Bachelor
Medical Scientists are the leaders of creating, innovating and implementing solutions to health and medical problems having an impact globally on the health of society. Medical Scientists careers are dynamic and involve an exciting range of professions from research and development, writing and implementing policy and practice in the medical and health sciences, communicating science, working in industry, or undertaking further study that leads to progression into a variety of clinical professions. Medical Scientists at UTS can choose to major in Medical and Health-related Sciences or Pathology, allowing them to have speciality relevant to their career choices and interests. In the Medical and Health-related Science major students learn the body through the study of tissues, organs and cellular facets both in health and disease, medical devices, how medicines work, as well as public health policies and clinical trials. In the Pathology major students learn how diseases trigger biochemical or cellular changes in the body and how to best diagnose and treat these diseases. Students also learn how to identify infectious agents and the latest approaches to prevent, treat infections and limit their impact on society. Students learn by applying and investigating scientific approaches in world class laboratories with up-to-date scientific technologies and equipment in line with those used in the industry. This hands-on learning is accompanied by development of professional skills such as communication, problem solving, critical thinking, and innovation that means graduates are ideally placed for a range of professions. Medical Scientists at UTS also are inspired by teaching from our world leading researchers in the areas of medical devices, chronic diseases, respiratory diseases, infectious diseases, pharmacology, and cancer. Students explore and investigate the human body's structure, function and disease processes at the cellular and whole organ level. The course provides the knowledge and skills for students to be excellent medical scientists, who can make a difference to society in a range of careers. Students can also go on to postgraduate programs such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health and health administration. Pharmaceutical companies look to medical science graduates to work in areas such as drug registration and clinical trials. The degree also prepares students to take on research-focused postgraduate studies through an Honours or a Master program.
Career options include positions in medical research and development in industry and government settings, medical scientists in private and public hospitals, clinical trial and tissue bank settings, public health units, government departments, and biotechnology, health technology, and pharmaceutical companies. Graduates also work as consultants, scientific communicators, and scientific members of policy and regulatory organisations, such as state health departments and the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Students must complete a total of 144 credit points, made up of 48 credit points of Foundation stream core subjects, 72 credit points of major core subjects and 24 credit points of elective subjects. The elective subjects enable students to increase their expertise in other areas of science or other disciplines in the University. Students studying this course have an opportunity to undertake and receive academic credit for their placement off campus (an external business or research institute) or on campus (UTS research institutes or departments), in a capacity relevant to their academic studies.