Future Students - Courses

Technology and Data Acquisition

Unit Code: HET148

Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
1 Semester	Approximately 4 Hours per Week	Hawthorn	Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Sciences), Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Psychophysiology), and Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Psychophysiology).

Aims & Objectives:

Understanding of information technology, data acquisition and analysis applied to psychophysiology.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures, Tutorials, Laboratories and Online/Flexible Delivery

Assessment:

Examinations

Content:

This unit of study explores the technology associated with physiological monitoring, particularly computer-based data acquisition and display. The concepts of signal acquisition and processing are introduced, along with analog-to-digital conversion and sampling theorem. Students are given the opportunity to operate all the necessary recording instruments in practical classes. The technology component of the unit looks at relevant information technology, particularly the Internet and WWW.

Reading Materials:

Reddick, R & King, E, The Online Student, Harcourt Brace, Texas, 1997.