ScienceReady Short Course
COURSE INFORMATION
DATES AVAILABLE
Enrolment closes: 9 Feb 2021
CONTACT HOURS
30 study hours
MODE
On-campus (face-to-face) or off-campus (online)
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
None
FEES
Full course: $325
Course Overview
This short course is designed for new first year health students commencing any of the following UniSA undergraduate programs:
- Clinical Exercise Physiology
- Exercise and Sports Science
- Health Science
- Human Movement
- Laboratory Medicine
- Medical Radiation Science
- Medical Sciences
- Midwifery (Internal and External)
- Nursing (Internal and External)
- Nutrition and Food Sciences
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Speech Pathology

Why the ScienceReady short course?
This short course is designed to ensure there is a smooth transition to university studies with the basic scientific knowledge needed, when commencing any of the UniSA health undergraduate programs.
Individual benefits
- Learn important assumed and foundational knowledge to undertake your health program
- Orientation to Moodle (UniSA's online learning management system)
- Gain confidence in approaching science subjects
- Experience lectures (online or face-to-face) and laboratory activities (hands-on or simulations)
- Learn about online tutorials called virtual classrooms (online only)
- Experience experiments, view human models and specimens (online or face-to-face)
- Meet (online or face-to-face) and interact with some of your Course Coordinators, Program Directors and Student Advisors
- Meet fellow students with similar interests/background prior to beginning your program
- Experience ‘unilife’ (online or face-to-face) and become familiar with the University and its facilities.
Course structure
This short course consists of a series of lectures and activities to introduce basic scientific concepts that will feature in your program. Topics covered in the course include:
- Study and academic writing skills
- Essential human anatomy and physiological concepts: relevant biology / chemistry / physics that underpins your courses
- 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
We offer the flexibility for you to either complete this short course on-campus (face to face) or off-campus (online). Check out the differences below to help you decide!
Modes of study
We offer the flexibility for you to either complete this short course on-campus (face to face) or off-campus (online).
On-campus (face to face)
You will learn through live interactive lectures, laboratory work and visits to anatomy and pathology labs/museum.
Date: Thursday 11 February – Tuesday 16 February.
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm each day
Contact hours: approximately 30 hours
Off-campus (Online)
You will learn through recorded interactive lectures and live online tutorials that you can choose to participate in either live or listen to the recordings. You can interact online with your peers via online discussion forums and online Zoom tutorials. Included in cost of short course is an optional academic writing practice module.
Contact hours: approximately 30 hours of online study (no face to face contact hours). Flexible online study at your own pace and for however many hours suits your needs. The short course will be open for 9 days which includes one weekend.
Date: Thursday 11 February - Friday 19 February 2021 (open for 9 days)
Contact hours: approximately 30 hours (2/3 per day)
For more information please contact:
How to register
Registrations for the ScienceReady Short Course have now closed.
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.