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The Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree will be characterised by providing three possible outcomes for its graduates. These are:
Students will, by the selection of elective subjects in first and second year, and by the pattern of subjects chosen for the third year of the degree, decide which of these outcomes is to be achieved.
In 2000, it is expected that the first-year intake into the course will be 126 students. In addition to these places, the faculty will offer a number of first-year places to suitably qualified local and international students on a full-fee-paying basis.
To be eligible for selection to the course, an applicant must apply through the VTAC system. Internal applicants who are currently enrolled in a Monash course must complete a Monash Biomedical Science application form.
The prerequisites for entry into the Bachelor of Biomedical Science are:
Selection will be made on the basis of the ENTER and will involve a two-stage process, with a middle band of approximately 20 per cent. Applicants should consult the latest VTAC guide for further details. Current Monash University students must complete a Monash Biomedical Science Application Form, which is to be returned to the Faculty of Medicine by 1 December.
Students who have not achieved their entrance qualifications in Victoria must hold qualifications which in the faculty's opinion are equivalent to those held by local candidates. The qualifications must include the same prerequisite subjects as those for local candidates outlined above. Such applicants must demonstrate at least the same level of academic merit as that which is required for local applicants.
Applicants
presenting with either partially complete or completed tertiary qualifications
will be considered for entry to the Bachelor of Biomedical Science course. In
considering such applications, the selection committee will take account of an
applicant's entire academic record. Applicants for later-year entry must
clearly demonstrate to the selection committee that the content of their
previous studies is at least equivalent to the Monash Bachelor of Biomedical
Science course components for which they are seeking exemption.
If you wish to apply for the Monash Bachelor of Biomedical Science course, note
that the Guide for Prospective Students, which contains the
appropriate application form, is published by the Victorian Tertiary Admissions
Centre (VTAC), 40 Park Street, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205. This guide is
available from VTAC in July or August and applications for courses close during
September.
Monash University students applying solely for a transfer to the Monash
Bachelor of Biomedical Science course must complete the Monash Bachelor of
Biomedical Science Application Form. A VTAC application is not necessary.
Places
are available in the first year of the Bachelor of Biomedical Science course
for international students. These students come from overseas to study in
Australia under student visas and return overseas upon completion of their
degree.
Selection of international students is determined on the basis of each
applicant's academic qualifications. In particular, the selection committee
will give full regard to internationally recognised secondary qualifications
such as the General Certificate of Education (A levels) in the United Kingdom
and its equivalents.
Prospective applicants should be aware that the fee charged for the course will
be set annually, taking into account inflation and other factors.
The course is designed as a series of interlinked and consecutive sequences of subjects aimed to permit students to readily acquire fluency and proficiency in the concepts, language and fundamentals of the biomedical sciences. The development of such a flexible curriculum may be achieved as part of one or more orderly course sequences or knowledge streams. The distinctive feature of this educational approach is that students are allowed some flexibility in their choice of subjects so that they are able to construct a sequence of studies suitable to their own requirements. In this way, students choose the most appropriate studies for their own particular career aspirations.
All students in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science course will complete a program which is a combination of core and elective subjects. In the first and second year of the program, students will study three core and one elective subject each semester. In the third year of the program, students will study between two and four core subjects and up to two elective subjects each semester. Every semester, students will receive more detailed information about all core and elective subjects from subject convenors and in individual subject manuals. These manuals contain detailed information on teaching staff, contact persons, timetables, textbooks, reading guides, supplementary lecture material, details and weighting of assessment methods and procedures including some specific assessment dates. Manuals are available at the commencement of each semester.
The undergraduate course is normally taken in three years of full time study.
First semester core |
Second semester core | |
First year |
BMS1011
Biomedical chemistry |
BMS1042
Biomedical sciences and society |
Second year |
BMS2011
Structure of the body |
BMS2042
Human genetics |
Third year |
BMS3011
Public health and health promotion |
BMS3052
Health systems and management |
There is also a range of six-point elective subjects available at the third-year level. The structure of the third-year program is currently under review. |
Students will study two elective subjects in each of the first two years of their degree, and up to four elective subjects in the third year of the program. The following faculties are offering electives in various years of the program.
In principle, all first-year Faculty of Arts subjects are available as electives for the Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree, subject to their availability, timetable considerations and the rules and regulations of the Faculty of Arts. A range of subjects is available, which will, over two years, provide a minor sequence (24 points) in arts. These include several language subjects and subjects from philosophy, geography, sociology, history and politics. Several of these are also available by distance and flexible modes. The Faculty of Arts together with the Department of Physiology has developed a pair of first-year elective subjects, BME1111 and BME1122.
The Faculty of Arts has several possible elective subjects at later year levels, which would include languages, philosophy and geography. A range of subjects is available, which will, over two years, provide a minor sequence (24 points) in arts.
Students may choose electives from a range of subjects that can provide a minor sequence (24 points) in business and economics. These include accounting subjects AAF1021 and AAF1022, AAF1031 and AAF1032, economics subjects ECM1020 and ECM1031 or ECM1032, and management subjects MGC1020 and MGX1010. For full details of these subjects, consult the handbook of the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Students may choose from several sequential subjects in accounting, economics and management, providing that the appropriate first-year subjects have been completed successfully.
The Faculty of Engineering will be offering, via the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, a third-year elective 'Sports medicine and rehabilitation', which will also involve the departments of Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery.
The Faculty of Law has agreed to make available a small number of places to suitably qualified students in the following elective subjects.
Students wishing to be considered for these subjects need to consult with the associate dean (teaching) of the Faculty of Medicine.
The Faculty of Information Technology is reviewing the development of elective subjects for the second and third year of the degree.
Students may choose from several elective subjects offered by departments from the Faculty of Science. In particular, the Department of Psychology, in collaboration with other departments, is developing a series of subjects for the Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience degree. Many of these subjects will be available as electives in all three years of the BBiomedSci program. In addition the Department of Mathematics in first year and the Department of Biological Sciences in second and third year are offering several elective subjects.
Students may choose from elective subjects from the Faculty of Medicine in all three years of the degree.
The Department of Psychological Medicine has developed a subject BME1130 (The human being in health and illness), which will be available in first semester. The Department of Physiology, together with the Faculty of Arts, has developed a pair of first-year elective subjects, BME1111 (Race and evolution) and BME1122 (Sex, gender and health).
Subjects
developed by the departments of the faculty for the Bachelor of Science will be
available as electives within the Bachelor of Biomedical Science, provided they
do not overlap with core subjects.
The Department of Physiology is offering a subject in second semester:
'Skeletal muscle and cardiorespiratory physiology during exercise'.
Students will be required to study three core subjects and one elective subject in each semester of first year.
Students will be required to study three core subjects and one elective subject in each semester of second year.
In third year, there are eight core subjects that have been specially developed for the BBiomedSci degree program. There will also be a range of elective subjects. These may be chosen from either within or from outside of the Faculty of Medicine. Some are multidisciplinary and some are based on single discipline subjects.
(a)
Students must study at least four of the eight core subjects, two
per semester.
(b) Students may elect to study:
Options one and two would
particularly suit the student who wants a general, broad-based outcome.
Options one, two and three would particularly suit the student who wants a
vocational outcome.
Option three would particularly suit the student who wants a biomedical
research outcome.
The structure of the third-year program is currently under review.
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