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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.

311379 (v.1) Pathology 232

Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
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: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 311378 (v.1) Histopathology 233 or any previous version
Syllabus: A program of lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions and case studies - made up of four modules. Module One (two weeks) covers cell injury/death including apoptosis, atrophy, hypertrophy and necrosis. Module two (two weeks) covers inflammation and immunological reactions. Module three (four weeks) goes on to cover neoplasia/cancer and cytology basics. Module four (four weeks) covers major organ system pathology including case studies. The systems studied may include, but are not limited to: Skin - endothelial, GIT, liver - biliary, renal, nervous and respiratory. A theme of 'relationship of pathology to laboratory diagnostic test results' will be utilised through the tutorial sessions for the whole unit.
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.
Field of Education: 060113 Pathology
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