1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

MP751 Design Applications
9 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments, practical work and examination
Objectives
To apply the theories of heat and mass transfer studied in
the fourth year of the course.
Content
To the design of equipment for the operations listed below.
Industrial applications of heat and momentum transfer.
Diffusional operations drying, crystallisation, water cooling
and humidification.
Single and multi-effect evaporator systems; thermal and
mechanical recompression. Operation, control and
economics of evaporation systems.
Similarity studies mixing.
F Recommended reading
.E Treybal, R.E., Mass Tranger Operations. 3rd edn, New York,
2 McGraw-Hill, 1980
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Reference
e. Norman, W.S., Absorption, Distillation and Cooling Towers.
" London, Longmans, l961
SA203 Building Standards
5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Environmental Health)
Content
Introduction to the elements of construction with particular
emphasis on housing including timber-framed, brick veneer
and cavity brick dwellings. Examination of foundations,
footings, internal/external cladding, framing and roof
structures.
Water disposal theory with reference to vented, vented
modified, single stack, single stack modified systems.
Standards of installation, applications and inspection
methods.
Consideration of various forms of construction practices
related to concrete, steel, timber and masonry.
Relevant provisions of building and plumbing legislation,
codes and standards.
Plan review technique.
SA508 lndustry 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.
SA608 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.
SCI 00 Environmental Health
li c~edit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Environmental Health)
Content
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.
SC108 Biology
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn (2 hours of
lectures and 2 hours of practical work)
This is a first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Applied Chemistry), Biochemistry/Chemistry) and
(Environmental Health)
Content
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 microorganisms.
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.
SC109 Biology
I0 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
For details, see SC108 Biology.