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623 results in the 2027 handbookScience
  1. PHY2820Physiology of human health

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    In Physiology of human health, students learn how the human body systems act together to perform complex body functions. Students will study the endocrine system and how it coordinates and integrates to regulate health and disease. The...

    Semester 2Malaysia

  2. BTH3820Plant biotechnology

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    In this unit you will be introduced the various aspects of plant biotechnology and its relationship to plant breeding. You will learn plant genomes and organisation, the regulation of gene expression, plant cell and tissue culture...

    Semester 1Malaysia

  3. PLSC-HRAPlant sciences

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    Area of studyHonours48 credit pointsScience

  4. IMM3051Principles of applied immunology

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit aims to introduce you to various aspects of laboratory immunology. The course is laboratory based with small group in-class discussions to ensure a thorough theoretical understanding of techniques. Topics include production of...

    Semester 1Clayton

  5. PHA3011Principles of drug action

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit provides you with a basic understanding of the principles of drug action - including the targets of drug action (receptors, enzymes, ion channels), drug receptor interactions, receptor families and signalling pathways - as well...

    Semester 1Clayton

  6. HUP3810Principles of pathology 1

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit will introduce you to two aspects of Pathology - Clinical biochemistry and Haematology - and their importance in medical sciences. The content is broad-based and focuses on general principles and pathophysiological processes in...

    Semester 1Malaysia

  7. HUP3820Principles of pathology 2

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit will introduce you to various aspects of anatomical pathology (histology and cytology), medical parasitology and entomology, and their importance in medical sciences. The unit focuses on general principles and pathophysiological...

    Semester 2Malaysia

  8. PHA3801Principles of pharmacology

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit discusses the core principles on how drugs interact with the human body with the focus on concepts, mechanisms, and applications of drugs in pharmacology. Begins with the fundamental understanding of drug interaction, especially...

    Semester 1Malaysia

  9. EAE5018Professional practice in GIS and technology

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    UnitLevel 512 credit pointsScience

    This unit introduces the concepts, standards and techniques associated with the current professional practice in GIS&T in professional and organisational settings. You will investigate the nature of professions generally and the...

    Semester 1Clayton

  10. BCH3052Protein biology: From sequence to structure and disease

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    The course will give you an advanced understanding of protein structure-function in the context of human disease. Major themes relate the various levels of protein structure to their wide ranging functions, introduce modern techniques used...

    Semester 2Clayton

  11. MTH5510Quantitative risk management

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    UnitLevel 56 credit pointsScience

    Basic concepts of risk management and risk measures. Multivariate models. Copulas and dependence. Financial time series. Volatility models such as ARCH and GARCH processes. Aggregate risk. Extreme value theory. Market, credit, and...

    Semester 2Clayton

  12. MTH5550Quantitative trading and market microstructure

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    UnitLevel 56 credit pointsScience

    Mathematical formulation of trading strategies; order book modelling; market Impact and optimal execution; efficient market hypothesis; the CAPM model; portfolio optimisation; optimal trading; correlation and covariance estimators;...

    Semester 1Clayton

  13. PHS2061Quantum and thermal physics

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    Quantum physics is at the core of physics and this unit provides a basis for understanding key quantum concepts, applications and associated phenomena. Thermal physics aims to understand how energy resides in matter as thermal energy, how...

    Semester 1Clayton

  14. PHS3101Quantum mechanics

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit extends the basic quantum mechanics introduced in second year ( PHS2061 ) to an intermediate level and introduces key concepts, such as Dirac notation, perturbation theory, and generalised scattering theory. Topics covered in the...

    Semester 1Clayton

  15. MTH3241Random processes in the sciences and engineering

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit introduces the methods of stochastic processes and statistics used in the analysis of biological data, physics, economics and engineering. At the completion of the unit you will understand the application of classical techniques,...

    Semester 1Clayton

  16. MTH4241Random processes in the sciences and engineering

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    UnitLevel 46 credit pointsScience

    This unit introduces the methods of stochastic processes and statistics used in the analysis of biological data, physics, economics and engineering. At the completion of the unit you will understand the application of classical techniques,...

    Semester 1Clayton

  17. MTH2140Real analysis

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    An introduction to real analysis with a special focus on sequences of real numbers and functions. Topics covered include properties of real numbers (infima/suprema and the axiom of completeness), sequences and series of real numbers (order...

    Semester 1Clayton

  18. MTH3140Real analysis

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    An introduction to real analysis with a special focus on sequences of real numbers and functions. Topics covered include properties of real numbers (infima/suprema and the axiom of completeness), sequences and series of real numbers (order...

    Semester 1Clayton

  19. BTH2732Recombinant DNA technology

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    In order to carry out any DNA manipulation a large variety of enzymes and specialised techniques are used. This unit will provide the opportunity to gain an understanding of the nature and use of the "tools of the trade" applied routinely...

    Semester 2Malaysia

  20. RMED-HRARegenerative medicine

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    Area of studyHonours48 credit pointsScience