TOPICS FOR MASTER OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES A
CHE5TMA
2014
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
The unit comprises advanced lectures and training in laboratory skills, communication skills and laboratory safe practice. The advanced lecture topics undertaken will vary from year to year. The topics will normally be in areas of chemistry such as mass spectrometry, synthetic design, NMR, organic chemical mechanism, medicinal chemistry, nanotechnology and organometallic chemistry. Details of the topics offered are available on the university Learning Management System. Students may, with permission of the Course Coordinator, partly replace chemistry components with other components offered by relevant departments. The subject may incorporate teaching and assessment from existing partner subjects up to 40% of assessment as indicated. Partner subjects include BIO5SCS and BIO5SIS.
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Tech & Engineering
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Adam Mechler
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Admission into SMCHS.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: This unit of study represents one semester of a year long program (CHE5TMA and CHE5TMB). Students can commence the program in either first or second semester.
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Adam Mechler
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
Three 1.0 hours lecture per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"6 x 1 hour OHS lectures per academic year."
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
Twenty four 1.0 hours lecture per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Up to four 6-hour lecture topics. 42 x 1 hour lectures per academic year across TMA and TMB. 7 lecture topics, 6hrs each (but not in 6 hr blocks)"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| 20 minute oral presentation or alternative assessment from partner subject | attendance at Chemistry Department Safety and Orientation program is a hurdle requirement. The assessment components listed are the combined assessment for CHE5TMA and CHE5TMB. | 20 |
| Eight 1.5-hour examinations or equivalent | 50 | |
| literature survey equivalent to 4,500-words or alternative assessment from partner subject | 20 | |
| one 1,500-word OHS assignment | 10 |