Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Medical Science

(BMedSc)

Program of study

Honours Program

The program of study for this course changed from 2008. An information session and/or counselling session will be held for all continuing students.

INTRODUCTION

The Bachelor of Medical Science requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time).

The course is offered jointly by the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Health Sciences.

COURSE AIMS

The course has been designed to produce graduates who as medical scientists are specialists in a major area of science and possess well-developed skills to liaise with other groups of scientists, such as medical practitioners and biotechnologists. It aims to:

• prepare students for a range of careers within the medical sciences;
• enable students to specialise in particular areas of medical science as preparation for entry into, and progression through, an honours degree program and beyond;
• prepare students for entry into a variety of undergraduate courses leading to specific health professions;
• prepare students for graduate diploma courses and other postgraduate speciality programs in medical science such as radiology, pharmacology and pathology;
• provide students with preparation for entry to the graduate medical program (although admission to the medical program cannot be guaranteed as performance in an undergraduate degree is not the only criterion for selection).

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [January, 2008]

To qualify for the Bachelor of Medical Science, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

First Year

36 units comprising:

BIOL1102	Molecular Basis of Life	4.5
BIOL1101	Evolution of Biological Diversity	4.5
ENGL1012	Professional English for Medical Scientists **	4.5
MDSC1102	Skills for Medical Scientists 1	4.5
	and either
CHEM1101	Chemistry 1A, and	4.5
CHEM1102	Chemistry 1B	4.5
	or
CHEM1201	Introduction to Chemistry A, and	4.5
CHEM1202	Introduction to Chemistry B	4.5
	at least 4.5 units selected from the following:
BIOL1112	Biology and Society	4.5
CHEM1102	Chemistry 1B*	4.5
COMP1101	Information Communication Technology 1A	4.5
COMP1102	Computing Programming 1	4.5
CPES1201	Physics for the Life Sciences A	4.5
CPES1202	Physics for the Life Sciences B	4.5
LEGL1001	Australian Legal System	4.5
MMED1005	How Your Body Works - Human Physiology and Structure	4.5
PHYS1101	Physics A	4.5
PHYS1102	Physics B	4.5
	plus 4.5 units of electives	4.5

**Alternatively, with the permission of the course coordinator students from non-English speaking backgrounds may be permitted to enrol in ESOL1703 English as a Second Language 1.

*Only available to students undertaking CHEM1201 and CHEM1202.

Second Year

	36 units comprising:
BIOL2141	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	6
MDSC2101	Skills for Medical Scientists 2	3
MMED2927	Human Physiology 2A	3
MMED2928	Human Physiology 2B	3
STAT2305	Statistics for Medical Science	3
	plus 18 units selected from the following: *#
BIOL2121	Genetics, Evolution and Biodiversity	6
BIOL2142	Disease and Immunology, or	6
BIOL2341	Animal Disease and Defence	3
BIOL2330	Basic Microbiology, or	3
BIOL2232	Foundations in Microbiology	6
CHMD2001	Drug Discovery and Natural Products	3
CPES2101	Fundamentals of Advanced Chemistry A	3
CPES2111	Synthetic Organic and Inorganic Chemistry	6
COMP2001	Computer Programming 2B	3
COMP2004	Computer Organisation	3
COMP2005	Database Systems 1	3
COMP2006	Software Engineering 1	6
COMP2007	Systems Programming 3	3
COMP2008	Computing Programming 2A	3
COMP2010	Computer Networks	3
ENVH2005	Public Health Microbiology	3
ENVH2006	Public Health and Environmental Microbiology	3
MMED2929	Neural Circuits	3
MMED2930	Plasticity of the Nervous System	3
NUTD2001	Food Nutrition and Health	3

*Students should select topics so as to meet any prerequisite requirements for the Third Year specialisation they intend to pursue.

# Students may select up to 6 units of other Second Year topics from any area of the University with the prior approval of the course coordinator.

Third Year

36 units comprising:

plus the remaining units selected from the following*, ensuring that at least 12 units are selected from one designated area of specialisation:

# Topic not available until 2009.

* Students may also select the following work experience topic which must be done in the area of their Third Year specialisation and in addition to the 12 units required for the specialisation.

Honours Program

Students who withdraw during the honours year will not be permitted to re-enrol as an honours student except with the permission of the relevant school or faculty.

To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study in an approved program. Students may elect to enrol in the Bachelor of Science (Honours) Biological Sciences, in the Faculty of Science and Engineering or the Bachelor of Science (Honours) Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences, according to their proposed area of study.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Course Rule and Program of Study
A mid-year intake into this program is available. Please visit the Honours website for detailed information about the Biological Sciences Honours program at: http://www.scieng.flinders.edu.au/biology/courses/honours.htm or contact Dr Greg Kirby, (Honours Coordinator), phone (08) 8201 2176.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) MEDICINE
Course Rule and Program of Study
A mid-year intake into this program is available, contact Karen Siegmann, Faculty of Health Sciences, on (08) 8201 2538.
Please visit the Honours website for detailed information about the honours program at: http://health.fmc.flinders.edu.au/honours/ or contact Dr C Lunam, (Chairperson of the Honours Committee), phone (08) 8204 4704.