Stage2 - Diploma of Health Sciences - Laboratory Medicine, Leading to Bachelor of Science in Laboratory Medicine

Navitas Group - Curtin College

Australia,Western Australia

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 41,900/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Feb 2026

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Australia, Western Australia

Type: College

Location Type: Semi-Urban

Founded: 2000

Total Students: 12,000 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Building 420, Level 3, Curtin Bentley Campus, Koorliny Way, Bentley WA 6102, Australia

Stage2 - Diploma of Health Sciences - Laboratory Medicine, Leading to Bachelor of Science in Laboratory Medicine

Program Overview

Students who have already completed Year 12 (or equivalent) may start with the Stage 2 Diploma, which has the same course content and structure as year one of the corresponding Curtin University undergraduate degree. Upon completion of your Diploma, you will progress directly into the second year of your Curtin University Bachelor's degree program.


Stage2 - Laboratory Medicine - Diploma of Health Sciences
Laboratory Medicine is divided into six major areas of study: clinical biochemistry, haematology and blood transfusion serology, histopathology, diagnostic cytology, medical microbiology, medical biotechnology and immunology.

All disciplines involve the study, examination and analysis of body fluids and tissues to provide information essential for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.


Leading to: Bachelor of Science (Laboratory Medicine)
Laboratory medicine teaches you about pathology (the origin, nature and course of disease) and the diagnosis of disease.

Your first year is interprofessional and taken with other health sciences students. Your second year develops your knowledge of the cellular and tissue aspects of pathology, and the individual disciplines of laboratory medicine.

In your third and fourth years, you'll gain extensive field experience and focus on three of the following major disciplines: anatomical pathology, clinical biochemistry, haematology and transfusion science, immunology and medical microbiology.

You'll learn in Curtin's PC2 laboratory facility, where you can process and analyse clinical samples, identify microbes and report results in the same way as a real pathology laboratory.

You'll also develop your practical skills when you undertake a 24-week professional placement in a diagnostic pathology laboratory.


What you'll learn

  • Apply general and discipline specified knowledge to the performance of laboratory medicine
  • The application of knowledge critically and ethically in the laboratory medicine setting
  • Obtain and critically appraise information from a range of resources applicable to the practice of medical science
  • Communicate effectively specialised knowledge relevant to laboratory medicine
  • The selection and effective use of appropriate technologies to generate valid data
  • Recognition of the need for on-going learning in the Medical Science profession
  • An awareness of global differences in disease patterns and diagnostic medicine
  • Recognition of cultural difference and its impact on Medical Science
  • Recognition of the necessity for probity and ethical behaviour and a professional approach to medical science.