Bachelor of Medical Sciences

Overview The Bachelor of Medical Science is a broad-ranging degree that prepares you for diverse career pathways.

The first year provides the foundation to a wide-range of areas in medical science and prepares you for in-depth study in a chosen area gained through one of the majors of the degree.

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The course integrates contact with medical and health professionals from first year, allowing you to hear from those currently employed in the field early in your program.

Early contact with medical professionals will provide first-hand information on the range of career options available to you, allowing you to tailor your study to ensure you are on track for your chosen career path.

Critical employability skills will be addressed both in the core units and through embedded learning in the discipline specific majors.

You will master laboratory skills that are essential for a medical scientist, and develop the capability to solve problems of a medical and health related nature.

You will learn to communicate effectively to a wide range of people using a range of communication tools and gain an understanding of ethics and cultural considerations relative to medical science.

Your study will include work-integrated learning activities, and a final year placement through the University's Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) initiative.

This placement is undertaken in conjunction with a partner organisation, many of which are in a medical research capacity.

The Bachelor of Medical Science is offered jointly between Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medical and Health Science.

Teachers in the course are recognised for their excellence in teaching and are at the forefront of research, ensuring you are taught with the most up-to-date and globally relevant knowledge for a career in medical science.

More information can be found in the information on the individual specialisations.The Bachelor of Medical Science is a broad-ranging degree that prepares you for diverse career pathways.

The first year provides the foundation to a wide-range of areas in medical science and prepares you for in-depth study in a chosen area gained through one of the majors of the degree.

Each major provides both deep and broad coverage of its area, with majors spanning the anatomy and physiology of the human body, laboratory diagnostics, disease, biosecurity, drug discovery and health communication.

The degree is flexible and allows you to study double majors, minors in emerging areas of health and medical science, or a major complemented with your choice of units.

The course integrates contact with medical and health professionals from first year, allowing you to hear from those currently employed in the field early in your program.

Early contact with medical professionals will provide first-hand information on the range of career options available to you, allowing you to tailor your study to ensure you are on track for your chosen career path.

Critical employability skills will be addressed both in the core units and through embedded learning in the discipline specific majors.

You will master laboratory skills that are essential for a medical scientist, and develop the capability to solve problems of a medical and health related nature.

You will learn to communicate effectively to a wide range of people using a range of communication tools and gain an understanding of ethics and cultural considerations relative to medical science.

Your study will include work-integrated learning activities, and a final year placement through the University's Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) initiative.

This placement is undertaken in conjunction with a partner organisation, many of which are in a medical research capacity.

The Bachelor of Medical Science is offered jointly between Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medical and Health Science.

Teachers in the course are recognised for their excellence in teaching and are at the forefront of research, ensuring you are taught with the most up-to-date and globally relevant knowledge for a career in medical science.

More information can be found in the information on the individual specialisations.Read More

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Inherent requirements are the essential components of a course or program necessary for a student to successfully achieve the core learning outcomes of a course or program. Students must meet the inherent requirements to complete their Macquarie University course or program. For more information see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/inherent-requirements. Inherent requirements for Macquarie University programs fall under the following categories:

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The physical inherent requirement is to have the physical capabilities to safely and effectively perform the activities necessary to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.

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The inherent requirement for cognition is possessing the intellectual, conceptual, integrative and quantitative capabilities to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.

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The inherent requirement for communication is the capacity to communicate information, thoughts and ideas through a variety of mediums and with a range of audiences.

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The behavioural inherent requirement is the capacity to sustain appropriate behaviour over the duration of units of study to engage in activities necessary to undertake the learning activities and achieve the learning outcomes of an award.