The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
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Service Taught Unit
Service Taught Units are units where Curtin College students join Curtin University students in the same classroom. Such units are taught by university staff and Curtin College students will be enrolled as Curtin University students. Curtin University Policies and Processes will apply to these units.
Credits: 25
This unit provides an introduction to core concepts within pharmaceutical chemistry. Students will be introduced to the principal laboratory techniques used for drug analysis and learn about a range of physio-chemical drug properties which influence their pharmaceutical formulation, pharmacology and clinical use. This unit is divided into two learning modules. Module 1: Titrimetric analysis of drugs, spectrophotometric analysis of drugs, chromatographic analysis of drugs, analysis of drug formulations. Module 2: Key functional groups in drugs, drug ionisation, drug solubility, drug stereochemistry, drug stability.
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Unit NOT available | Face-to-face (on campus) only |
The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
| Type | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 hours weekly |
| Science Laboratory | 9 x 2 hours semesterly |
| Tutorial | 9 x 2 hours semesterly |
What are prerequisites?
Prerequisites are courses or units that must be completed or admitted into before enrolling in this unit.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| S2PH | Admission into Diploma of Pharmacy |
| BCC2000S | Foundations of Biochemistry |