Build a foundational, multi-disciplinary knowledge base that focuses on the natural, physical and social sciences and includes population health and research methodology.

A biomedical studies degree prepares you for career opportunities in various fields. It provides the background knowledge to attend professional programs in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, dentistry, speech pathology or physiotherapy.

Develop an in-depth understanding of the following topics in the first two years of your degree:

biology
chemistry
functional anatomy
statistics
genetics
ethics and law in healthcare
nutrition
psychology
You will expand your knowledge in subsequent years across a broader range of health-related disciplines:

human physiology
First Nations health and healing
cell and molecular biology
epidemiology
human health and development
health and chronic disease management

The Bachelor of Health Sciences degree is a four-year program consisting of a range of courses that relate directly to the science of health, in the recognition that health is a complex entity defying a simple explanation or a single disciplinary perspective. The courses identified within the School of Health Sciences offer learning opportunities from a variety of disciplines, including the life sciences, social sciences, behavioural sciences, and ethics and law, to enable students to develop a body of knowledge and understanding relating to the dimensions of health. Some of these courses are considered to be ‘core’ and therefore central to the basic understandings of health, while others offer the student opportunities to learn about a specific health perspective that is focused on one of three Majors:

i) Biomedical Studies,
ii) Community and Population Health-Environmental Health, or,
iii) Community and Population Health-Aboriginal and Rural Health.

Graduation from either of the Community and Population Health Majors enables students to embark on careers or graduate programs related to health care management, administration, information systems or public health.

Students pursuing the Biomedical Studies Major are required to complete a set of courses that enables them to be prepared for application to professional programs such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, dentistry, speech pathology or physiotherapy. This major provides a foundational, multidisciplinary knowledge base that is focused on the natural, physical, and social sciences, and includes population health and research methodology. Students interested in other fields requiring extensive biomedical laboratory skills may enroll in the degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BCMB).

All students graduating with the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree will have developed critical analytical skills, life-long learning skills, and the ability to work from the evident of best practice.

Career Paths
Nursing
Pharmacist
Physician
Dentist
Physiotherapy
Occupational health
Speech pathology
Apply for professional health degree programs such as nursing, pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, occupational health and speech pathology.

Enrol in graduate school to obtain a master’s degree and/or PhD.