Bachelor of Biomedical Science

Overview

Develop a strong foundation in the medical sciences and advanced laboratory skills with a Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Victoria University.

With a biomedical science degree, you can embark on an exciting career in biomedical research or continue to postgraduate health courses.

At VU, you’ll combine hands-on practical experimentation and online interactive learning to gain in-depth knowledge of how the human body works.

You’ll understand physiology, anatomy and cell biology, and examine the causes, diagnosis and treatment of disease at molecular, cellular and system levels. You’ll study:

*anatomy and physiology

*nutrition

*biochemistry

*cell biology

*medical microbiology

*immunology

*molecular biology

*human genetics

*pharmacology.

With a focus on team-based learning, your biomedical science degree will help you build critical thinking, intellectual, analytical, organisational, personal and interpersonal skills to support your exciting future career.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

*Critically review biological determinants of health, well-being and disease and explain how they manifest in both local and global contexts;

*Critically analyse and interrogate primary literature in biomedical science and map the principles of scientific research and experimental design including the use of statistical methods relevant to biomedical science;

*Apply and adapt a broad and coherent knowledge base in physiology, anatomy, molecular cell biology and applied research to analyse complex problems in health and disease;

*Evaluate current advances in medical interventions/therapeutics to investigate and propose solutions to contemporary, emerging and future-oriented issues in Biomedical Science;

*Critically apply biomedical science based theoretical knowledge to practical situations in state of the art laboratory learning environments, and industry settings;

*Conceptually map key ethical and professional components within the domain of Biomedical Science;

*Effectively and analytically communicate complex ideas in Biomedical science in both written and oral formats to both professional and lay audiences including supervisors, peers, research teams, community and industry partners.

Course structure

To attain the Bachelor of Biomedical Science students will be required to complete 288 credit points consisting of:

*96 credit points of First Year Core studies;

*96 credit points of Major studies;

Plus One (1) of the following:

Option A:

*96 credit points of second Major studies;

OR

Option B:

*96 credit points of Minor studies (Two Minor sets in total):

Please Note: Students that select Option A must choose 12 credit points in place of HBM3202 Applied Biomedical Science, as this unit is covered in the first Major study. Students are able to select a unit from within any of the Minors offered in this course, in consultation with the Course Coordinator and according to unit pre-requisites.

Careers

As the exciting and crucially important field of medical research continues to grow, you can use your biomedical science degree to get involved in the medical discoveries of the future.

Choose from a wide range of technical and scientific positions on medical research projects, which are often funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, other agencies in government, and private sector laboratories in universities, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.

You could also find work in pharmaceutical and nutrition companies, hospitals and medical clinics, and research organisations, with job titles such as:

*medical researcher

*scientific journalist

*medical laboratory scientist

*science laboratory specialist.