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CHEM250 Analytical Chemistry

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
21 August 2013 24 August 2013 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites CHEM120 or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
Co-requisites None
Restrictions CHEM203
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Peter Lye (plye@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit provides an overview of basic methods of environmental, forensic and pharmaceutical analysis. Topics include control of the quality of analytical methods, physical and chemical properties either of drug molecules and reactions or of environmental processes. Analytical techniques include molecular and atomic spectroscopies, gas and liquid chromatography and conductometric methods. Applications of these techniques will be tailored for the required environmental, forensic or pharmaceutical science backgrounds.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand fundamental physical and chemical concepts related to either drug molecules and reactions or the troposphere, stratosphere and natural waters;
  2. be familiar with analytical techniques related to environmental or pharmaceutical science;
  3. apply analytical techniques to environmental monitoring and sampling or to pharmaceutical analysis; and
  4. select and utilise the most appropriate method to solving environmental chemical problems or for pharmaceutical analysis.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will be assessed on their knowledge of the discipline through their assignments, their laboratory work and their final examination. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Written communication skills will be developed through use of assignments requiring (in part) descriptive and explanatory responses. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Environmental chemical problems and drug analysis have global implications, which are taught in lectures and practicals and are practised and assessed in reports and assignments. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Aspects of some assignments will deal with computer-based applications and especially chemical information retrieval via the library and the WWW. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Independent and team learning is practised during assessment tasks and so achieving life-long learning. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Problem-solving skills will be developed and extended through use of assignments requiring (in part) complex reasoning and quantitative responses. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Environmental and drug analysis have social consequences and are taught in lectures and practicals and are practised and assessed in reports and assignments. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Some practical laboratory exercises will involve team work. 		True True
   

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