Faculty of Health
HSE208 Integrated Human Physiology
Trimester 2, 2025
Welcome
In this unit, students will examine the function of human physiological systems and how these systems respond to and work together (integrate) in their responses to challenges that arise from a variety of conditions such as exercise, pathology and the environment. Students will learn to explain human physiology using physiological data and published scientific evidence. This Unit Guide provides you with the key information about this unit. Please read it carefully and refer to it frequently throughout the study period. Your unit site also provides information about your rights and responsibilities. We will assume you have read this before the unit commences, and we expect you to refer to it throughout the study period.
To be successful in this unit, you must:
Read all materials in preparation for your learning activities, and follow up each with further study and research on the topic.
Start your assessment tasks well ahead of the due date.
Read or listen to all feedback carefully, and use it in your future work.
Attend and engage in all educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities and other learning experiences as part of the unit design.
Who is the unit team?
Unit chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit
Name: Anne Turner
Campus: Melbourne Burwood
Email: [email protected]
Other members of the team and how to contact them
Name: Declan Hennessy
Campus: Warrnambool
Email: [email protected]
Name: Craig Wright
Campus: Geelong Waurn Ponds
Email: [email protected]
Name: André Orr
Campus: Melbourne Burwood
Email: [email protected]
Administrative queries
. Check-out the (Need Help?, section on your unit site
. Contact your Unit Chair or Campus Leader
. Drop in or contact Student Central to speak with a Student Adviser
For additional support information, please see the Rights and Responsibilities section under 'Content' in your unit site.
About this unit
Unit development in response to student feedback
Every Trimester, we ask students to tell us, through eVALUate, what helped and hindered their learning in each unit. You are strongly encouraged to provide constructive feedback for this unit when eVALUate opens (you will be emailed a link).
Previous students told us these aspects of the unit helped them achieve the learning outcomes:
"Having more than one content expert is a great idea, it gives more depth. This is one of the best units I've studied at university"
"Online lecture topics were well integrated and overall interesting"
. "The online content was great. The mixture of reading, videos and lecture videos really kept you engaged and it was a nice change to lectures"
"Engaging practicals"
"Large percentage of marks from internal assignments ... taking pressure off a content heavy examination"
"Good examination breakdown of SAQ and MCQ"
Students also suggested improvements, so here is what we have done:
Increased the seminar duration from 60 to 90 minutes to allow for greater engagement with content, fellow students and teaching staff
Developed interactive topic module materials available to students in CloudDeakin
Restructured and simplified the practicals and the practical reports
Provided a prac report exemplar and an online help session in the lead up to submission of the first prac report Introduced progressive learning of unit materials via engagement with seminar materials
Introduced a practice exam
If you have any concerns about the unit during the trimester, please contact the unit teaching team - preferably early in the trimester - so we can discuss your concerns, and make adjustments, if appropriate.
Learning Outcomes
Each unit in your course is a building block towards Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all units develop and assess every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).
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ULO
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These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:
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Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
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ULO1
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Identify key features of human physiological systems.
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GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
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ULO2
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Explain how human physiological systems respond to challenges and integrate in their responses.
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GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
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ULO3
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Calculate, report and interpret physiological data to explain human physiology.
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GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
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ULO4
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Locate, select, evaluate and use scientific evidence to explain human physiology.
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GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
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