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HSE102 - Functional Human Anatomy

Year:

2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Warrnambool, Online with significant campus requirements

Trimester 3: Online with significant campus requirements
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in H343, H353, H355, D333, D394, E377, M320, H300, H315, D391 students completing the Exercise Science major sequence (MJ-H000016) or minor sequence (MN-H000016).

Other students who would like to enrol in this unit must submit their request to Student Adviser in Student Central. Enrolment quotas may apply for this group of students.
Campus contact:

Burwood (Melbourne): Claire Kenneally-Dabrowski
Warrnambool: Declan Hennessy
Prerequisite:

Nil
Corequisite:

Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSE010
Incompatible with: HSEM102
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Scheduled learning activities - campus

Trimester 2:
1 x 2 hour introductory lecture in week 1
1 x online module per week 2-3 hours
6 x 2 hour seminars in weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10
4 x 2 hour practical experience (laboratory) in weeks 3, 5, 7 and 9 
1 x 2 hour revision lecture in week 10
3 x 2 hour practical examinations (week 11 = attempt 1, study period = attempts 2 and 3)
Scheduled learning activities - online

Trimester 2 and Trimester 3:
1 x 2 hour online introductory lecture in week 1
1 x online module per week (2-3 hours)
6 x 2 hour online seminars per trimester in weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10
4 x 2 hour online practical experience (laboratory) per trimester in weeks 3, 5, 7 and 9
1 x 2 hour online revision lecture in week 10

Students must attend the two-day on-campus intensive (week 11) to complete the practical examination (hurdle requirement).
In-person attendance requirements

In Trimester 2, the two-day on-campus intensive is usually conducted twice; with one intensive scheduled at the Geelong (Waurn Ponds) campus on the Thursday and Friday of week 11 (for Geelong students studying online), and the other intensive scheduled at the Burwood (Melbourne) campus on the Saturday and Sunday of week 11 (for Burwood students studying online).

In Trimester 3, the two-day on-campus intensive is usually conducted twice on the Burwood (Melbourne) campus; with one intensive scheduled on the Thursday and Friday of week 11, and the other intensive scheduled on the Saturday and Sunday of week 11 (for Burwood students studying online). The two-day on-campus intensive is also conducted at the Geelong (Waurn Ponds) campus, on the Saturday and Sunday of week 11 (for Geelong students studying online).

Content

This unit is designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system and how it relates to normal and abnormal human movement. A detailed analysis of the functional anatomy of the skeletal, articular, neural and muscular systems is explored. Additional areas explored will be the role that the musculoskeletal system plays in static and dynamic posture and movement control.

Hurdle requirement

  • Achieving a pass in the Practical examination - see Assessment task 2.

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