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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

311032 (v.1) Molecular Pharmacology 231

Note

Tutition Patterns

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Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     311026 (v.1) Pharmaceutical Biology 123 or any previous version
    OR
    7288 (v.5) Pharmaceutical Biology 122 or any previous version
    OR
    12931 (v.3) Pharmaceutical Biology 120 or any previous version
AND
    311029 (v.1) Genetics in Pharmacy 121 or any previous version
    OR
    8645 (v.4) Pharmaceutical Biology 121 or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduction to protein structure: proteins, enzymes, amino acid structure and function, protein structure, functions, properties, isolation techniques, enzymes kinetics and clinical aspects. Metabolism: intermediary metabolism. Lipids. Nitrogen metabolism blood glucose, U and E co-factors and coenzymes: hormone action. Principles of pharmacology: mechanisms of drug action; molecular and biochemical basis of drug-receptor interactions. Autonomic Nervous System: Neurohumoral transmission and the autonomic nervous system. Muscarinic receptor agonists and antagonists; anticholinesterase; nicotinic drugs acting on the sympatho-adrenal nervous system. Sympathomimetic drugs; sympathetic receptors.
Field of Education: 019907 Pharmacology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External