Version

4

Course type

Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7)

Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 2 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Students also need to take note that in accordance with the National Registration Board’s requirement, they must hold a valid IELTS (academic module) minimum score of 7.0 in all components within 2 years prior to applying for registration.

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

Clinical placement/professional practice:

This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements).

Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students.

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

The new Medical Laboratory Science graduate will be able to:

• Demonstrate integrated theoretical and technical knowledge and skills, with depth in the underlying concepts and principles across the range of pathology science disciplines

• Critically review, analyse, synthesise and apply scientific evidence and process to a range of social and economic contexts

• Apply recognized methods and tools of medical laboratory science to the process of enquiry and discovery, particular in a clinical/medical investigative context

• Communicate scientific information and philosophies clearly and coherently through well-developed English language and numeracy proficiency, to a range of audiences for a range of purposes using a variety of modes

• Demonstrate personal and social responsibility and accountability through an awareness of ethical frameworks, by working safely and responsibly in individual and team environments

• Critically reflect upon the role of pathology investigation and medical research in tropical, rural and remote and indigenous communities

• Reflect on current skills, knowledge and attitudes, in order to plan and implement ongoing personal and professional development needs, relevant to the pathology and working as a professional medical laboratory scientist.

Townsville

Maximum time to complete

11 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

Yes

Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students.

Students may be required to undertake placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled at their own expense.

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

Not applicable

Maximum allowed

63 credit points

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 20 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Approved abbreviation

BMedLabSc

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable

Eligibility

By invitation of the College Dean

Students will be invited to apply for the honours program during the final teaching period of level 2.

Normally an overall grade point average of 5.0 (i.e. credit average) across is required across levels 1 and 2 of their undergraduate degree.