Bachelor of Science (Laboratory Medicine)

Learn about the pathology of disease – its origin, nature and course – and diagnosis. Through this course, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to launch your career as a professional medical laboratory scientist. This course is accredited by the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists. You’ll develop your practical skills in a 24-week professional placement in a diagnostic pathology laboratory. In Curtin’s PC2 lab, you’ll process and analyse clinical samples, identify microbes and report results as done by a professional laboratory. You can choose to focus on three of these disciplines: anatomical pathology, clinical biochemistry, immunology, medical microbiology, and haematology and transfusion science. You’ll gain extensive practical experience in Curtin’s purpose-built Physical Containment Level 2 Laboratory. Here, you’ll process and analyse clinical samples, identify microbes and report results as done by a professional laboratory. You’ll further develop your practical skills during a 24-week placement at a diagnostic pathology laboratory.