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School: Medical and Health Sciences

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  • Unit Title

    Advances in Medical Science 1

  • Unit Code

    MMS5107

  • Year

    2018

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Simon LAWS

Description

In this unit, students will investigate aspects of the history and philosophy of science, as well as major advances in the fields of cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology, and human molecular biology.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCH5105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse major developments in medical and health science research to broaden research knowledge.
  2. Communicate an advanced understanding of medical and health science research demonstrating a coherent argument for a research topic.
  3. Formulate coherent responses to complex medical and health science research scenarios to illustrate broad subject knowledge.

Unit Content

  1. History and philosophy of science, focussing on critical events in the modern sciences disciplines including scientific revolutions, the discovery of the circulation of the blood, cell theory, genetics and evolutionary theory.
  2. Cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology.
  3. Pathophysiology of common myopathies.
  4. Molecular biology of cancer.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On campus students will be required to attend a weekly 2 hour seminar and also access the University Learning Management System - Blackboard for unit materials. Online students will access the unit materials through the University Learning Management System - Blackboard. Online students will present a their seminars either on-campus or using an online software (such as Blackboard collaborate) in consultation with their unit coordinator.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
Presentation ^Seminar
Examination ^End of semester exam
ONLINE
TypeDescription
PresentationSeminar
ExaminationEnd of semester examination

^ Mandatory to Pass

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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