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PSIO220 Introductory Physiology II

Updated: 26 October 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
11 August 2012 14 August 2012 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites PSIO210 or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PSIO220A
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Nicola King (nking20@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit consists of 39 lectures and 13 practical sessions for internal study and a four-day residential school for external study. The unit covers the gastrointestinal system, the way the physiological systems work together to control metabolism, blood pressure, body movement and exercise as well as the response of the body to environmental conditions such as stress, altitude, temperature and hyperbaric conditions. Laboratory work includes studies on both humans and other animals.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. apply knowledge of physiological systems from PSIO210 to situations where these systems work together in an integrated way to control: metabolism, blood pressure, body movement, exercise, and response to environmental conditions: stress, altitude, temperature, hyperabaric conditions;
  2. describe the structure and function of the mammalian gastrointestinal system and apply this information to solving physiological problems;
  3. conduct standard experimental procedures associated with the functioning of the endocrine, cadiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, blood and immune systems of the mammalian body and apply this information to solving integrated physiological problems.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will develop knowledge about human physiology through lectures and laboratory classes. They will be assessed on their knowledge of the discipline by examination, online quizzes, laboratory reports and an essay. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will have some skills in report and essay writing. In this unit they will be taught to critically assess the literature and how to set out a laboratory report in a manner expected in the workplace. It will be assessed by an essay on a relevant topic and laboratory reports. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Some issues such as disease is of global significance but are only briefly covered in this unit. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will already be familiar with finding and referencing scientific literature, however this will be emphasised again in this unit. Proficiency will be assessed in the essay and laboratory reports. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The skills gained in this unit can be used in the workplace and later in life to continue updating the student's knowledgebase on this or other topics. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Experimental design forms part of the skills that are taught in this unit and is assessed in the practical reports. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Social responsibility is taught and practised in laboratory classes. 		True True
8 Team Work
Students work in small teams during the practical classes. 		True True
   

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