Human biology 4: development and disease II
C Duyvestyn and T Jeavons
3 hours per week * Second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: HBS1345 and HBS1355
The subject continues the consideration of factors in the environment that impact on the health of individuals and human populations. The emphasis in this subject is on external influences, both abiotic and biotic, on human health. Topics include concepts of ecology, health hazards associated with chemical and physical factors in the environment, the immune system, epidemiology of AIDS, psychoimmunology, nature of infectious diseases, communicable childhood diseases, public health and infection control, childhood vaccination.
Assessment
Written: 45% * Examination: 55%