Enrolments are now open for "The human body" free online course
The human body – its structure, its systems and how it works – will be explained in a new free, online course offered by Flinders University in its first collaboration with Open Universities Australia.
The Human Body as a Machine, written and presented by Professor Colin Carati, uses four modules to give participants an overview and basic understanding of the human body.
The course begins with an introduction to the building blocks that make up the body, and how these are structured and maintained from the cellular to the organismal level. It then highlights the cardiovascular, hormonal and nervous systems in their critical role of coordinating and controlling parts of the body.
The next module investigates the structure of the musculoskeletal system, and how it helps us move through and manipulate our environment. Finally, the course reviews how the body works to replace itself, and how it creates a “new” human being.
The course will be launched in Open2Study, the Open Universities Australia free online learning platform. Flinders is the first South Australian university to partner with the platform.
The course begins on November 11. For more information and to enrol, go to www.flinders.edu.au/moocs/
