Physiology - PHSLA13935
Stream Summary
Faculty: MED - Faculty of Medicine
School: School of Medical Sciences
Contact: http://www.science.unsw.edu.au
Program: 3935 - Science/Social Science
Award(s):
Bachelor of Science (Major)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Stream 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.
Stream Structure
A major in Physiology is comprised of 66 units of credit of courses as follows:
Stage 1
- 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:
- 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:
- BIOC2181 Fundamentals of Biochemistry (6 UOC) or BIOC2101 Principles of Biochemistry (6 UOC)
- BIOC2291 Fundamentals of Molecular Biology(6 UOC) or BIOC2201 Principles of Molecular Biology (6 UOC)
Stage 3
18 UOC from:
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.
