Handbook

PREREQUISITE: CHM2911 or CHM2942 or CHM2762. If you have not completed and passed one of these units you should consult the third year coordinator.

Online learning will be used to illustrate and explain concepts and to highlight links between theory and laboratory work.

Active learning will occur in workshops and lab sessions.

Problem-based learning will be explored in the workshop and laboratory exercises through theoretical concepts and will enable the development of relevant observation and descriptive skills, as well as communication skills.

Laboratory exercises reinforcing theoretical concepts presented in workshops and developing practical and analytical skills. In class and short laboratory report assessment. 

Where you fail the hurdle but would have otherwise achieved a mark of 45 or above you will be awarded a mark of 45 and an NH (hurdle fail) for the unit.

Where you fail the hurdle and would also have failed the unit with a mark of 44 or below, you will be awarded your mark and an N grade for the unit.

Supplementary assessment is not available for the lab practical component.

The radiopharmaceutical assignment is open book and completed in an assigned practical session. Important background information is presented in workshops delivered by Assoc. Professor Ben Fraser from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology organisation.

The mid-semester test (40 minutes duration) is held in a designated workshop hour and covers material in Topic 1 and Topic 2. This material is not reassessed in the end of semester examination.

• Applies to all offerings

• Applies to all offerings

• Three 1-hour workshops
• The equivalent of 3 hours of laboratory activities and
• One hour directed independent study per week

Laboratory safety glasses
Lab coat
Closed toe footwear
Notebook for taking lab notes