Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Fei Liu
Contact via email
4WW 330
make an appointment
Lecturer
Joanne Jamie
4WW 231
anytime
Lecturer
Morten Andersen
Contact via 7487
4WW 306
anytime
Lecture
Peter Karuso
Contact via 8290
4WW 232
anytime
Lecturer
Ian Jamie
Contact via 8293
4WW 236
any time
Lecturer
Alison Rodger
Contact via e-mail
6WW 310 Head of Department's office
make an appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to BAdvSc
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
(CBMS102 or CBMS108) and (CBMS103 or CBMS107)
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is a full-year unit based on contemporary topics in chemistry and biomolecular sciences. It is comprised of weekly research-focussed seminars and discussions. This unit caters for advanced students who are strong in chemistry and/or science and who are interested in pursuing a scientific career. It aims to encourage well-qualified students to reach their full potential. This unit is an extension of CBMS107 and CBMS108. The unit will treat some topics in more depth and introduce others that are not covered in the regular undergraduate units. The weekly one-hour discussion sessions will also address recent advances in the molecular sciences. Student discussions are led by research scientists of the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences and each student is mentored by a third year advanced chemistry student. In addition, all students are encouraged to participate in the research activities of the department over the summer recess through vacation scholarships.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assessment is based on assignments/workshops (total of 6 major topics). These assessment tasks are provided so that you will have the opportunity to use the information gained in the discussion session to test your degree of understanding of those topics and to gain discipline specific knowledge and skills as well as develop your graduate capabilities attributes. There is no final exam for this unit.
A satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade is obtained overall. You must perform satisfactorily in all parts of the assessment to achieve an overall satisfactory mark. Assignments will be marked with a A/B/C/D/F or similar marking scheme and you are encouraged to perform at the best of your abilities. A high standard of performance is expected and higher marks will allow entry into summer vacation scholarships. An unsatisfactory grade will result from a student not submitting all assignment tasks or showing a partial, superficial or faulty understanding of the topics.
Please note that CBMS107 and CBMS108 are co-requisites for this unit (unless you have done CBMS107/8 or the equivalent previously).
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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module 1 | 17% | Yes | S1; week 12 |
module 2 | 16% | Yes | S2; week 2 |
module 3 | 17% | Yes | S2; week 5 |
module 4 | 17% | Yes | S2; week 6 and 7 |
module 5 | 16% | Yes | S2; week 10 |
module 6 | 17% | Yes | S2; week 13 |
Due: S1; week 12
Weighting: 17%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
There will be an assignment with presentation.
Due: S2; week 2
Weighting: 16%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
assignment on the chemistry of protein post-translational modifications (40%)
group (2) presentation on your assigned post-translational modification (60%)
Due: S2; week 5
Weighting: 17%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Take home exam on structure and bonding
Due: S2; week 6 and 7
Weighting: 17%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
You will make an oral presentation (PowerPoint; 3 slides) and then hand in a 2000 word essay on some aspect of combinatorial chemistry you find fascinating/intriguing/interesting
Due: S2; week 10
Weighting: 16%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
This will be a problem solving assignment.
Due: S2; week 13
Weighting: 17%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Construct a webpage that explains either (a) the formation of the garden OR (b) the colours of the chemical garden. The webpage must include a video of the growing crystal garden.
No required text. Background readings from co-requisite CBMS107 and CBMS108 may be required.
Lectures in Semester 1 will be Thursday 9-10 AM in 8SCO 214 (or E3B 214).
Lectures in Semester 2 will be Thursday 2-4 PM in 8SCO 214 (or E3B 214).
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Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
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Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
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Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Students are advised to do a maximum of 3 other subjects in S2 (and 4 other subjects in S1). CBMS107 and CBMS108 are co-requisites.
The content/format of CBMS188 is similar to that of last year.
The unit convenor has changed from Prof. Peter Karuso to Dr. Fei Liu.
CBMS188 is required for the BAdvSc program, by permission and with an equivalent ATAR (>96) or with HD grade(s) in both CBMS107 and 108.