Biomedical Science Degree

classzero SG

Hello! Anybody is taking or has graduated from MDIS or PSBAcademy Biomedical Science degree? Please give opinions on modules and practical lessons. Thanks a lot!

charlize SG

According to some people, a degree in this only qualifies you to wash test tubes. Laughing

curryman SG

true...u need at least a masters to do basic research stuff

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

had a fren who did it at UWA aus
Now he is jobless when he came back here...DUnt think it has much prospect here as there is not much research going on... but overseas maybe yes...

charlize SG

The general rule of thumb is: If the sg government is pushing for more graduates to go to certain sectors of the economy, ignore them and do something else.

Otherwise, the glut of people fighting for limited jobs in that industry will mean a lot of them will be unemployed. Even if they should get their "dream" job, the huge supply of graduates will push wages down soon in that industry.

That's the problem with messing too much with natural market demand and supply.

Ultimately, it causes imbalances which wrecks havoc on the economy.

It's like the stop at 2 policy.

See the problems it has inadvertently caused? Laughing

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

Yes, becos for example in the late 1990s, local polys pushed for a IT and engineering courses citing that there is going to be a huge market demand...

Little they realised that the market can turn against overnite and manufacturing sector came to slumps.... There was an oversupply plus competition from graduates from India and china ...

On the other hand, business, service and health related courses which became hugely popular after 2000...
when the Sars and avian flu epidemics appeared.

Before u do sumthing pls do not listen to others. Becos it is gonna take a few years to graduate and get a cert and by then market conditions may change drastically...

BTw courses like hospitality and service line related are becoming popular now becos of the Sentosa IR thing. But no one yet knows if it is going to be successful.

Do what u want to do + your own stranghts and abilities. If u hate maths then dun do Engineering,
If u like maths then do it .

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

classzero, Pls also take note that if u are taking up courses from private education institutions... pls be wary...
They are there to do business and are selling u products...pls do research first...

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

Btw after 2002, i think polytechnics have started to diversify their thinking and offering more courses which comprise of 2 fields in one like eg. Business informatics...

If u r smart try to take up these kind of courses...

Another one on the safe side are health courses like nursing.
Once i did remember in the late 1990s, nursring was like "looked down" THose from the media , It and engineering courses always say nursing is a course which academically poor students or "borderline" O level cases go...WHich was in fact true at that time... 30 + points can get u into one at NYP in the late 1990s period , IMO..at that time Nanyang polytechnic was the one of the only campus to offer nursing on a large scale and enrolment was low. Now it has skyrocketed

airgrinder SG

ermmm.... biomedical, life sciences, computing, chemistry, accountancy need maths also.

curryman SG

pple…if u want to get a headstart better have good english…as in not in writing….conversational english is very imporatant.

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

those who did media design,business and health related courses were clever in the late 1990s to early 2000s are the ones who benefit most now......

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

like i said, if they are pushing for this and that, like they did in the 1990s, it is wise to ignore it

curryman SG

hey pple...now the barriers between degrees are gettingless....engineering can go banking...science also...but biz canot go enigineering....

imporatnt thing is...u must be good...ur title of degree is just for how for the lst selection process.

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

I do no tknow about how students think now but back in th elate 1990s, a kind of conservative narrow thinking they had.

For eg. they will always try to get into that most popular course which has limited places for "face"... By then after one year, its novelty would have worn off and some other new course will be popular....

During 1997-2000 , business courses were hugely popular... a lot of ppl were trying to get in SBM at NYP ... limited places,
Look at now, u can easily take up this businesses courses anywhere in private schools leading to market saturation..

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

the "limited places" thing is a way for polytechnics and unis to gauge response or even to increase intake,,so that the following year they can increase places. Dunt be too overconcerned and be dumb in making decisions...

I know many people who did Nursing course in the 1998 - 2002 period did not realise the market will boom...

Dunt look at trends at the moment, trends change with time just like fashion, it changes...

for eg. I think engineering graduates can also do management role sin civil service due to their analytical thinking...

Look at what the course can train u to be...rather than what job prospect u will find...

HeyshambaYehshamba SG

try to take up management courses. it will be useful

A general rule is to look at if a course can qualify u to be employed in a broad areas of the economy rather than at one sector like eg. biomedical..

Avoid courses which advertise or cite "market demand" as a reason..