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Unit aim
Introduces students to key concepts in Neuroscience and provides a neural basis for the understanding of the human nervous systems and how they function together in healthy and clinical context.
Unit content
- Overview of the nervous system
- The cerebral cortex and vascular supply
- The spinal cord, peripheral nerves and plexuses
- The motor systems
- The sensory systems
- The autonomic nervous system
- The cranial nerves and brainstem
- Higher order functions of the nervous system
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | analyse and compare the structural organisation of the human nervous system | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 2 | outline and compare selected functional components of the human nervous system | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | explain the effects of damage to functional components of the human nervous system. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- Blumenfeld, H, 2010, Neuroanatomy through clinical cases, 2nd edn, Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts. ISBN: 9780878936137.
Teaching and assessment
Gold Coast
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online (10 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours/week (12 weeks ) |
| Assessment | |
| Exam: open book | 50% |
| Exam: closed book | 50% |
Lismore
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online (10 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours/ week (12 weeks ) |
| Assessment | |
| Exam: open book | 50% |
| Exam: closed book | 50% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3
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International
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