Graney said:
Is this actually true? At all uni's, not just this guys?
I'm in my third year (not b.science mind you) and have never heard of this.
To the op, once your enrolled in your degree, you basically just choose subjects within the major you plan to complete, making sure you follow your degree rules and program. It's simple.
Graney - If you're not B Science or B Adv Science, then you don't have to worry about declaring your Major/Minor or Major/Major Sequence.
B Medical Science students have no need of declaring a major/minor, however, they too by 3rd year WILL specialise in an area(s). The reason why they can choose pretty much any medical-based major by 3rd year, is because they've fulfilled all the requirements for all medical-based 3rd year courses.
In a nutshell, B Med sci students are EXACTLY the same as B Sci students, except you graduate with a nifty named degree which has no relevance to medicine.
Guys basically once you've enrolled in a B Sci degree, and head into this site:
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/programs/2009/3970.html
From there you choose what area of speciality you want to work in the future. i.e. Medical Microbiology & Immunology. Click on that major --> Then follow ALL the requirements they tell you there. Failure to comply will lead to being unable to graduate.
You then choose a second Major or minor sequence again from that same site. Minor simply means a less condensed form of the major sequence.
Career opportunities differ from major to major. Nanotechnologists/biotechnologists/bioinformaticians, typically get employed quite quickly after they graduate simply with a B Sci.
While other majors may require you to do honours as well as PhDs to get favourable jobs.
A crap load of people think you'll be unemployed after you finish a B Sci degree, and that it leads you to nowhere but a diagnostics lab in the hospital basement. But truth is, it doesn't. It all depends on what you major/speciality is in.