Physiology - PHSLB23529
Stream Summary
Faculty: MED - Faculty of Medicine
School: School of Medical Sciences
Contact: http://medicalsciences.med.unsw.edu.au
Program: 3529 - Commerce/Science
Award(s):
Bachelor of Science (Minor)
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 minor in Physiology is comprised of 48 UOC of courses as follows:
Stage 1
Stage 1
- CHEM1011 Chemistry A (6 UOC) or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry A (6 UOC)
- CHEM1021 Chemistry B (6 UOC) or CHEM1041 Higher Chemistry B (6 UOC)
- MATH1041 Statistics for Life and Social Sciences (6 UOC)1
Stage 2 / Stage 3
- PHSL2101 Physiology 1A (6 UOC)2
- PHSL2201 Physiology 1B (6 UOC)
- 12 units of credit from the following courses:
- BIOC2201Principles of Molecular Biology (6 UOC) or BIOC2101 Principles of Biochemistry (6 UOC)
- NEUR3101 Muscle and Motor Control (6 UOC)
- NEUR3121 Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience (6 UOC)
- NEUR3221 Neurophysiology (6 UOC)
- PHSL3211 Cardiovascular Physiology and (6 UOC)
- PHSL3221 Endocrine, Reproductive & Dev (6 UOC)
Notes:
- MATH1031 Mathematics for Life Sciences, MATH1131 Mathematics 1A, or MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A may be taken instead of MATH1041.
- Students who have completed PHSL2101 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