Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
---|---|
Practical | 6 x 3h practical classes |
Lecture | 1 x 2h lecture |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Laboratory practical reports | 100% |
Supplementary Assessment | resubmit laboratory practical reports | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module students will be able to:
- demonstrate an awareness of relevant Health & Safety issues
- undertake a range of standard analytical procedures to acceptable standards of accuracy and precision
- convert primary analytical readings to obtain experimental data
- produce experimental reports to a required format.
Aims
The module aims to introduce students to the basic principles and practice of laboratory based analyses. It is also designed to complement and underpin other modules in level 0 of the Life Sciences degree scheme. Emphasis is given to training in basic laboratory skills, to developing an understanding of factors affecting the quality of analytical data and to building confidence in manipulating these data.
Content
The course consists of integrated workshop and practical sessions covering several basic laboratory procedures that are relevant to other level 0 modules. It commences with a consideration of laboratory safety issues and the principles underlying laboratory analyses. An initial laboratory class then introduces students to issues of accuracy and precision using volumetric analyses to illustrate these points. Practical classes will then continue covering aspects of solution preparation and titration, instrument calibration and the basis of spectroscopic analysis, and light microscopy. After the initial introductory classes, students will be expected to produce experimental reports; they will be tutored in the content and format of these reports.
Reading List
General Text(2003.) Practical skills in biomolecular sciences /Rob Reed ... [et al.]. Primo search Recommended Text
Duck, R., Jones, R., & Weyers, J. (2003) Practical Skills in Environmental Sciences Only one of the following books required 2nd Pearson Primo search Jones, A., Reed, R. & Weyers, J. (2003) Practical Skills in Biology 2nd Pearson Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 3