PARA3002 Biomedical Parasitology (University of Queensland): rated 4.4/5 overall across 5 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
PARA3002 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Science in Parasitology. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 生物医学寄生虫学
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Parasitology
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
In this course, you will learn about the protozoan, helminth and arthropod parasites that cause disease in humans and our companion-animals. The course covers: parasite identification (microscopy and laboratory tests); host-range (species-specificity); site-of-infection (tissue and organ); parasite pathogenicity (disease potential); modes of transmission (spread of infections); differential diagnosis; treatment and control (cure and prevention).
PARA3002 has 5 scored reviews: overall 4.4/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 5.0 stars); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "ARCS2003 - This is a forensic archaeology, really easy to follow and super easy if you do any second year anatomy courses, it doesn’t have any required prerequisites though. PARA3002 - This is biomedical parasitology, really interesting while being a little gross at the same tim…"
On Reddit: "BIOM2012 was pretty great, didn't mind the content (actually loved it lol) but it was switched to Edx last year and the delivery via Edx really sucked. We all kicked up a fuss about it on the secats but with Covid19 I'm assuming they'll keep that format so keep that in mind. BIO…"
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Q: Is PARA3002 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 4.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PARA3002, and when is it offered?
A: PARA3002 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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