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Human Biosciences B
UndergraduateLTU-HBS1HBB2025
Previously LTU-HBS102
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Dec 2025
- Price from
- $1,164
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Human Biosciences B
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Describe the anatomical structure and function of major body systems.
- Use appropriate anatomical terminology to describe anatomical structures and events.
- Apply observational and communication skills to make accurate observations of anatomical structures or events and infer their relationship to function using various anatomical resources, the living body or medical imaging.
- Introduction to subject, anatomy and enquiry
- Body tissues and layers
- Medical imaging
- Skeletal system
- Skeletal muscles and movements
- Muscle physiology
- Overview, development and function of the central nervous system
- Peripheral nervous system
- Anatomy of the autonomic nervous system
- Special senses
- Applied anatomy - clinical applications
- The back - skeleton and muscles
- Applied anatomy - disc herniation and muscle strain
- Thoracic cavity and membranes
- Thoracic organs and vessels
- Abdominopelvic cavity and membranes
- Abdominopelvic organs and vessels
- Skin
- Applied anatomy - pregnancy
- Review
In this subject, you are introduced to the study of anatomy. An overview of anatomical terminology, basic tissue types and a variety of techniques used to visualize the human body will be given followed by a more detailed study of the anatomy of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Anatomical principles and terminology will be applied to relevant body systems and the concept of integrated function of multiple systems in one body region will be introduced through the study of the trunk. You will be taught via an online-only OR blended (on-line and face-to-face) approach.
- Five online Summative Quizzes (200-words equivalent, each - total 1000-words equiv.) (30%)
- One 2-hour written examination (2,000-words equivalent). (35%)
- One 1200-word report (35%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-HUN-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Food and Nutrition
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
LTU-HBS102 (Not currently available)
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: HBFN.
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed ANA1001 (Introduction to Human Anatomy) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Student feedback
11 student respondents between 19 Aug 2024 - 5 Mar 2025.
100%of students felt the study load was manageable
90%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Food and Nutrition
UndergraduateLAT-HUN-DEG