PHYL0646-2 : Physiology of the nervous system

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PHYL0646-2

Physiology of the nervous system, Part I

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy		3
Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3
Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Philippe Kolh

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The introduction defines human physiology and anatomy, including the methods used to study them. The core of the course (divided into Physiology of Nervous System – partim 1 and Physiology of Nervous System – partim 2) aims at studying the nervous and endocrine systems. The partim 1 details the physiology of the neuron, and the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system.

Learning outcomes of the course :

To study human physiology, and secondarily anatomy, and particularly the nervous and endocrine systems

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Cellular biology (studied in BLOC 1)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Lectures with active participation of students

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face delivery