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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

    The Biology of Human Disease

  • Unit Code

    SCH3227

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Ruben PHILLIPS

Description

In this unit students examine the principles and mechanisms of the disease process. Students learn about the various components and interactions of the body’s defence system, and the relationship of environmental factors to the disease process (including cancer). The content includes the morphology, pathogenesis and clinical course of diseases in detail, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Students evaluate the proximity to medical care upon disease susceptibility and gain insights into disease progression in rural and remote populations. Content includes analysis of disease progression in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations as well as other indigenous populations globally. Students are given the opportunity to engage with industry experts through guest presentations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed 1 unit from SCH1134, SCH1143, SCH1106, MHS1101, MHS1102.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCH2337

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the influence of environmental and disease processes on individuals and populations.
  2. Evaluate the impact of disease processes on major organ systems in humans and populations.
  3. Present knowledge of human disease in a logical order to peer and professional audiences.

Unit Content

  1. Cell injury and adaptation.
  2. Fluid and haemodynamic derangement.
  3. Haematopoietic and lymphoid pathology.
  4. Inflammation.
  5. Neoplasia.
  6. Nutritional disorders.
  7. Disease epidemiology in populations.
  8. Repair.
  9. Vascular pathology.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students have the opportunity to research concepts, present ideas orally, discuss situations in groups and to develop critical perspectives. They gain experience in the use of current laboratory equipment and methods and work in highly collaborative laboratory situations to plan and organise experimental work. Students prepare a literature review on a specified topic and have the opportunity to develop research seminar presentation skills.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestPractical Laboratory Test20%
Literature ReviewLiterature Review of topics in Biology of Human Disease30%
TestOnline tests20%
PresentationPresentation of findings from Biology of Human Disease30%

Core Reading(s)

  • Rubin, R., & Strayer, D. S. (2012). Rubin’s pathology: Clinicopathologic foundations of medicine  . Rubins’s pathology: Clinicopathologic foundations of medicine. (6th ed.). Philadelphia.: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/664325098?databaseList=638

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

    The Biology of Human Disease

  • Unit Code

    SCH3227

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Ruben PHILLIPS

Description

In this unit students examine the principles and mechanisms of the disease process. Students learn about the various components and interactions of the body’s defence system, and the relationship of environmental factors to the disease process (including cancer). The content includes the morphology, pathogenesis and clinical course of diseases in detail, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Students evaluate the proximity to medical care upon disease susceptibility and gain insights into disease progression in rural and remote populations. Content includes analysis of disease progression in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations as well as other indigenous populations globally. Students are given the opportunity to engage with industry experts through guest presentations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed 1 unit from SCH1134, SCH1143, SCH1106, MHS1101, MHS1102.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCH2337

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the influence of environmental and disease processes on individuals and populations.
  2. Evaluate the impact of disease processes on major organ systems in humans and populations.
  3. Present knowledge of human disease in a logical order to peer and professional audiences.

Unit Content

  1. Cell injury and adaptation.
  2. Fluid and haemodynamic derangement.
  3. Haematopoietic and lymphoid pathology.
  4. Inflammation.
  5. Neoplasia.
  6. Nutritional disorders.
  7. Disease epidemiology in populations.
  8. Repair.
  9. Vascular pathology.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students have the opportunity to research concepts, present ideas orally, discuss situations in groups and to develop critical perspectives. They gain experience in the use of current laboratory equipment and methods and work in highly collaborative laboratory situations to plan and organise experimental work. Students prepare a literature review on a specified topic and have the opportunity to develop research seminar presentation skills.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestPractical Laboratory Test20%
Literature ReviewLiterature Review of topics in Biology of Human Disease30%
TestOnline tests20%
PresentationPresentation of findings from Biology of Human Disease30%

Core Reading(s)

  • Rubin, R., & Strayer, D. S. (2012). Rubin’s pathology: Clinicopathologic foundations of medicine  . Rubins’s pathology: Clinicopathologic foundations of medicine. (6th ed.). Philadelphia.: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/664325098?databaseList=638

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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