The Bachelor of Biomedical Science includes major contributions from many of
the departments of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and the
Faculty of Science. It has the following attributes:
(a) The degree is structured to permit articulation into at least one of
many specific health and biomedical careers and appropriate higher level
studies in the biomedical sciences area.
(b) Students have the opportunity to study subjects from a wide range of
faculties as part of the degree structure. These include the faculties of Arts,
Business and Economics, Information Technology, Law, and Science. The overall
structure of the course permits students to choose up to eight subjects from
outside the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
The degree encompasses a range of new, interdisciplinary, core subjects to
cover all areas of the modern biomedical sciences, human biology and public
health. These include aspects of anatomy, biochemistry, clinical medicine,
epidemiology and preventive medicine, genetics, immunology, microbiology,
molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology and psychology. The core subjects
have been designed to provide the student with the skills necessary to
understand and investigate the functions of humans and other mammals and
include aspects of the traditional biomedical sciences.
The course is student-oriented and takes every opportunity to offer subjects
with as much flexibility as possible, encompassing a wide range of teaching and
learning approaches.
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