Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Julia Raftos
Monika King
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(BIOL247 and BIOL257) or (admission to BHumanSc and 6cp at 200 level including BIOL247)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
HLTH306 or HLTH310 or HLTH316 or HLTH317 or BIOL345 or BIOL367 or CBMS306 or CBMS335 or CBMS337 or PSY354 or STAT395
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit follows on from BIO257 and BIOL247. We will investigate the interaction of the renal and respiratory systems in the control of body pH. The next topic is the control of blood pressure leading to a discussion of hypertension and exercise. We continue with endocrinology discussing signal transduction and messenger pathways, and the role of hormones in the regulation of plasma potassium, calcium and glucose concentrations. A discussion of neuroendocrine systems and function of thyroid, sex, growth, mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid hormones leads into a discussion of stress and the stress hormones. As obesity is currently a major threat to human health we will consider energy balance and the neurological basis for homeostatic and hedonic control of appetite before investigating other factors involved in weight control including genetics, foetal programming, protein leverage and the gut microbiota. The final two lectures will be on the neurobiology of the reward systems involved in hedonic eating and drug addiction. Practical classes make use of computer-assisted learning, as well as laboratory experiments. We will measure physiological parameters such as blood pressure during exercise, acid and base in the urine and stress hormones in the saliva. In these classes students will act both as investigators and experimental subjects.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Practical Assignment | 10% | 7/9/2015 |
Mid-semester test | 10% | 10/9/2015 |
Essay | 10% | 28/9/2015 |
Seminar | 10% | 8/10/2015 and 15/10/2015 |
Final exam | 60% | In formal examination period |
Due: 7/9/2015
Weighting: 10%
The assignment must be converted to PDF files and submitted through Turnitin.
Due: 10/9/2015
Weighting: 10%
This test will include 30 multiple choice questions to be completed in 40 minutes. All the material in lectures 1-12 and the material presented in the practical classes will be included in the test.
Due: 28/9/2015
Weighting: 10%
The essay will be of 1,500 words and the topic will be chosen from the list in your unit guide.The essay must be written in your own words. For references, I suggest you start with a text book or review article to give you an overview of the field then you can move to experimental papers. For your essay I would expect you to cite about 10 recent articles. Only articles from books or refereed scientific journals are appropriate references. Postings on WEB sites may only be used if they come from a reputable source (e.g., Heart Foundation, National Health and Medical Research Council). The main criterion for marking will be the physiological content of the essay (see marking rubric in unit guide).
The source of all statements and diagrams obtained from the literature must be cited. The reference list only contains the articles that you have actually cited in the essay. Citations and the reference list should be in Harvard Style.
Due: 8/10/2015 and 15/10/2015
Weighting: 10%
Your seminar topics will be the same as your essay topic. You will present your seminar as part of a team of three students. There will be time during the practical sessions for you to decide on the distribution of tasks between team members. All three must present part of the seminar and answer questions at the end of the seminar.
The main criterion for marking will be the quality of presentation although the physiological content will also be considered and the rubric used to mark the seminar is included below.
To ensure that the seminars cover a variety of topics on each practical day, internal students will choose a topic at the second practical session. If too many people choose the same topic, some will have to do their second preference. External students will form groups and select a topic on their first day of the first on campus session.
You have 15 minutes to present your seminar and 5 minutes of question time. In a seminar, it is most important to tell a story, and to do it clearly, concisely and logically. Visual material serves two purposes, as cues for you and to reinforce your points for the audience.
Due: In formal examination period
Weighting: 60%
The exam is a three hour, closed-book paper. One third of the marks will be for multiple choice questions, and the rest from short answer questions (a paragraph or dot points or a diagram). There will be some choice for the short answer questions.
All the lecture and practical material is examinable. A non-programmable scientific calculator will be required in the exam but dictionaries are not allowed.
The textbook for this unit is “Principals of Human Physiology” 4th edition by Cindy L Stanfield, published in 2011 by Pearson. However, much of the material covered in BIOL376 is not available in text books. When this is the case I have included relevant references in the lecture graphics.
Your iLearn site will contain the unit outline, lecture graphics, lecture notes, practical manual, a link to Echo 360, announcements and discussion areas. Later, marks for in semester assessments tasks will be added. Please check this site and your student email regularly.
There will be two lectures each week and these lectures will be pre-recorded and available on iLean. Each week there is also one tutorial session from 9 to 10 am on Wednesday in W5C 220 and also one practical class on Thursday from 1 to 4 pm in F7B 102, 105 and 110.
Practical sessions for external students will be held on Saturday 29th & Sunday30th August and on Thursday and Friday the 17nd & 18th September. Note that the external classes will only run if sufficient students chose this option.
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Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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