Overview

Is this water safe to drink, or should a factory be charged for polluting it? And is this a question with only two possible answers? This course investigates analytical chemistry and how it can be applied to issues such as water quality, environmental contaminants, drugs, and doping in sports. This … For more content click the Read More button below. Examples of such real world issues are understanding the difference between water or soil not containing any lead vs merely not detecting the presence of lead due to a poor analytical technique; and the difference between a measurement of a drug being higher than a legal limit and being able to conclude with confidence that the drug is present at a level above a legal limit. Importantly, you will also learn to recognise when the appropriate answer is “we don’t know”. This course has a theoretical component to teach the theory of these different techniques and the wide variety of applications; combined with a lab component which will provide hands on experience with the analytical techniques to reinforce the theoretical knowledge, followed by a workshop to build data analysis skills.

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisite: CHEM2041

Delivery

In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

Fees

Pre-2019 Handbook Editions

Access past handbook editions (2018 and prior)