C10184v5 Bachelor of Medical Science

Overview

This degree is designed to educate and train graduates for careers in medical and health-related sciences. It aims to produce professional medical scientists with highly adaptable and practical scientific skills accompanied by a thorough grounding in theory. It specialises in the human body's structure, function and disease processes at the cellular and whole organ level.

The course provides the foundation knowledge and skills for students who wish to go on to postgraduate programs such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical engineering, nutrition and dietetics, complementary medicine, public health and health administration.

Pharmaceutical companies look to medical science graduates to work in areas such as drug registration and clinical trials coordination, as technical or marketing representatives and as policy analysts. Graduates also work as consultants, providing links with bodies such as state health departments and the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Career options

Career options include positions in private and public hospitals, public health units, government departments and in biotechnology, health technology and pharmaceutical companies.

Assumed knowledge

Mathematics; English; and any two science subjects.

Course duration and attendance

Students can complete the course over three years full time. Full-time attendance involves approximately 20 hours each week on campus. Students may also be able to complete the course part time, usually at the rate of two subjects a semester (a 50 per cent load), taking six years to complete. Part-time students are required to attend some sessions in daytime hours.

Course structure

Students must complete a total of 144 credit points, made up of 120 credit points of core subjects and 24 credit points of elective subjects. There is some choice within the core subjects enabling students to focus on a particular theme or area of expertise. The elective subjects enable students to increase their expertise in other areas of science or other disciplines in the University. This can be in the form of a specialised 24-credit-point sub-major or by a varied selection of subjects.

Course program

The program shown assumes full-time attendance, commencing in Autumn semester.

Honours

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