1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Corrosion and protection of metals, crystal types and
packing models.
Environmental Chemistry, acid rain and water pollution.
Practical chemistry; predicting chemical reactions,
equilibria, . ... kinetics, potentiometric titration, metals, solution
skills.
SC154N Chemistry
10 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn
Content
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
2 cells, electrode potentials and the Nernst equation. Heat
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energy and chemical reactions - thermochemistry;
Enthalpy and Hess's Law, calorimeters.
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Kinetics of chemical reactions; order, rate equatioon,
t; 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.
SC154P Chemistry
10 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Content
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 ~otentials and the Nernst equation. Heat
energy and chemical reactions - thermochemistry;
Enthalpy and Hess's Law, calorimeters.
Kinetics of chemical reactions; order, rate equation.
Organic chemistry; nomenclature, and classes of
compounds.
Corrosion and protection of metals, crystal types and
packing models.
Environmental Chemistry, acid rain and water pollution.
Practical chemistry; predicting chemical reactions,
equilibria, kinetics, potentiometric titration, metals, solution
skills.
SC173 Biology
4 hours per week (2 hours of lectures, 2 hours of practical work)
Hawthorn
A first year subject offered by the School of Chemical
Sciences for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts
program.
Objectives and content
Cell structure and function
Basic biochemistry and nutrition atomic composition of
humans. 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 ranging
from viruses, rickettsia, bacteria, algae. protozoa and fungi. "
Methods of growing, isblating and Gaidling microorganisms.
Microbes and pathogenicity.
Genetics genes, chromosomes, cellcycle, mitosis and meiosis.
DNA structure. Replication, transcription and translation of
genes. Genetic engineering The Human Genome Project.
Hardy-Weinberg Law, drift, flow and mutation.
Cytogenetics, karyotypes and genetic defects.
Practical work reinforces the theory.
SC174 Biology
6 hours per week Hawthorn
A second semester subject offered for first year students
enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program.
Objectives and content
The subject introduces the cell as the basic biological unit,
considers tissues as aggregates of cells with specialised
functions and then proceeds to treat the following systems
in some detail.
Cardiovascular system properties of blood; anatomy and
physiology of the heart. Mechanical and eleectrical events of
the cardiac cycle; cardiac output. Regulation of heart rate
and blood pressure, haemostasis.
Respiratory system anatomy of the respiratory system; gas
exchange and transport; control of respiration. The
properties of haemoglobin.
Renal system and water balance structure of the kidney and
urinary system. Basic renal processes. Regulation of
extracellular volume and osmolarity.
Digestive system the arrangement and functions of the
digestive system.
Skeletal system calcium regulation, structure of bone.
Muscular system types of muscle and their roles. Mechanism
of contraction. Conduction in the heart.
Immune systems reticulo endothelial system. Inflammation,
phagocytosis; lymphocytes, cell-mediated immunity,
antibbody-mediated immunity.