Bachelor
Improve the health of your community
Are you fascinated by the human body? Do you want to help tackle important health issues facing our world today?
Studying health and medical sciences is mentally stimulating and hands-on. It's about fighting disease through scientific research and actively promoting wellbeing.
Our Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences ranks first in South Australia for teaching quality, and third in Australia for overall education experience*.
Our degree supports you in developing relevant and transferable skills that are highly sought-after in research and health industries. You will:
You'll also pursue a specialisation in one of a diverse range of areas:
You could work in a medical laboratory or clinical setting, seeing modern medicine improve vulnerable patients' health. You might be the first to witness ground-breaking medical research results. Perhaps you'll help populations make healthy choices, or change the environments in which people live, grow, work, and play, so that everyone can lead healthy lives. Previous graduates have gone on to high-level, influential positions in a range of health organisations and government departments throughout Australia and abroad.
*Imip.gov.au Occupation projection
The Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences is a three-year degree. In the first year students will learn the fundamentals of human anatomy and public health, and there is a focus on the development of communication and learning skills. In the second year students will gain in-depth knowledge in selected subject areas including pathology, physiology, pharmacology, health promotion and epidemiology and students will develop problem solving and group work skills by investigating global health challenges. In the third year students will gain extensive hands-on and workplace experience by completing a major in their chosen field.
The Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences is the only degree in South Australia that draws on all disciplines within health sciences including Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology and Public Health, so students have the flexibility to select one of seven different majors spread across two different streams: Medical Health or Lifespan Health.
The Medical Health stream offers majors in:This degree structure facilitates students concentrating on one specialised health-related area, as well as facilitating study in complementary areas through broadening electives, and provides an opportunity for an international study component.
The Calendar is a comprehensive handbook of the University's academic program rules.