62121 Biological methods 
Internal: Semester 1, 2000
written by Dr Mike Kotiw, 

Department of Biological & Physical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences
last modified February, 2000
  Welcome to 62121 Biological Methods ONLINE. These webpages are being developed to assist students by providing additional information relating to the course and to the staff involved in the development of material. You can access lecture material online by clicking on the heading below or clicking directly on a specific lecture in the Lecture and Practical Schedule.
 
About the unit   ON LINE LECTURES
62121 About the Unit 
  Credit Points: 1.0   Pre-requisites: nil
LECTURE AND PRACTICAL SCHEDULE
Provided below is a summary of the lectures and practicals making up unit 62121, and staff responsible for the development  and delivery of content. 
 
 Week Lecture Topic Lecturer Practical 
1 L1 Course outline
L2 Introduction to clinical microbiology
(Slide presentation only-nil online)		 Dr M Kotiw No labs
Assessment item (5%) 
2 L3 Data presentation
L4 Data presentation		 Dr A Le Brocque Data presentation and management
3 L5 Microscopy 1
L6 Microscopy 2		 Dr B McCabe Low and HP microscopy
4 L7 Microbiology 1
L8 Microbiology 2		 Dr M Kotiw Oil immersion microscopy
Microbial culture
5 L9   Separation Columns
L10 Chromatography		 Dr B McCabe Separation Chromatography
6 L11 Spectrophotometry 1
L12 Spectrophotometry 2		 Dr B McCabe Spectrophotometry
Assessment item (5%)
7
 L13 Report presentation
L14 Course review & project overview		 Dr M Kotiw Project
8
 No lectures
Practice Questions (Theory)
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 Project
9
 Theory examination (50%)
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 Project
10
 No lectures
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 Data collation
11
 No lectures
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 No labs
12
 No lectures
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 Practical examination (25%)
13
 No lectures
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 No labs
Project report due (15%)
Module Resources TBA
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Written by  Mike Kotiw  modified February, 2000