Required texts

Lists of texts/readings

Specific readings: Specific readings associated with lecture topics will be made available on the Integrated Physiology Canvas page.

Optional text: Tortora & Derrickson, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 3nd Asia-Pacific Edition, Wiley 2022 ().  It is also available as an E-text, from the UC library. This is the text prescribed for Systemic Anatomy and Physiology and Regional Anatomy and Physiology, and is useful for refreshing your background knowledge gained during these prerequisite units.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Presentation (peer review) and Presentation (final) components of the Physiology Research assignment, and the MST, will be completed in-class. All other assessments will be completed on, or uploaded to, Canvas.

Special assessment requirements

The final mark for this subject will be calculated by an accumulation of marks from each assessment item.  To achieve a passing grade or higher in this subject, students must:

• Attempt all assessment items;
• Achieve a combined Mid-semester Test and Final Assessment mark of at least 50%; and
• Achieve a final aggregate mark of 50% or higher.

Responsibility for Understanding and Deferred Exams

Responsibility for understanding

If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the unit convener or tutor. Further, it is the responsibility of students to ensure that they are correctly enrolled in the unit and that the tutor and Student Administration have their correct contact details.

Deferred tests/assessments

In the event a student misses the Mid-semester Test or either the Presentation (peer review) or Presenation (final), due to illness or other exceptional circumstances, the student must contact the unit convener and request a deferred test/assessment within 3 days of the scheduled test/assessment. The request must be made in writing (by email to humanphysiology@canberra.edu.au) and requires supportive documentation. Students must provide a medical certificate or other relevant documents as requested by the unit convener before sitting the deferred test/assessment.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and 麻豆村 of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The contact hours for each student in this unit consist of 22 hours of lectures (11 x 2 hours), 16 hours of tutorials (8 x 2 hours) and 8 hours (4 x 2 hours) of practicals. The remaining 104 hours of workload should be distributed across the various assessment tasks.

Participation requirements

Your participation in both classes and online activities will enhance and your understanding of the unit content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items.

It should be noted that material covered in tutorials and practicals will be assessed in online Quizzes, the MST, and the Scenario-based final assessment.  Attendance in all these activities thus is highly recommended.

Required IT skills

Basic knowledge of internet browsers, Microsoft Office softwares or an equilvalent program package.

In-unit costs

There are no specific costs associated with this unit.

Work placement, internships or practicums

Not applicable to this unit.

Additional information

Provision of information to the group

Notifications through the Canvas Announcements Forum or the Canvas Discussion Forums are deemed to be made to the whole class. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they check for announcements on the Unit's Canvas website (Canvas forum messages are also emailed to student email addresses only). Students should ensure they check their student email regularly. The Canvas discussion forums will be checked by staff regularly.

Provision of unit materials

Unforeseen circumstances beyond the unit convener's control could result in changes to the mode of delivery of lectures, tutorials, practicals, and assessments. Students will be advised if this occurs and appropriate alternatives will be arranged.

Use of student email account

The 麻豆村 Email policy states that "students wishing to contact the 麻豆村 via email regarding administrative or academic matters need to send the email from the 麻豆村 account for identity verification purposes". Therefore all unit enquiries must be emailed using a student university email account. Students should contact servicedesk@canberra.edu.au if they have any issues accessing their university email account.

• Semester 1, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (219368)
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