BIOLOGY 812 (BIB12) 3 points
4. Cellular communication and co-ordination
BOOKS
Reading lists will be available from the Biology Department at the beginning of the year.
ASSESSMENT
Students will be assessed on both theoretical and practical work.
Note: This subject will not be offered in 1977.
BIOLOGY CO3 (BIC03) 6 points
ADVANCED ECOLOGY
A subject of two 1-hour lectures and one 3-hour laboratory-discussion session a week for two terms. Field excursions may substitute for some of these sessions.
Prerequisite: Biology B07: Population Ecology and B08: Community Ecology SYLLABUS
Lectures, laboratory work and field studies in ecological dynamics, community ecology, and in the ecology of freshwater ecosystems.
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BOOKS
Reading lists will be available from the Biology department at the beginning of the year.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment will be based on perf ormance in laboratory, field and theoretical work.
BIOLOGY C04 (BIC04) 6 points
SELECTED STUDIES OF AUSTRALIAN FAUNA AND FLORA
A subject of two 1-hour lectures a week and one 3-hour practical session most weeks, taken over two terms.
Prerequisite: Biology B02: Vascular Plants, and B04: Vertebrate Zoology SYLLABUS
This subject will encompass detailed studies on selected species of animals and plants found in the Australian region. These studies will serve to deepen and extend know- ledge and understanding of general botany and zoology in an integrated treatment of the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, behavioural and biogeographical features of the organisms concerned. Field-based studies will be supplemented by laboratory investigations and research into the pertinent literature.
BOOKS Reference:
Tyndale-Biscoe, H *Life of Marsupials London: Arnold 1973 Reading lists will be available from the Biology Department at the beginning of the year.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment will be based on theoretical and practical work and on assignments.
BIOLOGY C05 (BIC05) 3 points
RESEARCH PROJECT IN GENETICS
A subject involving a 40 hour research project in genetics, taken in one term.
Credit may not be gained for this subject as well as Biology B06, Biology C07 or Biology C08.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
This subject may only be taken in conjunction with Biology C01: Advanced Genetics.
Prerequisite: Biology B11: Genetics SYLLABUS
The details of the project and the arrangement of the work schedule will be negotiated between the staff member responsible and the student.
BOOKS
Reading lists will be available from the staff member concerned.
ASSESSMENT
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BIOLOGY C06 (B1C06) 3 points
RESEARCH PROJECT IN PHYSIOLOGY/BIOCHEMISTRY
A subject involving a 40 hour research project in physiology/biochemistry, taken for one term.
Credit may not be gained for this subject as well as Biology C05 or Biology C07 or Biology C08.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
This subject may only be taken in conjunction with Biology CO2: Advanced Physio- logy/Biochemistry.
Prerequisite: Biology B05: Plant Physiology, Biology B06: Animal Physiology, and Biology 810: Biochemistry
SYLLABUS
The details of the project and the arrangement of the work schedule will be negoti- ated between the staff member responsible and the student.
BOOKS
Reading lists will be available from the staff member concerned.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment will be based on participation and on a written report.
Note: This subject will not be offered in 1977.
BIOLOGY C07 (BIC07) 3 points
RESEARCH PROJECT IN ECOLOGY
A subject involving a 40 hour research project in ecology, taken in one term.
Credit may not be gained for this subject as well as Biology C05 or Biology CO6 or Biology C08.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
This subject may only be taken in conjunction with Biology CO3: Advanced Ecology.
Prerequisite: Biology B07: Population Ecology and Biology BOB: Community Ecology SYLLABUS
The details of the project and the arrangement of the work schedule will be negoti- ated between the staff member responsible and the student.
BOOKS
Reading lists will be available from the staff member concerned.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment will be based on participation and on a written report.
BIOLOGY CO8 (BICOB) 3 points
RESEARCH STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN FLORA OR FAUNA
A subject involving a 40 hour research study of Australian flora or fauna, taken in one term.
Credit may not be gained for this subject as well as Biology C05 or Biology C06 or Biology C07.
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SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
This subject may only be taken in conjunction with Biology C04: Selected Studies of Australian Fauna and Flora.
Prerequisite: Biology 802: Vascular Plants, and B04: Vertebrate Zoology SYLLABUS
The details of the project and the arrangement of work schedules will be negotiated between the staff member responsible and the student.
BOOKS
Reading lists will be available from the staff member concerned.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment will be based on part icipation and on a written report.
BIOLOGY C09 (BIC09) 3 points
EVOLUTION
A subject of 40 hours in which theoretical and practical work are integrated, taken in one term.
Prerequisite: For 1977 — Biology B03 or B04. For 1978 and onwards — one of Biology 802, 803 or 804.
SYLLABUS
A study of the mechanisms of speciation and evolution. Evolutionary changes are examined in a variety of living organisms.
BOOKS
Reading lists will be available from the Biology Department at the beginning of the year.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment will be based on part icipation in course work, on completion of assign- ments and on performance in a written examination.
CHEMISTRY A (CHA00) 9 points
A subject of four 1-hour lectures/tutorials and one 3-hour practical session e week throughout the year.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
Satisfactory progress in practical work is obligatory before being allowed to sit for final examinations.
Prerequisite: There is no prerequisite, but a knowledge of chemistry to HSC level is assumed.
SYLLABUS
Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms: Measurement of reaction rate; rate laws;
effects of temperature, concentration, radiation, catalysts on reaction rate. Simple collision theory model for reaction mechanisms; collision frequency, energy distri- bution; activation energy. Mechanisms of selected examples.
Chemical Equilibrium: Homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria in gases and solution. Free energy changes.
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Electrochemistry: Conductance of electrolytes. Redox potentials and electrochemical cells. Electrolysis.
Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding: Nature of light and matter. Simple wave mechanical treatment of particle-in-a-box and of the electron. Energy levels in hydrogen-like and many-electron atoms. Electrovalent, covalent, hydrogen, metallic and van der Waal's bonding.
Thermodynamics: A brief treatment of the first law, internal energy, heat, work, enthalphy, Hess's Law, Kirchoff's Law, enthalpies of formation.
Phase Equilibria: P-V and P-T diagrams for one-component systems. Polymorphism.
Liquid-liquid and liquid-vapor two-component systems. Ideal and non-ideal behaviour.
Solid-liquid systems.
Organic Chemistry: The preparation, properties and reactions of simple aliphatic and aromatic compounds and the interpretation of these in terms of the principles of molecular structure and of reaction mechanisms. Nomenclature. Isomerism.
Inorganic Chemistry and the Periodic Classification: The properties of selected elements and their compounds; the relationship of these properties to each other, and their interpretation in terms of underlying molecular structure.
BOOKS
Preliminary Reading:
Stranks, D R et a/ Chemistry: A Structura/ View Melbourne: MUP 1965
Reference
Reading guides are issued for each topic during the year.
ASSESSMENT
Assignments and practical work, together taken into account in a final assessment.
and two 2-hour papers.
Additional information: Inquiries should Chemistry, room 1006, Science Education
with short tests during the year, will be Final examinations consist of one 3-hour be directed to Dr R Prosser, Lecturer in Building.
CHEMISTRY B1 (CHB01) 2 points
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
A subject of sixteen 1-hour lectures and four 1-hour tutorials.
Prerequisite: Chemistry A SYLLABUS
Schrodinger equation: 1-dimensional potential well, rigid rotor, H atom, harmonic oscillator. Angular momentum. Qualitative molecular orbital and valency-bond theory for diatomic and simple polyatomic molecules.
Rotational and vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules, visible and ultraviolet spectroscopy. Dipole moment and its measurement.
BOOKS
Reading guides and departmental notes will be issued during the year.
ASSESSMENT