BPS2031 Analytical methods I: principles and applications
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
BPS2031 Analytical methods I: principles and applications is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, offered in 2023 in Semester 1 at Parkville. It needs BPS1031 and BPS1032.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 1
- Parkville
- Assessment
- Exam 60%
- and 4 other tasks
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before BPS2031
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After BPS2031
No unit lists BPS2031 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Overview
Analytical Methods lays a foundation of knowledge for the analytical identification and quantitation of chemical entities used in the pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries. The unit provides the participant with basic principles and concepts of chemical equilibria, classical (titrimetric) methods of analysis, atomic and molecular spectroscopy (spectrochemical methods of analysis) and analytical separation (chromatographic) methodologies.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Parkville | On campus |
Assessment
- Student engagement and participationParticipationThreshold hurdle5%
- In-semester progress testsIn class testThreshold hurdle12%
- Workshop problem-based learningWorkshopThreshold hurdle8%
- Laboratory-based activitiesOtherThreshold hurdle15%
- Laboratory-based examIn class testThreshold hurdle10%
- Final assessmentExamThreshold hurdle50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe the analytical process and fundamental analytical concepts (e.g., selectivity, experimental error) and apply them to practical analytical measurements.
- 2
Quantitatively determine the chemical composition of aqueous electrolyte solutions using gravimetry and titrimetry and interpret the results in terms of theoretical models of chemical solution equilibria.
- 3
Explain the physical principles and instrumental characteristics of selected spectroscopic analytical techniques.
- 4
Apply theoretical principles of separation processes and chromatography to predict and rationalise the outcome of practical analytical separations;
- 5
Safely and competently conduct analytical measurements in the laboratory.
Workload and teaching
- Laboratories24 hours
- Assessments8 hours
- Workshops12 hours
- Applied sessions12 hours
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Twelve 1-hour online preparation modules (discovery)
- Twenty-four 1-hour lectures (online modules)
- Twelve 1-hour Q&A sessions
- Six 2-hour workshops
- Six 4-hour laboratory classes
- Eight hours of scheduled assessment
Authentic practical experiments
Moodle discovery modules with Check-Your-Learning questions
Interactive lectures, quizzes and workshops
Authentic analytical methods scenarios in-lecture, workshops and throughout practical component
Learning resources
Required resources
Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 9th Edition (2014) - eBook
By: Douglas A. Skoog, Donald M. West, F. James Holler, Stanley R. Crouch (https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/MONASH/detail.action?docID=4771001)
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Ben Capuano
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Ben Capuano