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Course and Subject Handbook 2020 Courses Undergraduate Courses Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) [Embedded] [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program]

Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) [Embedded] [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program]

Information valid for students commencing in 2020.

Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours) [Embedded] [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program]

Handbook year

2020

Course Code

107809

Course type

Bachelor Honours Degree (AQF Level 8)

Division

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
requirements

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: /professional-experience-placement/preparation-checklists

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:

  • Integrate and apply a coherent and advanced body of theoretical and technical knowledge and skills, with depth in the underlying concepts and principles across the range of pathology science disciplines
  • Critically review, analyse, synthesise and apply scientific evidence and processes in a range of social and economic contexts
  • Apply recognised methods and tools of medical laboratory science in processes of enquiry and discovery in clinical/medical investigative contexts
  • Communicate scientific information and research findings clearly and coherently through advanced English language and numeracy proficiency to a range of audiences using a variety of modes
  • Demonstrate personal and social responsibility and accountability through an awareness of ethical frameworks, by working safely and responsible in individual and/or team environments
  • Critically reflect upon the role of pathology investigation and medical research in tropical, rural, remote, Indigenous communities and/or other contexts
  • Reflect on current skills, knowledge and attitudes in order to plan and implement ongoing personal and professional development needs relevant to a professional medical laboratory scientist
  • Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute project work and/or a piece of research and scholarship with some independence.

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            

:03 Introduction to Biomedicine

:03 Effective Writing

:03 Preparatory Mathematics

Teaching Period 2            

:03 Preparatory Chemistry

:03 Health and Health Care in Australia

Option

:03 Indigenous Australians or :03 Indigenous People of North Queensland

Year 2

Teaching Period 1

:03 Introductory Biochemistry and Microbiology

:03 Anatomy: Principles and Systems

:03 Chemistry: A Central Science

Teaching Period 2            

:03 Biomedicine in the Tropics

:03 Anatomy: Structure and Movement

:03 Chemistry: Principles and Applications

Year 3

Teaching Period 1            

:03 Principles of Biochemistry

:03 Health Professional Research 1

:03 Microbial Diversity

:03 Medical Physiology 1

Teaching Period 2

:03 Molecular Genetics

:03 Introduction to Medical Pharmacology or :03 Cell Biology

:03 Introductory Infectious Diseases and Immunobiology

:03 Medical Physiology 2

Year 4

Teaching Period 1:

:03 Genes, Genomes and Development

:03 Clinical Microbiology

:03 Advanced Immunobiology

:03 General Pathobiology

Teaching Period 2:

:03 Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases

:03 Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance

:03 Systemic Pathophysiology and Therapeutics

Plus

Select 3 credit points of specified level 3 subjects:

:03 Advanced Anatomy by Dissection

:03 Bioengineering

:03 Advanced Projects in Biomedicine

:03 Molecular Analysis of Tropical Microbes

Year 5

Teaching Period 1:

:03 Advanced Clinical Placement 1

:03 Advanced Immunohaematology

:03 Advanced Haematology 1

:03 Advanced Haematology 2

Teaching Period 2:

:03Advanced Clinical Biochemistry 1

:03 Advanced Clinical Biochemistry 2

:03 Advanced Clinical Placement 2

: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 Coursework Enrolment Procedure.

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

Credit

Eligibility

Students may apply for a credit transfer for previous tertiary study or informal and non-formal learning in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure.

Maximum allowed

6 credit points

Currency

Credit will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course.

Expiry

Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 21 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit 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 credit 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