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Bachelor of Medical Sciences with a specialisation in Psychomedical

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Overview

Study the sciences underpinning research in medical areas such as medicine, biomedicine and related health areas.

In this degree you'll study biology, chemistry, psychology, physics, statistics and mathematics in your first year. You'll then specialise in either:

Biomedical
Medicinal chemistry
Psychomedical sciences

Study the sciences underpinning research in medical areas such as medicine, biomedicine and related health areas. In this degree you'll study biology, chemistry, psychology, physics, statistics and mathematics in your first year. The Psychomedical Sciences specialisation covers neuropsychology, cognitive processes, psychopathology, learning theory and application. Other related studies include animal behaviour, medicinal chemistry, physiology and genetics.

Key features

Opportunity to engage in practical and applied sciences.
Strong focus on developing your research skills.
Unique study combination of psychology, biology and chemistry.

Location

North Ryde

Suitable for

If you are interested in medical, biomedical and allied health sciences.

HECS Course fee

AUD $5,648 p.a.

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English language requirements

If you have completed the NSW HSC or equivalent you satisfy the English proficiency requirements.

For full information view the English proficiency requirements table (436 Kb).

What you will study

Degree requirements	Credit Points
Minimum number of credit points for the degree	72
Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above	42
Minimum number of credit points from Medical Sciences designated units	69
Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above designated as Medical Sciences units	21
Completion of a designated People unit to be selected from outside the Faculty of Science
Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below

Specialisation requirements

The following outlines the units (subjects) to be studied within this specialisation

100 level					Credit Points
Required		BIOL114		Evolution and Biodiversity	3
Required		BIOL115		The Thread of Life	3
Required	either	CBMS101		Introductory Chemistry
	or	CBMS102		General Chemistry	3
Required		CBMS103		Organic and Biological Chemistry	3
Required		PSY104		Introduction to Psychology I	3
Required		PSY105		Introduction to Psychology II	3
Required		PHYS149		Physics for Technology	3
Required		STAT170		Introductory Statistics	3
Required	3cp from	MATH130		Mathematics IE
		MATH135		Mathematics IA
		MATH132		Mathematics IA (Advanced)	3
200 level					Credit Points
Required		PSY234		Social and Personality Psychology	3
Required		PSY236		Biopsychology and Learning	3
Required		CBMS204		Organic Synthesis	3
Required		BIOL206		Genetics	3
Required	either	PSY246		Cognitive Processes I
	or	PSY247		Perception I	3
Required	either	BIOL235		Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biology
	or	PSY248		Design and Statistics II	3
300 level					Credit Points
Required		PSY399	*C/P*	Psychological Science: Putting Theory into Practice	3
Required	12cp from	PSY335		Cognitive Processes II
		PSY337		Psychopathology
		PSY344		Neuropsychology
		PSY348		Principles and Applications of Learning
		PSY352		Appetite: The Psychology of Eating and Drinking
		PSY354		Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience	12
Balance of credit points required (Electives)					12
Total credit points required to satisfy this specialisation					72

Notes

Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
Units marked with a P are Participation units.
The course information contained on this page is applicable for 2012 ONLY.
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