• Level 5
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 32 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $731 NZ Domestic
    $2,563 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 7 hours per week
  • Availability
    Monthly course availability for upcoming periods
    Not available
    May
    Not available
    Jun
    Not available
    Jul
    Not available
    Aug
    Not available
    Sep
    2027 Not available
    Jan
    Not available
    Feb
    Not available
    Mar
    Not available
    Apr

The purpose of this course is to prepare you to be able to understand how medicines work and affect body systems.

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

  • Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, immune, integumentary and musculo-skeletal systems
  • Discuss disorders of the gastrointestinal, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, immune, integumentary and musculo-skeletal systems, and medicines used in their treatment, including malignant diseases.
  • Apply knowledge of human physiology and medicines used in the treatment of disorders of gastrointestinal, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, immune, integumentary and musculo-skeletal systems

Assessment

100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.