Ocular Histopathology
Subject PATH30005 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | 3 (Undergraduate) | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
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| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 24 x one hour lectures and 18 hours of practical and tutorial classes during the semester Total Time Commitment: Estimated total time commitment of 120 hours. | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | . Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study and reasonable steps will be made to enhance a student’s participation in the University’s programs. This subject requires all students to actively and safely participate in laboratory activities. Students who feel their disability may impact upon their active and safe participation in a subject are encouraged to discuss this with the relevant subject coordinator and the Disability Liaison Unit. |
| Subject Overview: |
This subject will require the student to apply knowledge gained in the prerequisite second year level subjects (531-201/531-202 and 655-201 Anatomy and Histology of the Eye) to understanding the changes which occur in the ocular tissues during eye disease. Specific topics to be covered will include ocular disease processes associated with cell injury and cell death, the immune response and allergy, development and ageing, the nervous system, surgical and non-surgical trauma, neoplasia, glaucoma, and the circulatory, haemopoetic and endocrine systems. Throughout the subject an emphasis will also be placed on the student developing a good understanding of the pathogenesis of ocular diseases. |
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| Objectives: | Upon completion of this subject students should understand the general principles of inflammation and wound healing as applied to ocular tissues. In addition, students should understand the process of tissue damage secondary to traumatic or infectious insult, along with the different aspects of the immune response. Students should be able to identify and interpret the light and electron microscopic changes that occur within ocular tissues during different disease processes. |
| Assessment: |
A 35-minute slide examination based on practical work held during the semester (20%); a 2-hour written examination in the examination period (80%). Hurdle requirement: students must submit a satisfactorily completed computer-aided learning worksheet following each practical class. |
| Prescribed Texts: | None |
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| Breadth Options: | This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses: You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Notes: | This subject is available for science credit to students enrolled in the BSc (pre-2008 degree), BASc or a combined BSc course. |
| Related Course(s): |
Bachelor of Optometry |
| Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: |
Vision Science |
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