The Bachelor of Biomedical Science includes major contributions from many of
the departments of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and the
Faculty of Science. It has the following attributes:
(a) The degree is structured to permit articulation into at least one of many
specific health and biomedical careers and appropriate higher level studies in
the biomedical sciences area.
(b) Students have the opportunity to study units from a wide range of faculties
as part of the degree structure. These include the faculties of Arts, Business
and Economics, Information Technology, Law, and Science. The overall structure
of the course permits students to choose up to eight units from outside the
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
The degree encompasses a range of interdisciplinary, core units to cover all
areas of the modern biomedical sciences, human biology and public health. These
include aspects of anatomy, biochemistry, clinical medicine, epidemiology and
preventive medicine, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology,
pharmacology, physiology and psychology. The core units have been designed to
provide the student with the skills necessary to understand and investigate the
functions of humans and other mammals and include aspects of the traditional
biomedical sciences.
The course is student-oriented and takes every opportunity to offer units with
as much flexibility as possible, encompassing a wide range of teaching and
learning approaches.
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