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Exploring Human Disease (PATH20001)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2
Subject Coordinator
Dr Vicki Lawson
Administrative Coordinator
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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This subject will explore the scientific basis of disease. Students will be introduced to factors affecting the initiation, progression and resolution of human disease through the study of:
- Injury, inflammation and repair
- Infection, immunity and immune mediated disease
- Homeostasis and vascular disease
- Genes, cancer and the environment.
Through lectures and tutorials students will understand that, as first described by Rudolf Virchow in 1958, ‘injury to the smallest living unit of the body, the cell, is the basis of all disease’, and appreciate how injury can lead to the development of diseases such as cancer and diabetes or cause a heart attack.
Intended learning outcomes
- Describe the factors affecting the initiation, progression and resolution of human disease
- Apply the appropriate scientific terminology to the discussion of disease
- Explain the relationship between normal and abnormal cell structure and function and its contribution to the development of disease
Generic skills
- Recognise and describe the relationship between complex concepts.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must complete one of these subject sets (A, B, C or D):
SET A: BIOL10004 and BIOL10005
SET B: BIOL10004 and one of BIOL10010, BIOL10011
SET C: BIOL10005 and one of BIOL10008, BIOL10009
SET D: one of BIOL10008, BIOL10009 and one of BIOL10010, BIOL10011
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BIOL10004 | Biology of Cells and Organisms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL10005 | Genetics & The Evolution of Life | No longer available | |
BIOL10008 | Introductory Biology: Life's Machinery | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL10009 | Biology: Life's Machinery | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL10010 | Introductory Biology: Life's Complexity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL10011 | Biology: Life's Complexity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
This subject is not available to students enrolled in B.Biomedicine.
Recommended background knowledge
Biochemistry
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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10 Weekly online quizzes (1 hour each)
| Throughout the semester | 10% |
Two written examinations during semester. (Up to 40 minutes each). 15% each.
| During the teaching period | 30% |
Written examination
| During the examination period | 60% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Vicki Lawson Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 lectures (3 per week) and 12 hours of (1 per week) tutorial/ computer aided learning sessions. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Subject Coordinator
Dr Vicki Lawson
Administrative Coordinator
Time commitment details
170 hours (which includes study time).
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Kumar V. et al., Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, latest edition, Saunders Elsevier.
- Subject notes
This subject will be available to B.Science students only.
Students intending to take a major in Pathology should check subject specific prerequisities for 3rd year Pathology subjects.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Science-credited subjects - new generation B-SCI - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022