Information valid for students commencing in 2019.
Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) [Embedded] [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program]
Handbook year | 2019 |
Course Code | 107809 |
Course type | Bachelor Honours Degree (AQF Level 8) |
Division | Division of Tropical Health and Medicine |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English, Maths B, Chemistry Recommended: one of Biology, Health Education, Physical Education or Physics |
Special admission requirements | Nominate with QTAC as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander |
Post admission | This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, a Suitability to Work with Children Card, a federal police check and/or other conditions that students must comply with. Students must complete all professional experience placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of these requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your course requirements here: |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 108 credit points as per course structure |
Additional course rules | Nil |
Course learning outcomes | The Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) graduate will be able to:
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Inherent Requirements
Inherent Requirements | Inherent requirements are the fundamental abilities, attributes, skills and behaviours needed to complete the learning outcomes of a course while preserving the academic integrity of the university’s learning, assessment and accreditation processes. Students and prospective students must be able to demonstrate that they have acquired or have the ability to acquire the inherent requirements for their degree. For more information refer to Inherent Requirements page. |
Reasonable adjustments | Reasonable adjustments may be made to assist students manage additional circumstances impacting on their studies provided these do not change the academic integrity of a degree. Reasonable adjustments do not alter the need to be able to demonstrate the inherent requirements of the course. |
Course Structure
Core Subjects
Year 1
Teaching Period 1
BM1001:03 Introduction to Biomedicine
CU1010:03 Effective Writing
MA1020:03 Preparatory Mathematics
Teaching Period 2
CH1020:03 Preparatory Chemistry
HS1401:03 Health and Health Care in Australia
Option
IA1011:03 Indigenous Australians or IA1012:03 Indigenous Australians of North Queensland
Year 2
Teaching Period 1
BM1000:03 Introductory Biochemistry and Microbiology
BM1002:03 Anatomy: Principles and Systems
CH1001:03 Chemistry: A Central Science
Teaching Period 2
BM1003:03 Biomedicine in the Tropics
BM1004:03 Anatomy: Structure and Movement
CH1002:03 Chemistry: Principles and Applications
Year 3
Teaching Period 1
BC2013:03 Principles of Biochemistry
BM2001:03 Epidemiology
MI2011:03 Microbial Diversity
PP2101:03 Medical Physiology 1
Teaching Period 2
BC2023:03 Molecular Genetics
BC2024:03 Cell Biology
MI2021:03 Introductory Infectious Diseases and Immunobiology
PP2201:03 Medical Physiology 2
Year 4
Teaching Period 1:
BC3101:03 Genes, Genomes and Development
MI3021:03 Clinical Microbiology
MI3061:03 Advanced Immunobiology
PP3151:03 General Pathobiology
Teaching Period 2:
MI3051:03 Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases
ML3102:03 Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance
PP3251:03 Systemic Pathophysiology and Therapeutics
Plus
Select 3 credit points of specified level 3 subjects:
:03 Advanced Anatomy by Dissection
BC3201:03 Bioengineering
BM3000:03 Advanced Projects in Biomedicine
MI3071:03 Molecular Analysis of Tropical Microbes
Year 5
Teaching Period 1:
ML5303:03 Advanced Clinical Placement 1
ML5305:03 Advanced Immunohaematology
ML5307:03 Advanced Haematology 1
ML5308:03 Advanced Haematology 2
Teaching Period 2:
ML5301:03Advanced Clinical Biochemistry 1
ML5302:03 Advanced Clinical Biochemistry 2
ML5304:03 Advanced Clinical Placement 2
ML5309:03 Advanced Histology and Cytology Techniques
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 5 years full time or 9 years part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 11 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 2 years |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | Clinical placement/professional practice: This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students |
Special assessment requirements | Refer to Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement policy. |
Professional accreditation requirements | Nil |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Students may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit and Articulation policy and associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 6 credit points |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 21 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree. |
Other restrictions | A maximum of 18 credit points of advanced standing may be granted at level 3 or 4. |
Award Details
Award title | BACHELOR OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE (HONOURS) |
Approved abbreviation | BMedLabSc(Hons) |
Exit with lesser award | Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have successfully completed 72 credit points of appropriate subjects, may be eligible for the award of: Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Physiology and Pharmacology). |
Course articulation | Not applicable |