Bachelor
Graduating with an honours degree will set you apart from the crowd, ensuring you have a competitive edge and are well-placed for a career in industry, research or further postgraduate study.
This degree offers extensive practical learning, coupled with the support and mentoring from award-winning teaching staff and academics.
Our state-of-the-art on-campus facilities, including a Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training (VERT) suite, means you will get plenty of practical experience, ensuring you graduate career-ready. We're one of only seven universities in Australia to host VERT, which is a three-dimensional treatment room where you can treat virtual patients using equipment identical to the equipment used by practitioners in real-life.
This will be complemented by more than 1,750 hours of practical work placements in Adelaide metropolitan areas, rural and interstate settings, where you will practice the skills learned in class.
This is the only degree of its kind offered in South Australia.
During your first year you will focus on basic sciences at the core of the study and practice of medical radiation science. You will cover a range of topics, including anatomy, physiology, pathology and radiation physics. These core subjects offer an introduction to medical radiation and the scientific principles surrounding it.
Applying these concepts to professional practice occurs through clinical placements, which begin in your second year and continue through third and fourth year.
Throughout your studies you will take part in regular pre-clinical preparation workshops to further extend your skills as you move into advanced areas of practice.
You will also complete an honours project in your final years under the supervision of an experienced researcher and report on this project through a thesis and oral presentation. This will allow you to develop advanced research skills and complete training courses in research methods and ethics.
You can gain an extra qualification and broaden your career prospects by completing a Diploma in Languages.
In Australia, growth for medical radiation science professionals has been on the rise with career prospects continuing to look very strong, with an expected 11,000 job openings over the next five years.1 You should enjoy working with people, with technology, helping sick or injured people, working a variety of hours, be interested in the human body, being challenged by new ideas and being part of a team.
Radiation therapy professionals work in a variety of settings, including:
You may also gain employment in specialist areas such as:
1Australian Government Department of Jobs and Small Business, 2023 Small Business Projections.