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sc48 Environmental Science
12.5 credit points
No. of hours per week: five hours
A second year subject of the degree course in environmental
health.
Subject description
Meteorology: atmospheric variables, measurement of
humidity, air pollution, atmospheric stability, inversion, plume
behaviour, local effects.
Water science: Purity, tolerable solutes, desirable solutes,
standards, analysis. Swimming pool chemistry.
Domestic chemistry: Chemistry in the household (detergents.
pesticides, renovating chemicals, motor chemicals, swimming
pool chemicals, proper handling and disposal of domestic
chemicals).
~ ~ 4 6 9 Epidemiology
u" 7.5 credit points
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No. of hours per week: three hours
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A second year subject in the degree course in environmental
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5. Q Subject description
v, Overview, nature and scope of epidemiology. Nature,
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n, transmission and control of various diseases of public health
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8 importance including: exotic diseases, sexually transmitted
diseases, myco-bacterial and viral infections, food-borne
diseases, skin contact diseases, parasitic infections and
zoonotic diseases.
Immunology and immunisation procedures with particular
reference to Victorian requirements.
~ ~ 4 7 0 Chemistry
13.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: five hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
chemistry and computer-aided biochemistry.
Subject description
Descriptive inorganic chemistry: selected compounds of main
group elements - thermodynamics of formation, chemistry.
Organic chemistry: acidity, basicity. Carbanions, application to
synthesis. Aromatic compounds.
Infra-red spectroscopy. Coordination chemistry: fundamentals.
SC480 Practical Chemistry
6.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
biochemistry.
Subject description
Organic techniques: volumetric analysis, steam distillation,
use of rotary evaporation, recrystallisation, syntheses,
identification and characterisation using chemical tests,
physical measurements, gas chromatography, infra-red
spectrometry, polarimetry and practical test.
SC490 Computers in Chemistry
7.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
A second-year subject in the degree course in computeraided
chemistry and computer-aided biochemistry.
Subject description
Statistical treatment of chemical data using spreadsheets:
errors, distributions, confidence limits, significance tests, lines
and curves of best fit, quality control charts.
Use of macros to automate spreadsheets.
Exercises using the Acid-Base package.
SC504 Human Biochemistry
5.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
biochemistry.
Subject description
Control mechanisms operating in living organisms. Steroid
and trophic hormone effects. Their target tissues and
activities at the enzyme and nucleic acid levels. Also includes
amplification of signals through receptors, types of receptors
and synthetic analogues modifying the signals. Abnormal
hormone patterns and their relationship to disease processes.
The role of chemical analysis in the treatment and diagnosis
of disease.
Clinical biochemistry.
Organisation of clinical laboratories automation and quality
control.
Computers in the clinical laboratory
SC508 Industry Based Learning
50.0 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 (Computer-Aided Chemistry and
Computer-Aided Biochemistry). Students are supervised by a
member of the academic staff and are required to submit a
report to their employer and to their supervisor.
SC509 Resea~h Skills
5.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
A fourth year subject of the degree course in environmental
health.
Subject description
Students are introduced to research methods, both
quantitative and qualitative, ;n preparation for a major
research project.
sC553 Applied Chemistry
16.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: seven hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
chemistry.
Subject description
Introduction to catalysis.
Applied Organic Chemistry
Chemistry of natural products: saccharides.
Organic synthesis: general principles. Reagents. Planning and
design of syntheses. Practical aspects and synthetic
techniques. Industrial versus academic syntheses. Syntheses
of commercially significant natural products. Computer-aided
syntheses.
Photochemistry: free radicals and their reactions; optical
pumping; photochemical reactions; industrial photochemistry.
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer coatings: applications of protective organic surface