REGULATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (BSc[BiomedSc])

(See also General Regulations, pp. 1 to 16)

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Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (Part 1)

Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (Part 2)

Bachelor of Nursing (BNurs)

Bachelor of Nursing (Part-time) (BNurs)

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences (BSc[BiomedSc])

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Studies (BSc[NursStud])

Master of Medical Sciences (MMedSc)


M 13 To be eligible for admission to the courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences a candidate

(a)

shall comply with the General Regulations; and

(b)

shall either
  (i) have completed the second year of the curriculum for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and shall have passed the First Examination for those degrees; or
  (ii) have completed the first year of the curriculum for the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery and shall have passed the First Examination for that degree.

M 14

(a)

For candidates admitted under Regulations M 13(b)(i) the curriculum shall extend over not less than two academic semesters and shall include the Final Examination.

(b)

For candidates admitted under Regulation M 13(b)(ii) the curriculum shall extend over not less than four academic semesters and shall include the Final Examination in two parts.

M 15 To complete the curriculum a candidate admitted under Regulation M 13(b)(i) shall

(a)

follow instruction and complete all prescribed written and practical work in the equivalent of not less than three course units selected in consultation with the Heads of the appropriate departments from those offered in the following fields:
  31701. Anatomy
  32701. Biochemistry
  34701. Physiology
  40701. Epidemiology
  33701. Pharmacology
  46701. Pathology
  42701. Microbiology
  40702. Community Medicine
  46702. Immunology

(b)

satisfy the Examiners at the Final Examination which shall include not less than three written papers, at least one of which shall take the form of a dissertation or a report on a project, and may also include one or more oral examinations.

M 16 To complete the curriculum a candidate admitted under Regulation M 13(b)(ii) shall

(a)

follow instruction and complete all prescribed written and practical work in the equivalent of not less than three course units selected in consultation with the Heads of the appropriate departments from those offered in the following fields:
  31701. Anatomy
  32701. Biochemistry
  34701. Physiology
  40701. Epidemiology
  33701. Pharmacology
  46701. Pathology
  42701. Microbiology
  40702. Community Medicine
  46702. Immunology

(b)

satisfy the Examiners at the Final Examination Part l which shall include not less than three written papers, one of which may take the form of a dissertation, and may also include one or more oral examinations;

(c)

complete the requirements for admission to the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery;

(d)

follow instruction and complete all prescribed written work in the equivalent of not less than three course units which shall be related to the field studied in the first year of the curriculum, but of an applied or more advanced nature, and shall be selected in consultation with the Heads of the appropriate departments;

(e)

satisfy the Examiners at the Final Examination Part II which shall include not less than three written papers, at least one of which may take the form of a dissertation or a report on a project, and may also include one or more oral examinations.

M 17 The lists of candidates successful in the whole of the Final Examination shall be published in five divisions: First Class Honours; Second Class Honours (Division One); Second Class Honours (Division Two); Third Class Honours; Pass.