Medicine and Pharmacy (1 Viewer)

[leekiss]

Hey,

I am interested in studying medicine or pharmacy next year. However, I have noticed that some interstate universities require Yr 12 Chemistry as a prerequisite (mainly Victoria).

I am from WA and have studied Yr 11 Chemistry and Physics, but I dropped them both at the end of Yr 11 and decided to study Yr 12 TEE Physical Science (mixture of chemistry and physics, but easier than Yr 12 Chemistry and Physics).

Will I still be able to apply to those universities that require Yr 12 Chemistry as a prerequistite, and will they let me do a chemistry bridging course to be accepted?

Thanks

 

[hachoo]

Well first question, where did you want to go?

I'm pretty sure Pharmacy requires Yr12 Chemistry anywhere you go. Bridging courses are an option.

Join up on the forums here and find out more. I'm there, and many other wannabe Health Science students from all over Australia.

http://www.medstudentsonline.com/forums/index.php

Hope that helps.

 

[Lexicographer]

No. Bridging courses are not considered sufficient fulfilment of the prerequisite year 12 courses.

 

[Hurri]

what were you thinking?!? If you were interested, you should of definitely kept chemistry and maybe even physics for fun. But if you find those subjects too hard then medicine and pharmacy prolly isn't for you anyways.

You can either repeat grade 12 or go in through GAMSAT for med. I'm not sure if you can transfer into 2nd year pharmacy through science.. anyone?

 

[lala2]

I believe (but don't quote me on this as I'm not sure) that you can transfer into pharmacy from anything as long as you maintain a distinction average and have the right sort of knowledge. I suspect there's a guy in my pharmacy course who transferred in from medical science.

 

[svensk]

I believe (but don't quote me on this as I'm not sure) that you can transfer into pharmacy from anything as long as you maintain a distinction average and have the right sort of knowledge. I suspect there's a guy in my pharmacy course who transferred in from medical science.

Yeah, I transferred from a BSc.

 

[priesty]

No. Bridging courses are not considered sufficient fulfilment of the prerequisite year 12 courses.

srs? i didnt know that one....i thought that a bridging course would be sufficient for those kind of things.... or is that just for assumed knowledge?

 

[Lexicographer]

Nope. In NSW universities are prohibited from excluding students from courses based on their HSC subjects, so they have "assumed knowledge" instead. In practice they end up teaching the bulk of this anyway, since so many students forget their material over the 4-month break.

But in other states courses may still set prerequisites, and because of this they do actually assume the knowledge. Bridging courses can give you a quick, two-week run through of concepts required in the course, but they are definitely not enough to replace a two year HSC course.