Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science
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The subjects in Pharmacology introduce students to the unified study of the interaction of chemical agents and living matter. The emphasis is placed on the principles of drug action and on the reactions of living processes to drugs. Toxicology, a division of Pharmacology, is concerned with the adverse effects on life of therapeutic drugs and other chemicals. Toxicology is of increasing relevance to modern society. Pharmacology 534-201 provides an introduction to the important concepts of Pharmacology and Toxicology and may be taken to provide the basis for more advanced studies in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the 300-level or to supplement a major study in another discipline.
Pharmacology - all 300-level Pharmacology subjects with selected subjects from Anatomy, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pathology or Physiology
Co-major - Pharmacology and other Biomedical subject - 54 points in 300-level Pharmacology, with selected subjects from one of the following: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pathology, Physiology or Psychology.
N. B. for students wishing to major in Pharmacology, no more than one lecture only unit will be allowed in addition to any number of pairs of lecture/practical units.
Admission is normally open to students who have undertaken a major or co-major in Pharmacology and who have obtained Faculty honours in 300-level subjects.
Both second year (534-201) and third year subjects (534-301, 534-302, 534-303, 534-304, 534-307, 534-308) in Pharmacology are approved subjects for inclusion in the Graduate Diploma in Biotechnology course (see Volume Research and Postgraduate Studies Handbook).
Units 534-303 Neuropharmacology (lectures) and 534-304 Neuropharmacology (practical) form part of the Neuroscience sequence (see section in introduction). Students wishing to pursue the Neuroscience sequence may be allowed to undertake 534-303 and 534-304 without 534-301 as a prerequisite.
Note: 534-496 and 534-497 must be taken concurrently. To successfully complete the Honours program in Pharmacology students must obtain passes of 65% or better in both 534-496 and 534-497.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 10 1995 Last modified: Oct 10 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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