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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.

312401 (v.1) Animal and Plant Physiology 202

Note

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: Department of Environment and Agriculture
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     1756 (v.8) Plant Biology 102- Activated in Error, Use 312365. or any previous version
    OR
    312365 (v.1) Plant Biology 102
AND
    1762 (v.4) Animal Biology 102 or any previous version
    OR
    312358 (v.1) Animal Biology 102
Syllabus: A systems approach will be used to investigate vertebrate animals and vascular plants. The physical, chemical and biochemical principles common to physiological systems, such as respiration, digestion and excretion, as well as regulatory systems, will be investigated for all major vertebrate groups. For vascular plants emphasis will be placed on plant-water relations and water-use efficiency, photosynthesis, plant growth in relation to environmental stressors such as drought or flooding.
Field of Education: 010900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

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