1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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SP235 Instrumental Science
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil 0 Assessment: examination and practical
work
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Applied Chemistry/Biochemistry)
0 bjedives
To provide a basis in science and technology required by the
specialist discipline.
Content
Principles of scientific instrumentation.
Electrical technology: DC/AC circuits.
Tranducers: mechanical and electrical devices with
applications.
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Radiation sources: materials and detection.
Acoustics.
SP236 Physics
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: examination and assignments
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Environmental Health)
Objectives
To provide a basis in science and technology required by the
specialist discipline.
Content
Principles of scientific instrumentation.
Electrical technology :DA/AC circuits.
Tranducers: mechanical and electrical devices with
applications.
Radiation sources: materials and detection.
Acoustics.
SP331 Neurohumoral Bases of
Psychophysiology
Subject to reaccreditation.
17 credit points 8 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: SP233 Assessment: examination and
assignments
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts co-major (Psychology and
p Psychophysiology)
SL
P I,3 Obiedives
To provide a foundation in neuroanatomy, of both
structural and functional aspects.
To provide understanding of endocrinological systems.
Content
Comparative and human neuroanatomy, with a study of the
functional aspects of structure.
Neurophysiological recording techniques, including EEG
and electrode recording technology.
Hormonal and pharmacological bases of normal body
function, including biorhythms, and behaviour.
Physiology of olfaction and taste.
Recommended reading
Wingerd B.D., fie Human Body: Concepts of Anatomy and
Physiology, Fort Worth, Saunders, 1994
SP333 Industry Based Learning
50 credit points Hawthorn Prerequisites: SP222 Industry
Based Learning
A third year industrial based learning subject of the degree
of Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Biophysics and
Instrumentation)
A six-month period of work experience occurring as part of
the third year of the course leading to the degree of Bachelor
of Applied Science (Medical Biophysics and
Instrumentation). Students are supervised by a member of
the academic staff, and are required to submit a report to
their employer and to their supervisor.
SP431 Psychophysiology of Perception
Subject to reaccreditation.
17 credit points 8 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SP233, SP331 Assessment: examination and
laboratory reports
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts co-major (Psychology and
Psychophysiology)
0 biectives
To provide a knowledge of the physiology of peripheral
and central mechanisms of - perception.
To provide a knowledge - of the motor system.
To provide a working knowledge of psychophysics and
measurement.
Content
Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the visual,
auditory, vestibular and tactile sensory systems. Central an
peripheral aspects of sensation and perception.
Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of motor
systems. Central and peripheral aspects of control of
movement, and integration of motor and sensory systems.
Psychophysics, measurement theories, measurement of
reaction time and sensitivity of measurement.
Recommended reading
Kandel, Schwartz, Jessel. Prinicples of Neural Science, 3rd edn,
East Norwalk, Appleton and Lange, 1991
SP501 Signals & Systems
8 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
examination
A final year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation or Computing and
Instrumentation)
0 b jedives
To introduce the principles and applications of signal