1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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.
SP231 Monitoring Technology
10 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil Assessment:
examination and practicals
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts CO-major (Psychology and
Psychophysiology)
Content
Principles of scientific instrumentation;
Electrical technology: DC/AC circuits;
Transducers: mechanical and electrical devices with
applications;
Radiation sources: materials and detection;
Acoustics.
SP233 Psychophysiological Concepts
19 credit points 8 hours p week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: SP132 Corequisites: Nil Assessment:
examination, assignments, and laboratory reports
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts CO-major (Psychology and
Psychophysiology)
Objectives
To extend the monitoring concepts to include
measurement from real physiological systems.
To provide the necessary physiology underlying
measurements.
Content
Basic monitoring instrumentation and technology, including,
recorders, plotters, displays, amplifiers, and filters.
Physiology of nerve and muscle systems, heart,
cardiovascular, and respiratory systems.
Biofeedback systems and their uses in psychophysiology.
Recommended reading
Stern R.M., Ray W.J., Davis C.M., Psychophysiological Recording,
New York, Oxford University Press, 1980
Wingerd B.D., The Human body: Concepts of Anatomy and
Physiology, Fort Worth, Saunders, 1994
SP235 Instrumental Science
10 credit points 4 hours pm week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil Assessment:
examination and practical work
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Applied Chemistry/Biochemistry)
Objectives
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.
Radiation sources: materials and detection.
Acoustics.
SP236 Physics
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil Assessment:
examination and assignments
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Environmental Health)
0 bjectives
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
17 credit points 8 hours pm week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: SP233 Corequisites: Nil Assessment:
examination and assignments
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts CO-major (Psychology and
Psychophysiology)
Objectives
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., The Human Body: Concepts of Anatomy and
Physiology, Fort Worth, Saunders, 1994