bachelor of medical science/bachelor of forensic biotechnolgy (1 Viewer)

[becxoxo]

hey..

Just wondering, does anyone do the bachelor of medical science/bachelor of forensic biotechnology?

Or thinking of doing it?

I am. But theres a chemistry side to it and i did chemistry in year 11 but didnt do so well. So its the only thing im concerned about.

thanks.

 

[Survivor39]

You will definitely need to study chemistry in first year and possibly in subsequent years depending on the flexibility of the program at CSU. First year Chemistry has at least HSC chemistry as assumed knowledge. Non-Advanced version of the subject may have Year 11 as assumed knowledge. In either case you can catch up by doing a bridging course.

 

[becxoxo]

ok.

yeah i thought i might have to do a bridging course. so ill have to look
into that.
what have you learned about in the bachelor of medical science?

thankyou so much too.

 

[Survivor39]

what have you learned about in the bachelor of medical science?

Now how do I summarise a four year degree in one post?!

Personally, I've learned that you need a lot of committment to make it through. There were days when I thought I should just give up, especially in third year when there were so many lectures/contents to learn for the final exams, countless number of assessments (4-5 assessments per week), many many late nights to finish reports, group work, presentations. In the 4th year (Honours year), you stress in a different way because you are responsible entirely for your own research project plus a 70 pages thesis. If you want to be a successful graduate, you will need to be determined and willing to work hard (if you just want to scrape though with a pass degree, then that's a different story). Obviously different people have different expectations as to what they want from their degree. I wish you the best of luck with your decision.

 

[becxoxo]

oooookkkk..

yeah it would be hard to sum everything up in one post. but thanks for that anyway.lol.

yeah i knew it would be alot of work and hey if i do get into uni, ill prob
have those moments of wanting to just stop. but i figure that I really want
to do this. i know it will be alot of work. but you have to be in it to go places.
so yeah im pretty sure ill keep it as my number 1 preference.

but thankyou so much for all your help.
and thanks for having the time to reply too.

 

[Matt Samson]

oooookkkk..

yeah it would be hard to sum everything up in one post. but thanks for that anyway.lol.

yeah i knew it would be alot of work and hey if i do get into uni, ill prob
have those moments of wanting to just stop. but i figure that I really want
to do this. i know it will be alot of work. but you have to be in it to go places.
so yeah im pretty sure ill keep it as my number 1 preference.

but thankyou so much for all your help.
and thanks for having the time to reply too.

Everyone (except for the people who are gifted) has moments where they just want to give up.

However, the good thing about uni is that sometimes you figure out that a particular degree doesn't really interest you or that what you really want to do is totally unrelated and that you only enrolled in that degree because what you expected it to be really wasn't the reality of it.

I had that moment and that is why I am doing Journalism. I was studying Economics but figured out that Economics really wasn't for me.

So during your first year at uni, use it as a time to figure out who you really are and also what you want out of the future.

A good thing about CSU is that it is quite easy to transfer between courses. You don't have to apply though UAC to do an internal course transfer. As long as your results aren't all fails, you have that option.

 

[katie tully]

omg why didnt i see this earlier

im doing this degree

will compile an insightful answer for you

 

[katie tully]

Chemistry.
Yes you will do Chemistry. First year chem in the double degree consists of CHM104 and CHM107. CHM104 is the basics, it’s what you would have done in the HSC. It focuses primarily on;
Chemical foundations and the classification of matter
Stoichiometry – chemical arithmetic
Atomic structure
Chemical bonding
Classification of matter - by physical state
Solutions
Chemical equilibrium
Acids and bases
CHM104 is basically organic chemistry. It’s a lot easier than CHM104 because in 104 you’ve learnt the basics of them. If you can pass 104, you should have no worries with 107.

The bridging course is useless, to be honest. I did it, and we were still finishing it in April, well into the Chem semester. If you want a copy of the Study Guide, I can email it to you.

what have you learned about in the bachelor of medical science?

Survivor touched on the ‘handling MedSc’, so I’ll tell you what the CSU degree entails. First year is chem, anat and phys, microbiology, statistics and a subject called ‘introductory medical science’. Introductory medical science is where you learn the importance of doing your calculations right (it’s a very easy subject), and you do an industry report on whatever your chosen field is. The lecturer, Lucy is really nice (she did medsc at csu and her PhD at USYD, knows her stuff) and you’ll have her again for Histotechniques. The Anat and Phys lecturers are awesome, Chris is the coordinator for the double degree and you’ll have him a bit for the endocrinology topics.
Statistics is an arsehole of a subject, seriously. Worst subject ever.
Second year will be;
Biochem and human molecular genetics. If you want to specialise in pathology you have to do Haematology (which I’m doing next year) and Info Tech. Info tech is even easier than Intro Med Sc. If you are doing the generic strand, you do Biochem, Human Molecular Genetics and 2 electives. Some electives have CHM104/107 as prerequisites and Anat and Phys as a prereq, so it’s vital you pass these subjects in first year to get best pick of your electives. Biochem and Molecular genetics also have 107 as prereqs.
Second semester is protein biochem and molecular cell biology. And then 2 electives. Next year I will be doing Intro Haem, intro to crime scene and Histotechniques. Second sem i’m doing chm107, microbiology, pharmaceutics and neuroscience.
Third year is when you start doing the biotech subjects.
If you specialise in Path you have to do a subject called BMS301, MedSc special topic. It’s basically where you pick a topic from a list, do a literature review and poster/presentation. Fairly straightforward, you’ll be given a mentor / supervisor, etc.

It’s a great degree. Any more questions, I’ll try and reply ASAP