Overview
After the completion of this unit, you will be able to describe the structural levels of organisation within the body, effectively utilise anatomical terminology, and understand and describe the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive human body systems. Your knowledge and skills will be developed through a series of coursework exercises. You will be required to have access to a computer to make frequent use of internet resources and to complete assessment tasks.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 3 - 2021
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Evaluation
Weekly formative quizzes were helpful for revision and online test preparation.
Continue to provide weekly formative quizzes.
Feedback from Student Evaluation
Many students found the Complete Anatomy Software extremely beneficial for their style of learning. It was a fantastic addition to this unit and helped them learn and understand anatomy and physiology.
Continue to provide students with free access to Complete Anatomy.
Feedback from Self Reflection
Lectures of 15-20 minutes on sub-topics from a week's content compared to a 2 hour lecture on all topics seems to help students learn and retain information.
Continue to provide multiple 15-20 minute lectures each week.
- Describe the major anatomical features of the cells, tissues, and organs of the endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive human body systems
- Describe the function and physiological regulation of the cells, tissues, and organs of the endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive human body systems
- Explain the interactions between structure and function in each of the human body systems
- Apply anatomical terminology and the levels of organisation to the human body and its systems.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 50% | ||||
| 2 - Online Test - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Online Test - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, Global Edition + Martini's Atlas of the Human Body
Edition: 11th (2018)
Authors: Martini, F.H., Nath, J.L. & Bartholomew, E.F.
Pearson Harlow, Essex, England
ISBN: 978-1-488-68748-8
Binding: Hardcover
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.pahl@cqu.edu.au
r.dupreez@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Human Body Systems 1 Review
Chapter
Chapters 2–8, 10 and 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Endocrine System
Chapter
Chapter 18
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Cardiovascular System (Blood)
Chapter
Chapter 19
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Cardiovascular System (Heart)
Chapter
Chapter 20
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Quiz 1 opens at 17:00 AEST on Friday 3rd December 2021.
Module/Topic
No scheduled topic
Chapter
Revise content covered during weeks 1–4.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Cardiovascular System (Blood Vessels)
Chapter
Chapter 21
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Quiz 1 closes at 17:00 AEST on Friday 17th December 2021.
Module/Topic
The Lymphatic System and Immunity
Chapter
Chapter 22
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Quiz 2 opens at 17:00 AEST on Friday 24th December 2021.
Module/Topic
No scheduled topic
Chapter
Revise content covered during weeks 1–5.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Respiratory System
Chapter
Chapter 23
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Quiz 2 closes at 17:00 AEST on Friday 7th January 2022.
Module/Topic
The Digestive System
Chapter
Chapter 24
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Urinary System
Chapter
Chapter 26
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Quiz 3 opens at 17:00 AEST on Friday 21st January 2022.
Module/Topic
The Reproductive System
Chapter
Chapters 28 and 29
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Quiz 3 closes at 17:00 AEST on Friday 28th January 2022.
Module/Topic
Human Development and Inheritance
Chapter
Chapters 28 and 29
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Quiz 4 opens at 17:00 AEST on Friday 4th February 2022.
Module/Topic
Integration of the Human Body Systems
Chapter
Chapters 2–8, 10, 12, 18–24, 26, 28 and 29
Events and Submissions/Topic
Progress Quiz 4 closes at 17:00 AEST on Friday 11th February 2022.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The unit coordinator is Dr Jessica Pahl.
The best way to contact the unit coordinator is by email: j.pahl@cqu.edu.au
Dr Jessica Pahl will be delivering the weekly tutorials, responding to Q&A forum posts and emails. Dr Pahl has completed a Bachelor of Health (Biomedical Science) with honours. Her PhD investigated components of Queensland-grown algae, such as fibre and antioxidant pigments, to alleviate complications of metabolic syndrome.
As per Australian educational standards, you are expected to commit 150 hours of engagement to your study of this unit. A recommended breakdown of study hours is given below:
- 2 - 3 hours per week watching pre-recorded lectures and revising the content through study notes.
- 2 - 3 hours per week completing the weekly study questions and weekly revision quizzes on the unit's Moodle site.
- 2 - 3 hours per week attending the weekly tutorials and reflecting on your answers to the weekly revision worksheets.
- 3 - 4 hours per week preparing for your assessable progress quizzes and studying for your online test.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
Each health profession possesses a body of knowledge, the fundamentals of which must be learnt and understood. The various health professions you have chosen to study have selected the body of knowledge and concepts taught in this unit as relevant to your future scope of practice and you will build upon them in your future coursework. The purpose of the progress quizzes is to challenge your knowledge and understanding of the content as you progress through the unit. All quizzes will be available for a period of one (1) study week and must be completed by the closing date listed in the table below:
| Quiz Number | Topic Examined | Time/Date the Quiz Opens | Time/Date the Quiz Closes |
| Progress Quiz 1 | Weeks 2, 3, 4 | Week 4, Friday, 17:00 AEST | Week 6, Friday, 17:00 AEST |
| Progress Quiz 2 | Weeks 5, 6 | Week 6, Friday, 17:00 AEST | Week 7, Friday, 17:00 AEST |
| Progress Quiz 3 | Weeks 7, 8, 9 | Week 9, Friday, 17:00 AEST | Week 10, Friday, 17:00 AEST |
| Progress Quiz 4 | Weeks 10, 11 | Week 11, Friday, 17:00 AEST | Week 12, Friday, 17:00 AEST |
1. There will be four separate online quizzes to assess your knowledge of the unit material.
2. Each quiz will have 25 questions.
3. You will be allowed two attempts at each quiz. The highest grade you achieve will count as your final mark for that quiz.
4. Your mark from each quiz will contribute 12.5% to your final grade (4 quizzes x 12.5% = 50%).
5. There is a minimum requirement in the assessment task: 50% of the available marks for this assessment item.
6. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after the quiz has closed.
4
Other
All of the quizzes will be available for a period of one (1) study week and must be completed by the closing date listed in the table and on the Moodle site.
Marks will be available after completing the assessment task.
Questions will be automatically marked correct or incorrect. The maximum mark (100) that can be accumulated from the four Progress Quizzes equals 50% of the total unit marks.
- Describe the major anatomical features of the cells, tissues, and organs of the endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive human body systems
- Describe the function and physiological regulation of the cells, tissues, and organs of the endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive human body systems
- Explain the interactions between structure and function in each of the human body systems
- Apply anatomical terminology and the levels of organisation to the human body and its systems.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Online Test
An end of term online test, in the form of an online quiz, will be conducted to assess your knowledge and understanding of the content covered in this unit throughout the term.
The online test will be conducted during the exam period. The date and time will be made available to students towards the end of term when the timetable has been created.
Marks will be available after Certification of Grades.
Questions will be automatically marked correct or incorrect, the maximum mark (100) equals 50% of the total unit marks.
- Describe the major anatomical features of the cells, tissues, and organs of the endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive human body systems
- Describe the function and physiological regulation of the cells, tissues, and organs of the endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive human body systems
- Explain the interactions between structure and function in each of the human body systems
- Apply anatomical terminology and the levels of organisation to the human body and its systems.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
