Requirements to Pass this Unit 

To pass this unit you must:

• Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%, and
• Participate in and undertake all hurdle activities for a minimum of 50%.

Hurdle Assessment 

Laboratory Work (25%): 

Development of knowledge and skills in a range of techniques used for the analysis and measurement employed in the molecular sciences requires continual practice at authentic problems in a laboratory-based setting.

There will be 5 lab practicals with each lab assessment contributing 5%. Each lab practical composed of prelab exercises (10%), in class lab book (10%) and the “lab report” (80%). The prelabs will be done online and will be due before your lab class. The in-class lab book will be completed during the lab class and hand submitted to your demonstrator before you leave that class. The lab report will be due after two weeks of completing each lab practical.

• You must attend and participate in the lab practical classes to pass CHEM6201.This is a hurdle requirement meaning that failure to meet this requirement may result in a failed grade for the unit.
• You must obtain an average mark of 50% for your practicals (prelab, lab book, prac report). Resubmission of the practical report will be allowed for practicals that are assessed at between 40% and 50%. The maximum mark upon resubmission is 50%.
• Students are permitted to one absence from lab practicals and that absence will require the approval of Special Consideration Request. If the special consideration is approved, a catch-up lab practical need to be completed at a time organised by unit convenor.

Note: If you miss a lab practical class, you are NOT automatically entitled to a make-up class. Such an opportunity may be offered, if possible, if sufficient warning and special consideration approval is provided. You must also contact the Unit Convenor, Dr. Su Su Thae Hnit (susuthae.hnit@mq.edu.au).

Other assessments

Workshops (20%): 

• There will be 6 workshops but only 4 workshops will be assessed, each worth 5%.
• The assessment will be based on in class tasks, quizzes and problem sets, with bonus marks available for optional take home exercises submitted after the classes.
• You must submit workshop exercises online after one week of completing each workshop. 
• If you miss the workshop, please contact the Unit Convenor immediately. 

Mid Semester Test (10%): 

• The Mid Semester Test will be run in the Week 7 during workshop and the topics within this test cover the lecture content from Week 1-Week 6. It is one hour quiz type test.
• You will need to achieve a minimum of 50% to pass the Mid Semester Test.
• If you miss the Mid Semester Test, you will not be granted a supplementary test unless provided with special consideration approval. 

Final 3 hour examination (45%): 

• The final examination will be 3 hours, consisting of multiple choice and short answer questions.
• The final examination will cover all sections of the unit (lectures, lab practicals, workshops, and weekly questions) and is designed to address specific understanding of all the concepts presented within the course. 
• If you receive a special consideration for the final exam, a supplementary exam will be scheduled in the interval between the regular exam period and the start of the next session. Please ensure that you are familiar with the policy prior to submitting an application.

Grade Book: 

The assessments marks will be displayed on iLearn through Gradebook. It is your responsibility to regularly verify that the records displayed in Gradebook are correct. If you have any difficulties in completing the hurdle and other assessment tasks, please contact to Unit Convenor immediately. 

Late Assessment Submission Penalty  

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, and/or scheduled workshops or lab practical assessment, please apply for Special Consideration. You should also immediately contact the Unit Convenor. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted.

In this unit, late submissions will be accepted as follows:

• Laboratory reports and Workshops – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies.
• Mid-semester test - NO, unless Special Consideration is Granted.

Please refer to the Macquarie University Assessment policy regarding submission.

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable, and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the Unit Convenor, Dr. Su Su Thae Hnit (susuthae.hnit@mq.edu.au) and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.

Week 1 activities: Students are expected to review the Week 1 lecture materials and undertake the week 1 weekly online questions provided in iLearn. 

Lectures: Lectures will commence in Week 1. Lectures will be presented formally. Some lecture material will be available on the unit website beforehand, while other material will be provided in the lecture class. You are strongly encouraged to review the lecture material beforehand, so you can spend most of your time engaging with the lecture and ask questions in the class if you have them. There are two one-hour lectures per week for 13 weeks. Two Revision lectures will be provided in the last week of the semester.

Laboratory Classes: Laboratory classes will begin in Week 2. Practical classes are designed for you to develop basic laboratory, safety, and critical and analytical analysis skills. There will be 5 three-hour lab practicals on-campus.

• Laboratory notes will be available on iLearn for download and you are expected to have a read through all the planned activities.
• You must complete the prelab exercises/quizzes online before attending laboratory classes.
• You must bring a hard copy of laboratory notes, a laboratory note book which will be assessed by demonstrators before leaving the class and a lab coat to your laboratory class.

Workshop Classes: Workshop classes will start in Week 3. Workshop classes are designed to introduce students to a range of problem-solving skills and mainly consist of material related to lab practical, lecture topics, using a series of activities, problems, or questions during the workshop. There will be 6 two-hour workshops run fortnightly.

• Workshop notes will be available on iLearn for download.
• You are expected to have read through all the planned activities.
• You must bring your own laptop for the workshop activities.  

Optional Weekly Online Questions:  Optional weekly online questions with answer sheets will be provided on iLearn site of this unit. 

Required and Recommended Texts and/or Materials:

Prescribed text: 

• D.C.Harris and C.A.Lucy, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 10th Edition, Macmillan Publishing. (2020)

Recommended Textbook and/or Materials: 

• D. A.Skoog, D.M.West, F.J.Holler, S.R.Crouch, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 10th Edition, Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning, Inc (2021). 
• D.S. Hage, J.D. Carr, Analytical Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis, 1st Edition, Pearson (2011). (Chapter 23).

Technology Used and Required iLearn: You are expected to access the unit website on a frequent basis and download PDF files provided. You are strongly encouraged to make use of the discussion forum available on the unit website for general discussion of the materials presented in this unit. General use computers are provided by the University, but it would be advantageous to have your own computer and internet access. Microsoft Office is available free of charge to Macquarie University students. See https://students.mq.edu.au/support/technology/ software/microsoft. It is important that you have a scientific calculator as hand-held calculators will be used in practicals, workshops, for assignments, tests, and in the final examination. Note that text retrieval calculators are not allowed in the final examination. You will use Excel and other data processing and display software. Computers carrying this software are available in the teaching laboratories. Items of interest and links to other online material will be placed on the unit iLearn website.

Methods of Communication

During the semester, the CHEM6201 iLearn site will be used to communicate important information to you. Emails will also be sent to your student account. Please check the announcement on iLearn page and your student's email frequently. Students are encouraged to use discussion board for queries. Please feel free to communicate directly with your unit convenor using the contact details provided on the iLearn.

Dr. Su Su Thae Hnit: Appointment by email susuthe.hnit@mq.edu.au

Anastasiia Tukova: Appointment by email anastasiia.tukova@mq.edu.au

COVID Information

For the latest information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please refer to the Coronavirus infection page on the Macquarie website: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/coronavirus-faqs. Remember to check this page regularly in case the information and requirements change during semester. If there are any changes to this unit in relation to COVID, these will be communicated via iLearn.  

Lectures begin on 24th July 2024 and will be held on:

Laboratory practicals start on 2^nd August 2024 and will be held on:

Students will need to register for one class only.

Workshop classes start on 9^th August 2024 and will be held on:

We value student feedback to be able to continually improve the way we offer our units. As such we encourage students to provide constructive feedback via student surveys, to the teaching staff directly, or via the FSE Student Experience & Feedback link in the iLearn page.

Student feedback from the previous offering of this unit was very positive overall, with students pleased with the clarity around assessment requirements and the level of support from teaching staff. As such, no change to the delivery of the unit is planned, however we will continue to strive to improve the level of support and the level of student engagement.