UNSW Handbook Plan - Physiology

PRINT THIS PAGE

Physiology - PHSLB13972


	Faculty: MED - Faculty of Medicine
	School: School of Medical Sciences
	Contact: http://medicalsciences.med.unsw.edu.au
	Program: 3972 - Advanced Science
	Award(s):
	Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Major)

Plan Outline

Physiology is all about what makes human bodies work – how the organs – including the brain – function, how humans grow and develop, how humans sustain bodily functions and what happens to these processes during disease and ageing. More specifically, it considers how molecules in cells interact to provide specific functions (molecular and cellular physiology) and how organs, which are collections of cell types, have local and distal actions via neural and humoral (e.g. hormones) communication to sustain the life of an organism. The latter represents systems or integrative physiology. Physiology contributes to all major aspects of biology, including comparative biology, neuroscience, and the allied disciplines of pharmacology, anatomy and pathology.

Plan Structure

A major in Physiology in Advanced Science programs is comprised of 66 units of credit of courses as follows:

Stage 1

BABS1201 Molecules, Cells and Genes (6 UOC)

CHEM1011 Chemistry A (6 UOC) or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry A (6 UOC)
MATH1041 Statistics for Life and Social Sciences (6 UOC)¹

PLUS 6 UOC from:

BIOS1101 Evolutionary & Functional Biol (6 UOC)

CHEM1021 Chemistry B (6 UOC) or CHEM1041 Higher Chemistry B (6 UOC)
PHYS1111 Fundamentals of Physics (6 UOC) or PHYS1121 Physics 1A (6 UOC) or PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A( 6 UOC)

Notes:

MATH1031 Mathematics for Life Sciences, MATH1131 Mathematics 1A, or MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A may be taken instead of MATH1041

Stage 2

PHSL2101 Physiology 1A (6 UOC)
PHSL2201 Physiology 1B (6 UOC)

PLUS 12 UOC from:

BIOC2101 Principles of Biochem (Adv) (6 UOC)
BIOC2201 Principles of Mol. Biol (Adv) (6 UOC)
NEUR2201 Neuroscience Fundamentals (6 UOC)
PHAR2011 Introductory Pharmacology and (6 UOC)

Stage 3

18 UOC from:

NEUR3101 Muscle and Motor Control (6 UOC)
NEUR3121 Molecular & Cellular Neuroscie (6 UOC)
NEUR3221 Neurophysiology (6 UOC)
PHSL3211 Cardiovascular Physiology and (6 UOC)
PHSL3221 Endocrine, Reproductive & Dev. (6 UOC)

Recommended elective (this course is not required but is recommended as a good complementary course for this major):

BIOC3261 Human Biochemistry (6 UOC)

Honours

For further information on Honours in Physiology, please see the Physiology Honours entry in this Handbook.

URL for this page:

© The University of New South Wales (CRICOS Provider No.: 00098G), 2004-2011. The information contained in this Handbook is indicative only. While every effort is made to keep this information up-to-date, the University reserves the right to discontinue or vary arrangements, programs and courses at any time without notice and at its discretion. While the University will try to avoid or minimise any inconvenience, changes may also be made to programs, courses and staff after enrolment. The University may also set limits on the number of students in a course.