1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
Theories of learning
Motivation
Creativity
Social factors influencing learning
Learning from student perspective
Social factors influencing learning.
Personality
Cognitive styles
How students leardlearning styles
Deep learning vs surface learning
Problem solving and decision making
Learning strategies
Learning processes relevant to educational technology
Learning modes
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$ SE1 1 OT Electronics and lnstrumentation
3 A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
Y.
(Multimedia Technology)
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Subject aims
To develop an appreciation of the scope of electrical
engineering and to gain an understanding of the concepts
and acquire the skills needed to solve basic problems.
Subject description
Communications
Digital electronic concepts
Circuits
Electrical power and machines
Analog electronics
Health and safety issues
SE1 12 Introductory Biophysics A
(subject to accreditation)
10.0 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation)
Content
This subject provides preliminary material for the Medical
~io~hys~cs course. ~ h;ou~h lectures and practical exercises,
theoretical and ~ractical material forminer the introductory
concepts for thl course are presented. These concepts are '
basic and cover topics which will provide the student with
various skills in writing, scientific method, laboratory
techniques, analysis and safety. Introductory biological,
biophysical and physiological material (cellular physiology,
immunology, tissues, organs and human anatomy) are
included and form the basis for more advanced studies.
Students will be provided with practical skills on laboratory
report writing and specific exercises illustrating the
theoretical material.
SE1 20 Introduction to lnstrumentation 1
10.0 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil Assessment:
Examination, assignments and laboratory
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Computing and Instrumentation and Medical Biophysics
and Instrumentation)
Content
An introduction to the fundamentals of digital logic and
applications: logic gates; Boolean algebra; K-maps;
simplification of logic circuits, flip-flops, registers and
counters. Basic analogue electronic concepts: Ohm's law;
voltage and current dividers; simplifying resistor networks;
meters: Wheatstone bridee. Princi~les of measurement: S1
subjects; scientific notation; uncertainties; accuracy,
precision, resolution, linearity and sensitivity; sensors and
sensing; dynamic response of instruments; Information
representation, transmission and processing.
Recommended reading
Hazen, Fundarnends of DC and AC circuits, Saunders College
Publishing, Philadelphia, 1990
Ismail and Rooney, Digital Concepts and Applications. Saunders
College Publishing, Philadelphia, 1990
SE122 Introductory Biophysics B
(subject to accreditation)
10 Credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation)
Content
This subject presents a combination of introductory and
advanced theoretical and practical material on cellular,
physiological and biophysical systems. Topics covered
include: the major organ systems (cardiac, respiratory,
nervous, renal and muscular) as well as biomechanics, sports
science, endocrines, control and metabolism. Practical
classes use experiments in combination with computer
simulations to complement the topics, to provide practical
skills and to provide numerical results from normal
populations of selected human functions. All topic aspects
are covered such that their vocational and practical relevance
to the biological, clinical and sports sciences is clear.
SE230 Cardiovascular Biophysics
(subject to accreditation)
I0 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation)
Content
The heart: cardiac cycle, mechanical and electrical events,
Starling's law, mechanical properties of cardiac muscle.
Pulsatile pressure and flow in arteries, wave propagation in
arteries, blood Rheology, atherosclerosis, Starling's