Physiology Stage 2 (POC2)

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Students who return failing grades in a trimester amounting to 15 credits, or more, will be identified under the UCD Continuation – Academic Progress policy. Students whose rate of progression and performance over two academic years is deemed unacceptable will be referred to the Governing Board to be reviewed for exclusion from the programme.

Students who fail to progress from the stage of the programme they are registered to for more than two academic years (except where a period of Leave of Absence has been granted for one of those years) will also be contacted under the Continuation – Academic Progress Policy.

As Stages 3 and 4 have the most dynamic components of the programme, and the material studied previously may no longer be relevant, a student who has been away from the programme for a significant period should be required to register again to Stage 3. The upper limit for completion of Stages 3 and 4 should be six years if they choose to do 120 credits with 20 in each year.

Physiology graduates go on to establish careers in the following areas:




  • Biomedical research in the university system or other government-run operations

  • Pharmaceutical industry-based research and development

  • Clinical trials

  • Pharmaceutical industry sales



Physiology graduates regularly gain places on graduate-entry Medicine and other allied healthcare degree courses. UCD provides opportunities for graduate physiological research at the Master’s or PhD level. Research into basic physiological mechanisms takes place but the research focus is on translational research, i.e. the research that enhances our understanding of human disease that leads to advances in the improvement of human health.


Stage 2

Students take 5 core modules. Students must register to 50 programme credits in total (cores/option modules). Additional modules may be selected from the BSc programme to complete Stage 2 (60 credits) or alternatively, students can select 10 credits of elective modules.

Module ID Module Title Trimester Credits
Stage 2 Core Modules
     
BMOL20060 Biomolecular Lab Skills 1 Autumn 5
BMOL20090 Molecular Genetics and Biotech Autumn 5
BMOL20110 Biomolecular Sciences Autumn 5
PHYS20040 An introduction to Physiology: Human cells and tissues Autumn 5
PHYS20030 An Introduction to Physiology: Organs and Systems Spring 5
Stage 2 Core Modules
     
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF:
CHEM20090 is a CORE MODULE for students who wish to progress with any subject in the BBB stream. Students registered to, or who have taken, both CHEM20080 and CHEM20100, are not required to take CHEM20090. Students who are unable to register to CHEM20090 should contact the Science Office.
     
CHEM20090 Chemistry for Biology Autumn 5
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF:
CHEM20090 is a CORE MODULE for students who wish to progress with any subject in the BBB stream. Students registered to, or who have taken, both CHEM20080 and CHEM20100, are not required to take CHEM20090. Students who are unable to register to CHEM20090 should contact the Science Office.
     
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF:
If Physics has not been taken in the Leaving Certificate, and if not previously taken in Stage 1, students enrolled to Stage 2 Physiology must take PHYC10070 in Stage 2.
     
PHYC10070 Foundations of Physics Autumn 5
Stage 2 Options - C)MIN0OF:
If Physics has not been taken in the Leaving Certificate, and if not previously taken in Stage 1, students enrolled to Stage 2 Physiology must take PHYC10070 in Stage 2.
     

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