Human pathology

Coordinators: Associate Professor John Hayman (Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology), Associate Professor Jennifer Rolland (Department of Immunology)

The discipline

Human pathology units are offered in both semesters at third-year level. Students will gain an understanding of basic pathologic processes with particular reference to cell death, inflammation, disorders of immunity and neoplasia. Particular diseases will also be discussed including: ischaemic heart disease; cancer of the breast, lung, colon and skin; diabetes; renal failure and anaemia. Skills in microscopy, histology-staining techniques, and diagnosis and problem-solving will provide students with valuable assets for future careers in applied or research pathology and biomedical sciences.

The human pathology units are offered jointly by the departments of Pathology and Immunology, and Anatomy and Cell Biology In the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

Units offered

Level three

HUP3011 Human pathology 1: understanding disease processes
HUP3022 Human pathology 2: pathology of human diseases

Sequence requirements

Minor sequence in human pathology (24 points):

BIO1022, and
CEL2012, DEV2022, and one of HUP3011 or HUP3022

Major sequence in human pathology (48 points):

BIO1011 and BIO1022, and
CEL2012, DEV2022 and MOL2011, and
HUP3011 and HUP3022, and one of CEL3011, DEV3021, BCH3021, BCH3042, BCH3052 or IMM3042.

Details of the CEL, BCH, DEV and IMM units, are provided in the ‘Cell biology’, Biochemistry, ‘Developmental biology’ and ‘Immunology’ entries in this section of the handbook.

Honours

The level-three units provide the basis for higher-level studies of pathology and disease mechanisms at honours level within either the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology or the Department of Immunology.

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