points 6 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Chemistry)
Content
Thermodynamics formation; reaction; variations with
temperature; chemical potentials; available work.
Phase equilibria one and two component systems, with
emphasis on practical applications.
Organic chemistry aromaticity.
Chromatography general principles; column
chromatography, GC, HPLC.
Analytical chemistry sampling.
Spectroscopy basic instrumentation; atommic, UV/visible
and IR spectra.
SC372 Biochemistry
10 credit points 6 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied
Science (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Content
Introduction to biomolecules monosaccharides,
disaccharides, polysaccharides, amino acids, polypeptides,
structure of proteins, lipids, nucleotides, enzymes,
coenzymes, nucleic acids.
Enzyme kinetics simple enzyme mechanisms, Michaelis-