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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

OCHS3003 (v.1) Toxicology and Diseases

Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 310108 (v.1) Toxicology and Diseases 351 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     310107 (v.2) Risk Assessment and Risk Management 282 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 305655 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 310757 (v.2) Bachelor of Science (Forensic Investigation) or any previous version
    OR
    OCHS2002 (v.1) Risk Assessment and Risk Management or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-HPRNTR (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-FORNSC (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Forensic Investigation) or any previous version
AND
    313391 (v.3) Human Structure and Function 100 or any previous version
    OR
    1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version
    OR
    HUMB1000 (v.1) Human Structure and Function or any previous version
AND
    1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
    OR
    313399 (v.3) Integrated Systems Anatomy and Physiology 100 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 311344 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Health, Safety and Environment) or any previous version
    OR
    HUMB1001 (v.1) Integrated Systems Anatomy and Physiology or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-HLSFENV (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health, Safety and Environment) or any previous version
AND
    302467 (v.2) Introduction to Microbiology 132 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 305717 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety) or any previous version
    OR
    313457 (v.1) Introduction to Food Safety Science 180 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-HPRHSF (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety) or any previous version
    OR
    FOOD2006 (v.1) Introduction to Food Safety Science or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit outlines a conceptual framework for basic toxicology and related impacts on human health from environmental and occupational exposures, reveals mechanisms by which toxicants initiate pathological dysfunction or disease and introduces methods to identify toxicants and their adverse health effects associated with environmental and occupational exposures. Topics include toxicological terminology, basic principles of toxicology, toxicological testing methods, toxicity of common hazardous substances, adverse consequences to human health that result from environmental and occupational exposures and risk communication.
Field of Education: 061301 Occupational Health and Safety
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2         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


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