BMSC11001 - Human Body Systems 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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 integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous systems, and special senses. 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

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 There are no pre-requisites for the 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).

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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 Quiz(zes) 50%
2. Online Test 50%

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 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 86.34% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 22.9% 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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Students indicated that the layout of the Moodle site was structured well and the content was easy to find.
Recommendation
The current structure and layout of the Moodle site will be maintained.
Action Taken
The Moodle site structure was updated during 2020 and retained during term 1 2021. The lecture style during 2020 was retained for term 1 2021.
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Students enjoy the chunked lectures and inclusion of diagrams.
Recommendation
The current lecture style will be maintained.
Action Taken
The lecture style remained the same during 2020.
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Feedback
Students like the instant feedback in the weekly practice quizzes to help with determining where to focus their study for assessment preparation.
Recommendation
The current weekly quiz format will be maintained.
Action Taken
The weekly quizzes were retained but were updated when the invigilated exam was changed to an online test to reflect the new style of assessment.
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The students enjoyed the weekly worksheets which contain a variety of question styles similar to those in their assessments.
Recommendation
The weekly worksheets should be maintained and updated where appropriate.
Action Taken
In Progress
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The students appreciated the recorded lectures being available in advance and broken down into smaller lectures.
Recommendation
The currect recorded lectures in their short format will be retained.
Action Taken
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Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Describe the major anatomical features of the cells, tissues, and organs of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems, and of the special senses
  2. Describe the function and physiological regulation of the cells, tissues, and organs of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems, and of the special senses.
  3. Explain the interactions between structure and function in each of the human body systems
  4. 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
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1 - Online Quiz(zes) • • • •
2 - Online Test • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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• Intermediate Level
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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