Required texts

Skoog, Holler and Crouch: Principles of Instrumental Analysis ISBN-10: 1337670073 ISBN-13: 9781337670074 

Hydrochemistry: Basic Concepts and Exercises. Eckhard Worch 2023 ISBN: 9783110758764 

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

Final assessment will be based on successful completion of each component of this Unit. To attain a pass grade or better in this Unit, the following criteria apply.

The pass the unit the student must:

• attend all tutorial, laboratory and team activities (more then 2 absences can lead to a fail for the unit)
• attempt all assessment items; 
• and achieve minimum 50% (>49.49%) aggregate or higher for the total of individual assignments, which are worth 50% of the total unit mark; 
• and achieve minimum 50% (>49.49%) or higher, after peer assessment adjustment (see section 6c) for the group assignments, which are worth 50% of the total unit mark. 

If the conditions for a pass are met, the grade will be awarded as follows: 

HD 85–100%

DI 75–84%

CR 65–74%

P 50 – 64% 

• non-attempted assessment items will get 0% mark. 

The unit convenor reserves the right to question students on any of their submitted work for moderation and academic integrity purposes, which may result in an adjustment to the marks awarded for a specific task.

Peer group marking scheme:
All the group assignments, the two draft reports, final report and presentation, totally 50% of the overall mark, are subject to a peer assessment marking scheme. Each group member will get a mark weighted for their contribution to the group effort. 
The peer assessment is done after the final presentation when each group member will assess their fellow group members (and themselves) in an anonymous survey about the level of contribution of each member to the group effort. After the survey the convener will use the assessment to adjust the marks of each individual group member. Thus, some students might get higher marks than the overall group mark, and some students might get lower marks but the average mark for the whole group will remain the same. It is important to note that if a student does not contribute at all to the group work their mark for the group component could be halved and resulting in failing the unit if the other individual marks (50%) are low too. Many years of experience has shown that this peer marking scheme fairly attributes appropriate marks to each group member; it penalises freeloaders and rewards hard workers.
 

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and Â鶹´å of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The total workload for this unit is 150 hours. To achieve top marks for this unit students should plan to need the full 150 hours of commitment, as the unit is designed with those 150 hours of commitment in mind (not less!). 

The face-to-face contact time for this unit consists of eleven tutorial (2h), seven practicals (3h) and 3 team meetings (1hr). 

Thus the total formal contact time for students equates to 11x2 + 7x3 + 3 = 22 + 21 + 3 = 46 hours during the semester. 

The preparation for the Tuesday tutorials will require at least 3 hours per week of self-study (11 weeks x 3 = 33 hours in total). 

The remaining 150 - 79 = 71 hours should be apportioned according to the weighting for each assessment item. 

Participation requirements

Participation requirements 

Attendance of all tutorials, tutor group session and laboratories is compulsory.
For absence with medical certificate or equivalent the following rules will be applied:

• Failing the unit if absent for 3 or more laboratories
• Failing the unit if absent for 3 or more supervised team meeting

The tutorials may be recorded at the discretion of the lecturer and if technology allows. If recordings are made they will be made available on Echo or otherwise. Pdf's of lecture slides will be made available at the discretion of the lecturer. However if students cannot attend a tutorial they should also make arrangements for lecture notes from fellow students or other options.

Note that lack of participation may result in inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items and lack of participation in the group work can lead to failing the report and presentation pass requirements.

The written mid-semester test will draw upon information discussed in tutorials, relevant literature (e.g. on unit Canvas site), tutor-groups and laboratories during week 1 to 7.
 

Required IT skills

MSWord, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and R skills. 

In-unit costs

The students will need to purchase one "Tradie" waterproof A4 notebook (less than $10 at Officeworks) 

Work placement, internships or practicums

This unit involves Work Integrated Learning (WIL) by Simulation of an environmental project.

Additional information

• Semester 1, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (210740)