Physiology
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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PHYSIOLOGY |
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Physiology major |
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| A major in Physiology requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level PHSI coded core units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 2000-level units according to the following rules: | |||
| (a) 6 credit points of 2000-level PHSI coded units; or | |||
| (b) 6 credit points of MEDS coded physiology units for students in the Medical Science stream | |||
| (v) 12 credit points of 3000-level breadth units | |||
| (vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level specialisation units | |||
| (vii) 6 credit points of 3000-level interdisciplinary project units | |||
Physiology minor |
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| A minor in Physiology requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level PHSI coded core units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 2000-level units according to the following rules: | |||
| (a) 6 credit points of 2000-level PHSI coded units; or | |||
| (b) 6 credit points of MEDS coded physiology units for students in the Medical Science stream | |||
| (v) 6 credit points of 3000-level breadth units | |||
| (vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level breadth or specialisation units | |||
Units of study |
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| The units of study are listed below. | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| CHEM1011 Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A |
6 | A There is no assumed knowledge of chemistry for this unit of study but students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry Bridging Course (offered in February) N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 Students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry Bridging Course (offered in February, and online year-round, see https://sydney.edu.au/students/bridging-courses.html). |
Semester 1 |
| CHEM1111 Chemistry 1A |
6 | A Students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) and HSC Mathematics (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry and Mathematics Bridging Courses (offered in February) N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 Students who have not completed secondary school chemistry are strongly advised to instead complete Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A in the first semester of the calendar year (unless you require 12 credit points of Chemistry and are commencing in semester 2). You should also take the Chemistry Bridging Course in advance (offered in February, and online year-round https://sydney.edu.au/students/bridging-courses.html). |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CHEM1911 Chemistry 1A (Advanced) |
6 | A 80 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1991 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| CHEM1991 Chemistry 1A (Special Studies Program) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
Selective |
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| BIOL1007 From Molecules to Ecosystems |
6 | A HSC Biology. Students who have not completed HSC Biology (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Biology Bridging Course (offered in February) N BIOL1907 or BIOL1997 |
Semester 2 |
| BIOL1907 From Molecules to Ecosystems (Advanced) |
6 | A 85 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1007 or BIOL1997 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| BIOL1997 From Molecules to Ecosystems (SSP) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1007 or BIOL1907 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| BIOL1008 Human Biology |
6 | A HSC Biology. Students who have not completed HSC Biology (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Biology Bridging Course (offered in February) N BIOL1003 or BIOL1903 or BIOL1993 or MEDS1001 or MEDS1901 or BIOL1908 or BIOL1998 |
Semester 1 |
| BIOL1908 Human Biology (Advanced) |
6 | A 85 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1003 or BIOL1903 or BIOL1993 or MEDS1001 or MEDS1901 or BIOL1008 or BIOL1998 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| BIOL1998 Human Biology (Special Studies Program) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1003 or BIOL1903 or BIOL1993 or BIOL1991 or BIOL1996 or MEDS1001 or MEDS1901 or BIOL1008 or BIOL1908 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MEDS1001 Human Biology |
6 | N BIOL1003 or BIOL1903 or BIOL1993 or BIOL1008 or BIOL1908 or BIOL1998 or MEDS1901 |
Semester 1 |
| MEDS coded units of study are only available to students in the Medical Science stream. | |||
2000-level units of study |
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PHSI coded core |
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| PHSI2008 Applied Physiology |
6 | A Human biology; (PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001)] P PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001 or PHSI2X05 N PHSI2908 |
Semester 2 |
| PHSI2908 Integrated Physiology (Advanced) |
6 | A Human biology; (PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001)] P A mark of 70 or above in PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001 or PHSI2X05 N PHSI2008 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
PHSI coded |
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| PHSI2007 Key Concepts in Physiology |
6 | A Human biology (BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01) P 6cp from [(MEDS1X01 or BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3) or (BIOL1XX7 or MBLG1XX1) or CHEM1XX1 or CHEM1903] N PHSI2907 or MEDS2001 |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI2907 Key Concepts in Physiology (Advanced) |
6 | A Human biology (BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01) P A mark of 70 or above in {6cp from [(MEDS1X01 or BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3) or (BIOL1XX7 or MBLG1XX1) or CHEM1XX1 or CHEM1903]} N PHSI2007 or MEDS2001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
MEDS coded physiology |
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| MEDS2001 Key Concepts in Physiology |
6 | A Human biology (BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01) P 6cp from [(BIOL1XX7 or MBLG1XX1) or (MEDS1X01 or BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3) or CHEM1XX1 or CHEM1903] N PHSI2907 or PHSI2007 |
Semester 1 |
| (MEDS coded units of study are only available to students in the Medical Science stream). | |||
3000-level units of study |
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Breadth units |
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| NEUR3003 Cellular and Developmental Neuroscience |
6 | A Students who have not successfully completed an introductory neuroscience course are advised to familiarise themselves with the content in Bear, Connors and Paradiso "Exploring the Brain" P ANAT2X10 or BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2406 or MEDS2001 or PHSI2X05 or PHSI2X07 N NEUR3903 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NEUR3903 Cellular and Developmental Neurosci. (Adv) |
6 | A Students who have not successfully completed an introductory neuroscience course are advised to familiarise themselves with the content in Bear, Connors and Paradiso "Exploring the Brain" P ANAT2X10 or BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2406 or MEDS2001 or PHSI2X05 or PHSI2X07 and an annual average mark of 70 or above in the previous year N NEUR3003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NEUR3006 Neural Information Processing |
6 | A (PHSI2X05 or PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001) or BMED2402 P 72cp 1000 to 3000 level units N NEUR3001 or NEUR3901 or NEUR3002 or NEUR3902 or NEUR3906 |
Semester 1 |
| NEUR3906 Neural Information Processing (Advanced) |
6 | A (PHSI2X05 or PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001) or BMED2402 P 72cp 1000 to 3000 level units and an annual average mark of 70 or above in the previous year N NEUR3001 or NEUR3901 or NEUR3002 or NEUR3902 or NEUR3006 |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI3009 Frontiers in Cellular Physiology |
6 | P (PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001) or (PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or 12cp from (BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2405 or BMED2406) N PHSI3909 We strongly recommend that students take both (PHSI3009 or PHSI3909) and (PHSI3010 or PHSI3910) units of study concurrently |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI3909 Frontiers in Cellular Physiology (Adv) |
6 | P A mark of 70 or above in 6cp from (BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2405 or BMED2406 or MEDS2001 or PHSI2X05 or PHSI2X06 or PHSI2X07) N PHSI3009 We strongly recommend that students take both (PHSI3009 or PHSI3909) and (PHSI3010 or 3910) units of study concurrently. |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI3010 Systems Physiology |
6 | P (PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001) or [BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from (BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2405 or BMED2406)] or [12cp from (BCMB2X02 or BIOL2X29 or GEGE2X01)] N PHSI3910 |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI3910 Reproduction, Development and Disease Adv |
6 | P A mark of 70 or above in {6cp from (PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001) or 12cp from [(PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (BCMB2X02 or BIOL2X29 or GEGE2X01) or (BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2406)]} N PHSI3010 |
Semester 1 |
Specialisation units |
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| HSTO3003 Cells and Development: Theory This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | A (ANAT2008 or BMED2401 or MEDS2005) and Human biology; BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 P 72cp of 1000 to 3000 level units Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NEUR3004 Integrative Neuroscience |
6 | A Students who have not successfully completed an introductory neuroscience course are advised to familiarise themselves with the content in Bear, Connors and Paradiso "Exploring the Brain" P ANAT2X10 or BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2406 or MEDS2001 or PHSI2X05 or PHSI2X07 N NEUR3904 or NEUR4001 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NEUR3904 Integrative Neuroscience (Advanced) |
6 | A Students who have not successfully completed an introductory neuroscience course are advised to familiarise themselves with the content in Bear, Connors and Paradiso "Exploring the Brain" P ANAT2X10 or BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2406 or MEDS2001 or PHSI2X05 or PHSI2X07 and an annual average mark of 70 or above in the previous year N NEUR3004 or NEUR4001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| PHSI3012 Frontiers in Physiology |
6 | P (PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001) or 12cp from (BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2404 or BMED2406) N PHSI3007 or PHSI3008 or PHSI3907 or PHSI3908 or PHSI3912 |
Semester 2 |
| PHSI3912 Frontiers in Physiology (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 70 or above in [(PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001) or 12 cp from (BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2404 or BMED2406)] N PHSI3012 or PHSI3007 or PHSI3907 or PHSI3008 or PHSI3908 |
Semester 2 |
Interdisciplinary Projects |
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| PHSI3888 Physiology Interdisciplinary Project |
6 | P 12 cp from (PHSI2X05 or PHSI2X06 or PHSI2X07 or MEDS2001 or PHSI2X08 or BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2404 or BMED2406) N PHSI3007 or PHSI3008 or PHSI3907 or PHSI3908 |
Semester 2 |
| SCPU3001 Science Interdisciplinary Project |
6 | P 96 credit points |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |