Bachelor of Clinical Science

What is this course about?

CSU's Bachelor of Clinical Science has been specifically designed to meet the expectations of graduate entry dentistry, medicine and health programs across Australia.

CSU's Bachelor of Clinical Science, offered from CSU's Orange Campus, has been established in collaboration with the University of Sydney's Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine.

The Bachelor of Clinical Science is unique in that it provides a specific education pathway from the undergraduate CSU degree into the University of Sydney graduate entry programs for eligible graduates.

The objectives of the Bachelor of Clinical Science program are to gain:

• appropriate knowledge-base and learning skills to facilitate passage into graduate entry dentistry, medicine or other health sciences
• the enhanced understanding required to practise in rural and remote clinical settings in addition to standard practice
• a platform understanding for employment in a variety of public health, research and health technology occupations.

The philosophy of this program is to provide graduates with the options of entering graduate entry health programs at the University of Sydney or elsewhere in Australia. Alternatively, graduates can utilise the content of the degree as the basis for employment in the health or medical research sector.

Facilitated rural entry to the University of Sydney

The Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney have set aside 10 places in each of their respective degree programs specifically for graduates of the Bachelor of Clinical Science.

To be eligible, graduates must meet the standard expectations for facilitated rural entry into dentistry or medicine. These include an appropriate GPA, GAMSAT results, being classified of rural origin and interview.

Rural entry
It is not essential for all applicants to come from a rural background. However, access to the facilitated rural entry program for the University of Sydney specific places will be dependent on rural origin. This is defined as having resided (according to principal home address) in a rural area (RRMA 3-7) for at least five (5) years (consecutive or cumulative) from commencement of primary school. For further information on the RRMA (Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas) ratings for University of Sydney entry, please see the University of Sydney website.

For more information about the medicine and dentistry facilitated rural entry programs available at the University of Sydney, please visit:

• www.dentistry.usyd.edu.au/student/bdent.php
• www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/futurestudent/index.php

Metropolitan origin students will still be able to compete for normal entry into the University of Sydney or other programs.

Clinical requirements

Refer to the Clinical requirements section for information on:

• Criminal Record Clearance
  
• Immunisation