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Bridging Courses 2010
The University of Wollongong is offering the following bridging courses during Summer session. Application forms will be available on enrolment day or you can request that one be sent to you by calling 1300 ASKUOW or download the application form below.
Bridging courses in Biology
These courses are highly recommended if you have not studied biology before and are planning to undertake a degree at University that includes Biological Sciences. The aim of these courses is to provide you with the necessary background to undertake biology at University rather than cover all topics in HSC biology. Two courses are offered. The first, in February, covers material dealt with in Autumn Session - evolution, biodiversity and ecology (BIOL104) and functional biology of plants and animals (BIOL105). The second, in July, covers material dealt with in Spring Session - biochemistry, cell structure and function, genetics, and energy metabolism (BIOL103). The courses include a combination of lectures, tutorials and practicals.
| Cost: | $75 per course |
| When: | February bridging course: 8 to 12 February 2010, 1.30 - 4.30pm. July bridging course: 12 to 16 July 2010, 9.30 - 12.30pm. |
| Where: | Building 42 Room 101 (February & July); |
| Textbook: | Knox, Ladiges, Evans and Saint (4th Edition) |
| Contact: | Slade Landauer on (02) 42213013, or in Building 35 Room G19. |
Bridging course in Chemistry
This course is highly recommended for high school leavers without HSC Chemistry and others thinking of taking Chemistry at University who do not have a background equivalent to HSC Chemistry. This subject will cover fundamental aspects of chemistry normally dealt with in high school science that will provide the necessary foundation for 1st year Chemistry studies.
TOPIC 1: Classification of Matter
TOPIC 2: Atomic Theory and Bonding
TOPIC 3: Nomenclature - Naming Chemical Compounds
TOPIC 4: Equations
TOPIC 5: Stoichiometry; Atomic weights and molecular weights; the mole; percentage composition by mass; empirical formulae; molecular formulae; relationship of moles to mass in chemical equations; limiting reagent, excess reagent, percentage yield.
TOPIC 6: Solution Stoichiometry
EXPERIMENT 1: Solubility
EXPERIMENT 2: Preparation of Solutions
| Cost: | $150 |
| When: | 9 8 to 19 February 2010, 9.30am - 12.30pm, |
| Where: | Building 14 Room G01. |
| Textbook: | Course notes will be given out at the start of the course (included in cost) |
| Contact: | Karin Maxwell on (02) 4221 5357, or in building 18, room G02 Or Glennys O'Brien on (02) 4221 3072, or in building 18, room 112 |
An Appreciation of Physics
This course is recommended for students enrolling in any first year physics course, who have a limited background in physics. The course has been designed to provide you with an introduction to those concepts in physics that appear to defy common sense and are consequently most often misunderstood. These concepts include the nature of forces and their role in motion, work and energy. Difficulties with these concepts generally hamper progress in other areas of physics. The topics discussed will include: motion, vectors, co-ordinate systems, Newton's Laws, gravitation, conservation laws, measurements and uncertainties. The course will include lectures, tutorials and practical work in our undergraduate physics laboratories, with the emphasis on problem solving and learning by example.
| Cost: | $150 |
| When: | 8 to 19 February 2010, 1.30 - 4.30 pm |
| Where: | Building 41 Room 263 |
| Contact: | Faculty of Engineering on (02) 42213491. |
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