Program Overview

UC’s Bachelor of Medical Science provides you with the foundational understanding of the science that underpins medicine, human health, disease and general well-being. Unlock your career ambitions and gain the comprehensive knowledge and skills that enable you to understand the unique interactions between cellular, chemical and biological sciences.

Engaging with the revitalised curriculum that builds upon science as a core major, study key areas like chemistry and biology at the molecular, cellular, organ and whole organism level while engaging in research projects or work integrated learning.

With a strong emphasis on professional skills and an integrated group work approach, you will examine contemporary issues in health and disease in the latter half of the degree.
In addition to the core science major, you’ll also complete two specialist majors, the Pathological Basis of Disease and the Genetic Basis of Disease. This will allow you to develop the in-depth skills required to navigate the ever-changing and fast-paced medical science industry.  

 
Study a Bachelor of Medical Science at UC and you will

• Understand the function and structure of health and the human body, including our anatomy and physiology
• Improve medical science outcomes with skills obtained in reasoning, technical analysis and communication
• Develop critical thinking and data analysis skills to solve a range of real-world issues on a local and global level for health and disease
• Evaluate current and emerging ethical and cultural issues that arise in medical science
• Select and apply tools to conduct scientific investigations relevant to medical science, while being transferable to a range of disciplines
• Demonstrate the ability to collect scientific data individually and collaboratively, within legal, ethical and social frameworks
• Critically analyse, synthesise and integrate scientific knowledge, literature, data, or arguments for effective communication to a range of audiences.

 
Work Integrated Learning
Step out of the classroom and into the real-world. Our professional practice units are an integral component of this degree and allow you to conduct real life experiments. Work with the latest technologies and clinical practices in a range of laboratories in industry or government settings, or explore our own labs by undertaking research projects with support from UC researchers.

Specialist Major: Genetic Basis of Disease
The Specialist Major in Medical Science - Genetic Basis of Disease delivers an integrated curriculum to explore the molecular mechanisms which underpin human health and disease. Focused on contemporary issues in medical science, graduates will develop a deep understanding of the biochemical, genetic and genomic processes governing disease pathogenesis and progression. Students will undertake studies in genetics and genomics, the genetic basis of disease, biochemistry and metabolism. Modern medical science requires computational and data analytical skills to transform big data, enabling better understanding disease progression/patterns and risk factors, and effective drug treatment. Students will develop computational and data analytical skills in the units: Introduction to Data Science, Bioinformatics and Genetics and Genomics. These skills will be coupled with theoretic and experimental technique and applied in a broader context to the understanding of advances in medicines and therapeutics and to disease progression in the final year of study.