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EDF1076Health, power and education: Key frameworks and practices
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This unit is the first of four designed to develop and enhance the health-related knowledge, skills and capabilities of Monash Health and Physical Education (HPE) pre-service teachers. Health and education are powerful partners...
Semester 2Peninsula
PHR1021How medicines work 1: Physical chemistry
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This unit provides an introduction to how drugs become medicines and explores factors that influence the absorption of drugs following oral administration. You will study the physicochemical properties of molecules that determine...
Semester 1MalaysiaParkville
PHR1022How medicines work 2: Pharmacokinetics
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This unit builds upon PHR1021 (How Medicines Work 1) to provide an overview of the processes that affect drug concentrations at target tissues in the body, including drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. These processes...
Semester 2MalaysiaParkville
PHR1122How medicines work 3: Pharmacology
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This unit builds upon PHR1031 How the body works to provide an overview of how drugs interact with their therapeutic targets to alter normal physiological processes in the body. The effects of drugs to reverse the pathophysiology...
Semester 2MalaysiaParkville
PHR1222 How medicines work 4: Medicinal chemistry
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This unit builds upon PHR1021 How medicines work 1 to provide an overview of the chemistry behind how drugs interact with their target once they have been absorbed into the bloodstream (studied in detail in PHR1122 How medicines work 3 and...
Semester 2MalaysiaParkville
PHR1031How the body works
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This unit will provide you with the foundational understanding and knowledge of the human body, including how cells, molecules and organs ensure proper functioning of the body. This will include studies of anatomy, physiology and...
Semester 1MalaysiaParkville
NUT1103Human biology for nutrition
No reviews yetUnitLevel 16 credit pointsMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
This unit takes a scientific approach to growth and development of the human body with an emphasis on a case based learning approach to knowledge application. Specifically this unit covers basic anatomy and physiology of the human body and...
Semester 2Clayton
SPH1006Human development and psychology
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In this unit, you will analyse how communication and swallowing develops across the lifespan and illustrate how cultural-linguistic and psychosocial factors shape these processes. You will discuss key psychological theories relevant to...
Semester 2Peninsula
HSC1300Human health and disease
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You will be introduced to the course of disease for common health conditions, and their impact on individuals and populations. You will learn about different types of disease, and explore common diseases from pathophysiological,...
Semester 2Caulfield
NUT1010Human nutrition: An introduction to nutrients
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This unit focuses on basic concepts in human nutrition. It will introduce the concepts of energy balance and body composition and outline the process of digestion. It will describe the role and function of macro and micronutrients...
Semester 1Clayton
NUT1011Human nutrition: An introduction to nutrients
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This unit focuses on basic concepts in human nutrition. Social and cultural applications of food and consumption will be described, and you will have the opportunity to examine factors that influence food choices. Key nutrition guidelines...
Summer ASemester 1Semester 2Clayton
OCC1042Human occupation and development
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You will learn about the principles and mechanisms underlying the relationship between persons, their environments and occupations; and how it relates to human health and wellbeing. The concept of occupation will be described, and how...
Semester 2Peninsula
BPS1011Human physiology 1: Cells to systems
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This unit lays a foundation of knowledge about mammalian systems and provides the relationship between pathophysiology and the rational design and use of drugs. You will be introduced to the physiological basis of disease, highlighting the...
Semester 1MalaysiaParkville
BPS1012Human physiology 2: Body systems
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This unit builds and extends on concepts learnt in BPS1011 Human Physiology I: Cells to systems. This unit extends on a foundation of knowledge about mammalian systems and the relationship between pathophysiology and the rational design...
Semester 2MalaysiaParkville
ATS1315Human rights and social justice
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In this unit, you will explore issues of human rights and social justice in domestic politics. You will explore the connections and tensions between human rights and social justice, and the social movements they inspire; and you will...
Semester 2CaulfieldClayton
SCI1200Humans, evolution and modern society
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Evolution has shaped and continues to shape humans and the world in which we live. Some of the most challenging issues facing society such as the battle of the sexes, war and violence, population growth and even the global obesity epidemic...
Semester 2Clayton
BMA1901Human structure and function 1
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This unit is the first in a sequence of two biomedical science units that provides foundation knowledge of human anatomy and physiology relevant for allied health professions. This unit develops skills in the critical evaluation of...
Semester 1Peninsula
BMA1902Human structure and function 2
No reviews yetUnitLevel 16 credit pointsMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
This unit is the second in a sequence of two health science units that provides foundation knowledge of human anatomy and physiology relevant for allied health professions and further develops skills in the critical evaluation of evidence....
Semester 2Peninsula
FIT1060Human understanding and AI navigation
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Human Understanding & AI Navigation introduces you to the foundations of human‑centred computing, and the skills and knowledge needed to design and work effectively in an AI-integrated world. You will learn how humans experience...
Semester 2Clayton
SCI1501Impact through science 1A
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This inaugural level-one “Impact through science” unit sits at the core of the Bachelor of Science Advanced - Global Challenges (Honours). It lays the groundwork for your academic and personal development, introducing two parallel modules:...
Semester 1Clayton