Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of human health; nutritional imbalances and their effects on health; the processes of human foetal developmental and physiological changes that occur during the human lifespan; developmental disorders and disorders associated with ageing; the nature of inheritance and selected genetically determined traits and disorders.
Synopsis The subject considers a variety of factors in human development and lifestyle which can impact on the health of an individual. Topics to be covered include concepts of health; human-environment interrelationships; health and lifestyle associations; nutritional requirements; diseases associated with nutritional excesses; conception and foetal development; selected congenital disorders; puberty; aging and selected diseases associated with aging; principles of inheritance; selected inherited traits and disorders; genetic prediction and counselling. The subject is taught by lectures and tutorials.
Assessment Three class assignments (1000 words): 45% + Examination (2 hours): 55%