COURSE INFORMATION

DATES AVAILABLE

COURSE DATES
10 - 19 February 2025

REGISTRATION CLOSES
3 February 2025

CONTACT HOURS

30 hours of study

MODE

A mix of in-person (12 hours over 2 days), and online learning (18 hours self-paced, over 6 days)

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

None

FEES

Full course: $350

LOCATION

City East Campus

North Terrace, Adelaide

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Course Overview

This 30-hour short course is designed to prepare commencing first year students with the science knowledge and study skills needed for any health-related degrees at UniSA.

  • Biomedical Science
  • Clinical Exercise Physiology
  • Exercise and Sports Science
  • Health Science
  • Human Movement
  • Laboratory Medicine
  • Medical Radiation Science
  • Midwifery
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition and Food Sciences
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Pharmacy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Podiatry
  • Speech Pathology

Whether you are studying nursing or human movement, physiotherapy or biomedical science, this course will introduce you to some key science concepts and terminology to help you get a head start on your undergraduate studies. Along the way, pick up some tips and tricks on how to balance your studies, meet other commencing students, see the campus and meet some of the staff that will be teaching you!

The format of the short course includes a variety of teaching modalities including lectures, interactive online classes, and hands-on lab activities designed to introduce basic scientific concepts that will feature in your degree. Topics covered in the course include:

  • Study and academic skills
  • Where to find help if you need it
  • Essential human anatomy and physiological concepts: relevant biology / chemistry / physics that underpins your degree
  • Introduction to medical / anatomical / scientific terminology
  • Human body organisation
  • Body systems, how they work and interact with each other
  • Essential physiological concepts including homeostasis
  • Basics of human anatomy.
Two female science students are working in a laboratory at UniSA.

Why the ScienceReady short course?

This short course is designed to help ensure you have a smooth transition to university studies, introducing or refreshing your basic scientific knowledge to assist you to hit the ground running in your chosen undergraduate health program. You will:

  • Learn important foundational knowledge to undertake your health degree
  • Be introduced to Moodle (UniSA's online learning management system)
  • Gain confidence in approaching science subjects
  • Experience lectures and laboratory activities
  • Learn and participate in online tutorials called virtual classrooms
  • Meet fellow students (either virtually or in-person) with similar interests/background prior to beginning your program
  • Experience uni life and become familiar with the University and its facilities.

Please note this course is not designed to replace any prerequisite courses or assumed knowledge required for some health degrees.

Course Structure

The course will run across two weeks and will include a mix of on campus, self-paced and interactive online learning sessions. You’ll have a chance to experience what learning at University is like and meet other students in-person and online.

The course timetable for the two weeks is available here.

If you unable to attend one or more of the in-person sessions you can still complete the ScienceReady course. Please note your availability on the registration form.

 

How to register

Fill in the registration form and arrange payment by 3 February 2025.

Register now

What others are saying

“The breakdown of Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology is fantastic and very reassuring heading into Human Body 1. I found the Virtual Classroom amazingly helpful as it helps you to see other students take part and that you are learning at the same pace. Worth every dollar.” – Carla Robinson, Bachelor of Nursing, internal

“I feel more confident going into my first year with no prior science background and with being out of high school for 20 years. I enjoyed meeting some other people who will be studying health sciences. I appreciated meeting some of the program staff that will be delivering the training during our time at Uni, I came away feeling excited to get started.” –Valeska Henschke, Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

“I would highly recommend the online course! I feel I have a strong foundation on which to start my studies and academic writing, as many of my anxieties have been eased by taking part in this course.” – Kate Cardone, Bachelor of Midwifery, internal

 

“I did not study very much biology in high school and while I did chemistry and physics up to year 12, I did not feel very confident in starting a medical orientated course without this biology background. I also really valued the session on medical terms. Having some prefixes, roots and suffixes explained really helped me understand the names of many body parts and I noticed today while working in the anatomy lab that I am beginning to remember more and more.  Again, thank you so much for the time and effort you put into this course. I really appreciated it!” – Stephanie Trinkle, Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Medical Imaging)

“I found this an excellent workshop to do before starting the Degree in Nursing. I would recommend this to anyone starting nursing. Plenty of help by the facilitator and a very supportive environment. Gained a much needed insight into the structure of the UniSA website and how to work my way around before the nursing course opens.” – Tim Henderson, Bachelor of Nursing, external

“I was highly impressed with the virtual classrooms as it felt just like you were sitting in the lecture and was very user friendly! Highly recommend!” – Kate McDonald, Bachelor of Nursing

“It was great revision for my year 12 chemistry and biology but it was also great to receive extended knowledge on these areas including the topics of body systems and what they do. Also new knowledge was soaked in about human physiology that I hadn't come across and gave a good insight. This course made me more excited about my studies to come. Thank you to all the tutors that gave their time.” – Samantha Rowley, Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Medical Imaging)

 

Enquiries

The ScienceReady Course Coordinator is Dr Erin Lousberg.

For any questions about the course please contact our Future Student Enquiries team:

Phone: (08) 8302 2376
Submit an online enquiry

Additional information

Cancellation Policy

The University of South Australia reserves the right to cancel events and issue refunds. 

In the event that an attendee cannot attend, a substitute is welcome to attend in their place.  No refunds will be given unless 21 days notice is given in writing prior to the date of the planned event. If less than 21 days the fee can be used for the same course at a later stage, or another course of the same value.

City East Campus

North Terrace, Adelaide