School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Reproduction and the Environment
  • Unit Code

    HRB5110
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Phillip Leslie MATSON

Description

This unit will examine the impact upon human reproduction of exogenous factors such as drugs, chemical pollutants, nutrition, disease, and extreme conditions in the workplace. Examples of outcomes including changing sperm counts and fetal malformations, and the debates surrounding these issues, will be explored.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the effects of chemical pollutants and drugs on fertility and reproduction.
  2. Evaluate the impact of nutrition and disease on fertility and reproduction.
  3. Evaluate the significance of extreme conditions in the workplace in adversely affecting fertility and reproduction.
  4. Critique evidence of changes in sperm counts over time occurring as a consequence of increased environmental toxicity.
  5. Evaluate factors in the environment that affect the viability of a pregnancy and affect natural fertility and reproduction.

Unit Content

  1. Impact of chemical pollutants and drugs on fertility and reproduction.
  2. Impact of nutrition and disease on fertility and reproduction.
  3. Reproductive effects of extreme conditions in the workplace.
  4. Changes in sperm counts over the years.
  5. Factors affecting the viability of a pregnancy.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will be taught through lectures and seminars which will be assessed, and learning will be supplemented with practical sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewPresentation of literature review10%
Literature ReviewCritique of scientific papers40%
ExaminationEnd of Semester Examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Reproduction and the Environment
  • Unit Code

    HRB5110
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Phillip Leslie MATSON

Description

This unit will examine the impact upon human reproduction of exogenous factors such as drugs, chemical pollutants, nutrition, disease, and extreme conditions in the workplace. Examples of outcomes including changing sperm counts and fetal malformations, and the debates surrounding these issues, will be explored.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the effects of chemical pollutants and drugs on fertility and reproduction.
  2. Evaluate the impact of nutrition and disease on fertility and reproduction.
  3. Evaluate the significance of extreme conditions in the workplace in adversely affecting fertility and reproduction.
  4. Critique evidence of changes in sperm counts over time occurring as a consequence of increased environmental toxicity.
  5. Evaluate factors in the environment that affect the viability of a pregnancy and affect natural fertility and reproduction.

Unit Content

  1. Impact of chemical pollutants and drugs on fertility and reproduction.
  2. Impact of nutrition and disease on fertility and reproduction.
  3. Reproductive effects of extreme conditions in the workplace.
  4. Changes in sperm counts over the years.
  5. Factors affecting the viability of a pregnancy.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will be taught through lectures and seminars which will be assessed, and learning will be supplemented with practical sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewPresentation of literature review10%
Literature ReviewCritique of scientific papers40%
ExaminationEnd of Semester Examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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