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Health Science

CXA102

Enrolment
Unit Code
Unit Title
CXA100 Food Studies
CXA101 Introduction to Medical Laboratory Sciences
CXA102 Introduction to Health Sciences
CXA103 Health: Determinants and Analysis
CXA106 Medical Laboratory Practice 2
(Not Offered 2010)
CXA107 Fundamentals of Bioscience
CXA115 Physics for Health Sciences
CXA121 Histology
CXA125 Introductory Biochemistry
CXA161 Introduction to Human Biology
CXA171 Cell Biology and Function
CXA172 Anatomy and Physiology 1
CXA176 Microbiology and Health

2010  CXA102  Introduction to Health Sciences

Unit Level: Introductory

Available as a Student Elective: No

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OFFERINGS

Unit Sem 1 Sem 2 Full Yr Spring Summer Winter
CXA102 L

Key Semester Dates
Semester Note Start Date Census Date Final WW Date* End Date
Sem 2 12-JUL-2010 10-AUG-2010 30-AUG-2010 15-OCT-2010

*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information).

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DESCRIPTION

Introductory unit for students entering the health sciences area or allied health training. It aims to give students a range of skills needed in the study and practice of health sciences and a basis for work practice in the health system. It includes: basic communication skills -- oral and written; case examples from Aboriginal health, environmental health, epidemiology and ethics; pharmacology/toxicology; legal issues; experience of group work and an introduction to professions related to health.

WEIGHT:  12.5%

ASSESSMENT: continual assessment, largely competency-based (60%), assignment (40%)

TEACHING PATTERN: 1-hr lecture, 2-hr seminar/workshop weekly, self-directed reading and practical exercises.

FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS
Note: Class attendance may still be required

   Web supported - L
Online access to some part of this unit online is optional
About Flexible Study Options

REQUISITE INFO
Prereq CXA171 or equiv

TEXTS
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 2) will be available from mid April 2010

STAFF: Ms L Harrison, Prof M Ball

FEES
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KEY

Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.

Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.

Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.



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