Pathology - PATHB23154
Stream Summary
Faculty: MED - Faculty of Medicine
School: School of Medical Sciences
Contact: http://medicalsciences.med.unsw.edu.au/
Program: 3154 - Actuarial Studies / Science
Award(s):
Bachelor of Science (Minor)
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Stream Outline
- How and why diseases develop;
- The disease process - what happens to our bodies when we are ill; and
- The effects of diseases, including their symptoms and complications.
Undergraduate study in Pathology involves examination of various disease processes such as inflammation (including infections), wound healing and cancer. Students become familiar with examining both macroscopic specimens and the microscopic differences between normal and abnormal cells, tissues and organs. In modern teaching facilities, much of the study of microscopic abnormalities is undertaken using computer-based “virtual” microscopy. Courses offered in Pathology allow in-depth study of many fascinating and important disorders such as meningitis, tuberculosis, auto-immune diseases, congenital diseases, a variety of cancers, HIV/AIDS, heart disease, asthma, musculoskeletal diseases and the human version of 'mad cow disease'.
Stream Structure
Stage 1
- BABS1201 Molecules, Cells and Genes (6 UOC)
- CHEM1011 Chemistry A (6 UOC) or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry A (6 UOC)
- CHEM1021 Chemistry B (6 UOC) or CHEM1041 Higher Chemistry B (6 UOC)
- ANAT2241 Histology: Basic and Systematic (6 UOC)1
- PATH2201 Processes in Disease (6 UOC)
- 6 units of credit from:-
- ANAT2111 Introductory Anatomy (6 UOC)
- BIOC2101 Principles of Biochemistry (Advanced) (6 UOC) or BIOC2181 Fundamentals of Biochemistry (6 UOC)
- PHSL2101 Physiology 1A (6 UOC)
- 6 units of credit from:-
- PATH3205 Mol Basis Inflamm & Infection (6 UOC)
- PATH3206 Cancer Pathology (6 UOC)
- MICR2011 Microbiology 1 (6 UOC)
- PATH3207 Musculoskeletal Diseases (6 UOC)
- PATH3208 Cancer Sciences (6 UOC)
- Students who have completed ANAT2241 as part of their major requirements are exempted from this course in the minor and are required to take an additional level 2 / 3 elective in its place.
- ANAT2111 is a prerequisite for PATH3207 Musculoskeletal Diseases.