Units
The individual subjects inside each degree: what’s taught, how it’s assessed, and when it runs.
4,303 units
| Code | Unit | Faculty | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHR2021 | How medicines work 5: Drug delivery This unit will provide you with a detailed understanding of the specific biopharmaceutical and formulation considerations for various drug delivery routes, including intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, oral, transdermal, pulmonary, na… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2 |
| PHR2041 | Comprehensive care: Respiratory and gastrointestinal This unit provides the knowledge and skills required for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients with respiratory and gastrointestinal conditions. Specifically, the unit will cover respiratory diseases and disorders/conditions… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2 |
| PHR2042 | Comprehensive care: Endocrinology and renal This unit provides the knowledge and skills required for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients with various endocrine and renal conditions. Specifically, the unit will cover endocrine diseases and disorders/conditions such as… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2 |
| PHR2141 | Comprehensive care: Dermatology and pain This unit provides you with the knowledge and skills required to assess, diagnose and develop comprehensive care plan for patients with dermatological and pain conditions. Specifically, this unit will cover common dermatological conditions… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2 |
| PHR2142 | Comprehensive care: Cardiovascular This unit provides the knowledge and skills required for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients with cardiovascular conditions. Specifically, the unit will cover cardiovascular diseases and disorders such as hypertension, dysl… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2 |
| PHR3041 | Comprehensive care: Blood, brain and cancers This unit provides the knowledge and skills required for the therapeutic management of patients with selected blood and brain conditions as well as cancers. Specifically, the unit will cover conditions involving the brain such as depression… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 3 |
| PHR3042 | Acute care: Inquiry cases Acute care is where a patient receives active treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. This unit will provide you with the knowledge and skills required for the diagn… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 3 |
| PHR3062 | Student experiential placements 1 This unit will enhance your knowledge and understanding of a range of topics relevant to the practice of pharmacy; further develop and refine skills in communication, teamwork, integrity, empathy and problem solving; and provide the opportu… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 3 |
| PHR3141 | Comprehensive care: Pathogens, host defence and treatment This unit provides the knowledge and skills required for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients with selected infectious diseases. The unit will cover bacterial, viral, and fungal infections as well as antimicrobial stewardshi… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 3 |
| PHR4012 | Professional practice 5 This unit will prepare you for your pharmacy internship by building on your understanding of the ethical and legal principles and legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, healthcare system and health policy, quality use of medicines, coll… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 4 |
| PHR4042 | Integrated care This unit challenges you to apply your knowledge and skills obtained in Comprehensive Care and Professional Practice units to address the overall medical and social needs of patients over their healthcare journey. This unit will explore fam… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 4 |
| PHR4061 | Student experiential placements 2 This unit will enhance your knowledge and understanding of a range of topics relevant to the practice of pharmacy; further develop and refine skills in communication, teamwork, integrity, empathy and problem solving; and provide the opportu… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 4 |
| PHR4142 | Acute care: Inquiry cases Acute care is where a patient receives active treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. This unit will provide you with the knowledge and skills required for the diagn… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 4 |
| PHR5052 | Inquiry and innovation methods The unit provides you with an experience in current aspects of pharmacy research within and outside the faculty and will allow you to develop their understanding of the fundamentals of research philosophy and methodology. Content will cover… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 5 |
| PHR5061 | Applied pharmacy practice 1 Applied Pharmacy Practice 1 is undertaken during the pharmacy internship year. This unit enables you as a pharmacy graduate to build upon your knowledge and experience and to develop the competencies required for independent practice as a p… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 5 |
| PHR5062 | Applied pharmacy practice 2 Applied Pharmacy Practice 2 is undertaken during the pharmacy internship year. This unit enables you as a pharmacy graduate to build upon your knowledge and experience and to develop the competencies required for independent practice as a p… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 5 |
| PHR5151 | Inquiry and innovation projects The unit provides you with experience in current aspects of pharmacy research within and outside the faculty and will allow you to apply your understanding of the fundamentals of research philosophy and methodology. This unit will expand yo… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 5 |
| PHR5252 | Inquiry and innovation communication The unit provides you with experience in current aspects of pharmacy research within and outside the faculty and will allow you to develop skills in the presentation of research findings. This unit will expand your skills in scientific writ… | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 5 |
| PHS1001 | Foundation physics The unit introduces fundamental principles of Newtonian mechanics, electricity and magnetism, waves and oscillations, and quantum physics. The unit explores these concepts in the context of current technology in areas such as transportation… | Science | 1 |
| PHS1002 | Physics for engineering This unit relates key principles of physics to engineering and technology, and shows how physics, including quantum and nano-science, creates useful new technologies. In the Newtonian mechanics topics you will explore the traditional concep… | Science | 1 |
| PHS1011 | Classical physics and relativity In this unit, you will build on your knowledge of classical (non-quantum) physics related to concepts of motion, forces, momentum and energy; including their application to oscillations, waves and thermal physics. You will also investigate… | Science | 1 |
| PHS1022 | Fields and quantum physics This unit forms part of mainstream physics. You will study the foundations of rotational dynamics, the gravitational field, electrostatics, magnetism and quantum physics. Together these topics underpin interactions in our universe at sub-at… | Science | 1 |
| PHS1031 | Physics for the living world Principles of force and movement applied to skeletal structures, human movement and sport, centrifugation, oscillations, effects on living systems. Bio-electricity including nerve conduction, membrane potential, defibrillation, ECG, electri… | Science | 1 |
| PHS2061 | Quantum and thermal physics Quantum physics is at the core of physics and this unit provides a basis for understanding key quantum concepts, applications and associated phenomena. Thermal physics aims to understand how energy resides in matter as thermal energy, how e… | Science | 2 |
| PHS2062 | Electromagnetism and optics Electromagnetism and optics fundamentally underpin such modern communication technologies as radio, cellular phones, GPS, Wi-Fi, laser and optical fibres. 1. Electromagnetism: classical electromagnetic theory; Maxwell's equations; Gauss's l… | Science | 2 |
| PHS2081 | Atomic, nuclear and condensed matter physics The atomic physics sub-unit explores the development of our current understanding of the electronic properties of atoms. Much of the fundamentals of quantum mechanics were developed in response to the difficulties of reconciling observed ph… | Science | 2 |
| PHS2350 | Physics and astronomy introductory research project 1 You will work with an academic supervisor on an experimental or theoretical project in an area such as: observational astronomy and astrophysics, condensed matter physics and nanotechnology, electron microscopy and diffraction, particle phy… | Science | 2 |
| PHS2360 | Physics and astronomy introductory research project 2 You will work with an academic supervisor on an experimental or theoretical project in an area such as: observational astronomy and astrophysics, condensed matter physics and nanotechnology, electron microscopy and diffraction, particle phy… | Science | 2 |
| PHS3000 | Experimental physics In this unit, you will perform advanced laboratory experiments designed to broaden your experimental skills and physics knowledge. Tuition is provided for the following skills: writing research-grade laboratory notebooks, preparing concise… | Science | 3 |
| PHS3101 | Quantum mechanics This unit extends the basic quantum mechanics introduced in second year (PHS2061) to an intermediate level and introduces key concepts, such as Dirac notation, perturbation theory, and generalised scattering theory. Topics covered in the un… | Science | 3 |