Bachelor of Biomedical Science (M2003)

Overview

The biomedical sciences help us understand disease: how it occurs; what happens; and how we can control, cure and prevent it. Breakthroughs in biomedical science improve the quality of people's health and lives.

A biomedical sciences degree opens up career opportunities in biotechnology, the pharmaceutical industry, research centres, product development and technology.

Biomedical science is an interdisciplinary area of study and includes aspects of anatomy and developmental biology, biochemistry, cell biology, clinical medicine, epidemiology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, pharmacology and preventive medicine, and physiology. Electives allow you to design a specialised program around any of these areas, or you can choose units from other faculties to broaden your horizon. Whatever your choice, you will gain the skills you need to understand and investigate human biology and make a difference to human health in a wide variety of career paths. You may also progress to a research-based honours year where you could combine your biological expertise with clinical epidemiology.

SPHPM exclusively teaches the public health and epidemiology content into the biomedicine degree.

The relevant units are:

• BMS1042 Public Health and Preventive Medicine
• BMS3052 Biomedical basis and epidemiology of human disease

Elective study

Like public health? You may interested in studying one or more of the following units in your elective stream:

First year (2017)

• PBH1102 – Introduction to communicating health
• PBH1103 – Introduction to health policy and politics
• PBH1104 – Global health: Opportunities and challenges

Second year (2017)

• HSC2062 – Communicating health
• HSC2092 – Community development and partnership
• PBH2001 – Foundations of epidemiology
• PBH2002 – Foundations of biostatistics
• PBH2006 – Treatment and technologies
• PBH2107 – Public health and ethics short international program

Third year (2017)

• BME3032 – Introduction to the health system
• BMS3990 – Action in biomedical science: SPHPM minor research project
• HSC3001 – Health, law and ethics
• HSC3011 – Contemporary health challenges
• HSC3041 – Disease prevention and control
• HSC3102 – Environmental determinants of health and disease

Careers and further study

Future Career Opportunities

As a graduate from the Bachelor of Biomedical Science, you may find work in the hospital and medical sector including roles such as: medical diagnostic laboratories; secondary and tertiary teaching; media and communications; and the government sector in such areas as health promotion and health economics. By undertaking the public health units in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science you also open yourself to a career in public health.

Further Study/Pathway options

You may choose to continue your study with a postgraduate course. For information on SPHPM postgraduate courses, please click here.

How to apply

Semester one (February)

Applications should be made online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre.

For applications Direct to Monash

Apply directly to Monash with this course code: M2003