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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

310669 (v.2) Emerging Infectious Diseases 631

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Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Introduction to and highlights of current emerging infectious diseases and factors contributing to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; categorization and special considerations of the significant emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Study of the contribution of microbial resistance to emerging infectious diseases. Study of and prevention strategies for MRSA infections, antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal infections, antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis, genital herpes, H5N1, anaplasmosis, West-Nile Fever and Ebola. Diagnostic and prevention strategies for haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Study of emerging faecal-oral route, Food- & Water-borne, Air-borne, Sexually Transmissible and Vector-borne infectious diseases (examples include Cholera, Whooping cough, HPV, Gonorrhoea, Chlamydiosis, SARS and Avian Influenza, Tularaemia, Lyme Disease, Viral Encephalitidis and Dengue Fever). Study and discussion of Bio-terrorism and infectious diseases.
Field of Education: 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 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