C10184v7 Bachelor of Medical Science
Award(s): Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSc)Bachelor of Medical Science in Pathology (BMedSc)
Bachelor of Medical Science in Medical and Health-related Sciences (BMedSc)
UAC code: 607050 (No major) (Autumn session, Spring session, Spring session), 607051 (Pathology) (Autumn session, Spring session, Spring session), 607052 (Medical & Health related Sciences) (Autumn session, Spring session, Spring session)
CRICOS code: 023607A
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 144
Course EFTSL: 3
Location: City campus
Overview
Career options
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Pathway course
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Honours
Other information
Overview
Medical Scientists are the leaders of creating, innovating and implementing solutions to health and medical problems having an impact globally on the health of society. Medical Scientists careers are dynamic and involve an exciting range of professions from research and development, writing and implementing policy and practice in the medical and health sciences, communicating science, working in industry, or undertaking further study that leads to progression into a variety of clinical professions. Medical Scientists at UTS can choose to major in Medical and Health-related Sciences or Pathology, allowing them to have speciality relevant to their career choices and interests. In the Medical and Health-related Science major students learn the body through the study of tissues, organs and cellular facets both in health and disease, medical devices, how medicines work, as well as public health policies and clinical trials. In the Pathology major students learn how diseases trigger biochemical or cellular changes in the body and how to best diagnose and treat these diseases. Students also learn how to identify infectious agents and the latest approaches to prevent, treat infections and limit their impact on society. Students learn by applying and investigating scientific approaches in world class laboratories with up-to-date scientific technologies and equipment in line with those used in the industry. This hands-on learning is accompanied by development of professional skills such as communication, problem solving, critical thinking, and innovation that means graduates are ideally placed for a range of professions. Medical Scientists at UTS also are inspired by teaching from our world leading researchers in the areas of medical devices, chronic diseases, respiratory diseases, infectious diseases, pharmacology, and cancer.
Students explore and investigate the human body's structure, function and disease processes at the cellular and whole organ level. The course provides the knowledge and skills for students to be excellent medical scientists, who can make a difference to society in a range of careers. Students can also go on to postgraduate programs such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health and health administration. Pharmaceutical companies look to medical science graduates to work in areas such as drug registration and clinical trials. The degree also prepares students to take on research-focused postgraduate studies through an Honours or a Master program.
Career options
Career options include positions in medical research and development in industry and government settings, medical scientists in private and public hospitals, clinical trial and tissue bank settings, public health units, government departments, and biotechnology, health technology, and pharmaceutical companies. Graduates also work as consultants, scientific communicators, and scientific members of policy and regulatory organisations, such as state health departments and the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Transdisciplinarity and Innovation at UTSAll UTS students have the opportunity to develop distinctive capabilities around transdisciplinary thinking and innovation through the TD School. Transdisciplinary education at UTS brings together great minds from different disciplines to explore ideas that improve the way we live and work in the world. These offerings are unique to UTS and directly translate to many existing and emerging roles and careers.
Diploma in InnovationThe Diploma in Innovation (C20060) teaches innovation, supports personal transformation and provides the hard skills needed to support the inventors and inventions of the future. Students come out of the Diploma in Innovation, with the hard skills to create and support sectoral and societal transformation. Graduates are able to fluently integrate ideas, across professional disciplines and are inventors of the future.
All UTS undergraduate students (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) can apply for the Diploma in Innovation upon admission in their chosen undergraduate degree. It is a complete degree program that runs in parallel to any undergraduate degree. The course is offered on a three-year, part-time basis, with subjects running in 3-week long intensive blocks in July, December and February sessions. More information including a link to apply is available at https://dipinn.uts.edu.au.
Transdisciplinary electives programTransdisciplinary electives broaden students' horizons and supercharge their problem-solving skills, helping them to learn outside, beyond and across their degrees. In 2022, students enrolled in an undergraduate course that includes electives can choose to take a transdisciplinary subject (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation). From 2023, all students enrolled in most undergraduate courses will complete a transdisciplinary subject as part of their course of study. More information about the TD Electives program is available here.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.1 | Apply: Identify how disease can arise and disrupt normal physiological function. |
| 1.2 | Analyse: Select and appraise the technology and tools to detect and diagnose diseases. |
| 1.3 | Synthesise: Combine the principles of precision medicine and human genetics to solving problems and analysing case studies in the medical field. |
| 2.1 | Apply: Demonstrate experimental design and sampling to design appropriate studies to test hypotheses addressing medical science investigations. |
| 2.2 | Analyse: Examine and use appropriate scientific tools in the design and execution of medical science research. |
| 2.3 | Synthesise: Think and work creatively to bring new perspectives and solutions to current and emerging medical science challenges. |
| 3.1 | Apply: Identify health and medical solutions for local and the global communities. |
| 3.2 | Analyse: Demonstrate ethical practice in medical science sector. |
| 3.3 | Synthesise: Work responsibly, safely, and with respect to diversity, within ethical, academic, and regulatory frameworks relevant to medical science. |
| 4.1 | Apply: Engage in reflective practices as a lifelong learner and incorporate these into everyday practice as a medical scientist. |
| 4.2 | Analyse: Evaluate and critically appraise current evidence-based literature to determine best practices, and gaps in medical research and knowledge. |
| 4.3 | Synthesise: Work creatively to translate the results of medical research to improve the clinical care of patients and/or the mechanisms of disease. |
| 5.1 | Apply: Communicate medical science effectively in a number of multimedia forms to a wide range of audiences. |
| 5.2 | Analyse: Establish high-quality writing and oral skills to effectively communicate reports and other relevant ideas to a range of audiences. |
| 5.3 | Synthesise: Practice the requirements for presentation of research data through preparation of oral and written works. |
| 6.1 | Apply: Identify how diagnostic procedures impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. |
| 6.2 | Analyse: Examine the unique health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
| 6.3 | Synthesise: Incorporate knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities when engaging as professionals in the health sector, as technicians, practitioners, and colleagues. |
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Pathway course
Successful completion of the UTS College:
- Diploma of Engineering with a WAM of at least 75 per cent without any failures guarantees entry into the course with 36 credit points recognition of prior learning
- Diploma of Science (Life Science) guarantees entry into the course with 48 credit points of recognition of prior learning.
Assumed knowledge
Mathematics; any two units of English; any two units of Science.
Course duration and attendance
Students can complete the course over three years full time or six years part time. Part-time students are required to attend some classes in daytime hours.
Course structure
Students must complete a total of 144 credit points, made up of 48 credit points of Foundation stream core subjects, 72 credit points of major core subjects and 24 credit points of elective subjects. The elective subjects enable students to increase their expertise in other areas of science or other disciplines in the University.
Industrial training/professional practice
Students studying this course have an opportunity to undertake internship subjects and receive academic credit for their placement off campus (an external business or research institute) or on campus (UTS research institutes or departments), in a capacity relevant to their academic studies.
Course completion requirements
| STM90680 Foundation stream (Life Sciences) | 48cp | |
| CBK92144 Major choice (Medical Science) | 72cp | |
| CBK92137 Electives (Science UG) | 24cp | |
| Total | 144cp |
Course diagram
Course program
Typical course programs are shown below.
| Medical and Health-related sciences, Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 33116 Design, Data, and Decisions | 6cp | |
| 60006 Scientific Perspectives for Global Issues | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 65212 Chemistry 2 | 6cp | |
| 91123 Nature and Evolution | 6cp | |
| 91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology | 6cp | |
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| 91563 Haematology | 6cp | |
| 91707 Pharmacology 1 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91401 Immunology | 6cp | |
| 91239 Human Pathophysiology | 6cp | |
| 91148 Human Genetics and Precision Medicine | 6cp | |
| 91812 Human Anatomy 2 | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| CBK92069 Transdisciplinary Electives (6cp subject choice) | 6cp | |
| CBK90579 Elective 1 | 6cp | |
| CBK90580 Elective 2 | 6cp | |
| CBK90581 Elective 3 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91709 Pharmacology 2 | 6cp | |
| 91180 Immunology and Human Health | 6cp | |
| 91194 Evidence Based Practice in Medical Science | 6cp | |
| 91705 Medical Devices and Diagnostics | 6cp | |
| Medical and Health-related sciences, Spring commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring session | ||
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 91123 Nature and Evolution | 6cp | |
| 91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology | 6cp | |
| Summer session | ||
| 65212 Chemistry 2 | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 33116 Design, Data, and Decisions | 6cp | |
| 60006 Scientific Perspectives for Global Issues | 6cp | |
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91812 Human Anatomy 2 | 6cp | |
| 91239 Human Pathophysiology | 6cp | |
| 91148 Human Genetics and Precision Medicine | 6cp | |
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| Summer session | ||
| 91401 Immunology | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91707 Pharmacology 1 | 6cp | |
| 91563 Haematology | 6cp | |
| CBK92069 Transdisciplinary Electives (6cp subject choice) | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91709 Pharmacology 2 | 6cp | |
| 91180 Immunology and Human Health | 6cp | |
| 91194 Evidence Based Practice in Medical Science | 6cp | |
| 91705 Medical Devices and Diagnostics | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| CBK90579 Elective 1 | 6cp | |
| CBK90580 Elective 2 | 6cp | |
| CBK90581 Elective 3 | 6cp | |
| Pathology, Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 33116 Design, Data, and Decisions | 6cp | |
| 60006 Scientific Perspectives for Global Issues | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 65212 Chemistry 2 | 6cp | |
| 91123 Nature and Evolution | 6cp | |
| 91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology | 6cp | |
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| 91563 Haematology | 6cp | |
| 91500 Histology | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91401 Immunology | 6cp | |
| 91178 Applications of Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| 91195 Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Infections | 6cp | |
| 91193 Advanced Medical Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| CBK92069 Transdisciplinary Electives (6cp subject choice) | 6cp | |
| CBK90579 Elective 1 | 6cp | |
| CBK90580 Elective 2 | 6cp | |
| CBK90581 Elective 3 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91129 Transfusion Science | 6cp | |
| 91180 Immunology and Human Health | 6cp | |
| 91192 Advanced Haematology and Pathology Diagnosis | 6cp | |
| 91196 Microbiology Diagnosis | 6cp | |
| Pathology, Spring commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring session | ||
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 91123 Nature and Evolution | 6cp | |
| 91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology | 6cp | |
| Summer session | ||
| 65212 Chemistry 2 | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 33116 Design, Data, and Decisions | 6cp | |
| 60006 Scientific Perspectives for Global Issues | 6cp | |
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91193 Advanced Medical Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| 91196 Microbiology Diagnosis | 6cp | |
| 91195 Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Infections | 6cp | |
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| Summer session | ||
| 91401 Immunology | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91563 Haematology | 6cp | |
| 91500 Histology | 6cp | |
| CBK92069 Transdisciplinary Electives (6cp subject choice) | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91129 Transfusion Science | 6cp | |
| 91180 Immunology and Human Health | 6cp | |
| 91178 Applications of Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| 91192 Advanced Haematology and Pathology Diagnosis | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| CBK90579 Elective 1 | 6cp | |
| CBK90580 Elective 2 | 6cp | |
| CBK90581 Elective 3 | 6cp | |
Honours
The Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) (C09031) is available to eligible students with an additional one year of full-time study.
Other information
Further information is available from:
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