BIOH11006 - Advanced Anatomy and Physiology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

On successful completion, students will have a detailed understanding of the normal functioning of the human body. Students will be able to describe the structure and function of the major organ systems of the human body, including the nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, renal, endocrine, immune and reproductive systems. Students will be able to explain the role of regulatory and feedback control systems in maintaining body functions within effective operational limits.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology.

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Test 40%
2. Online Test 60%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 80.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25% response rate.

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.

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Feedback
Well structured Moodle site with appropriate resources which supports student engagement.
Recommendation
Maintain the use of weekly sections for learning goals, reading lists, lecture and tutorial recordings and notes to support student engagement with the unit's Moodle site.
Action Taken
Moodle site structure was maintained given positive student feedback and that this unit is being superseded.
Source: Have your say
Feedback
Too much content assessed within one assessment item.
Recommendation
Change the assessment tasks to mid-term and end of term assessments to help the students manage the volume of learning and stay engaged with the unit.
Action Taken
Assessment was maintained as a mid-term and an end of term assessment to enable easier management of the student study load.
Source: Have your say Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
Students found that the end of term test needed more time to address the content covered.
Recommendation
Review the duration time and number of questions offered within the end of term test.
Action Taken
A review was carried out and the time offered and the number of questions were found to be appropriate. No changes will be made.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Practice quizzes were beneficial as they allowed students to prepare for the assessments.
Recommendation
The practice quizzzes will be maintained within the unit given their impact on student learning and study.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
There were a large number of extra resources that aided student understanding of the content.
Recommendation
Resources will be maintained as the unit is in teach out and students have found them beneficial.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the detailed anatomy and normal functioning of the major physiological systems of the human body.
  2. Discuss the concepts and processes of homeostatic regulation and feedback within the human body
  3. Explain the neuronal and hormonal control mechanisms of human body systems
  4. Describe the interplay of factors involved in normal system function and how these are usually kept within effective operational limits.


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
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