Undergraduate handbook 2004
Business and Economics

Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Economics

Course code: 3804 + Course abbreviation: BBiomedSc/BEcs + On-campus + Day classes only + Four years full-time, eight years part-time + Course director: Associate Professor Marg Lindorff + Total credit points required:192

General course information

This double degree provides a professional education in the disciplines of biomedical science and economics, with a strong emphasis in developing skills as health economists in the health services industry.

Majors and other studies in the degree

Students must complete a major specialisation in economics. All units taken as part of the major specialisation are limited to units taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus (ie the third character of the unit code is C).
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Clayton campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Students must also complete the prescribed units from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

Course structure

The degree requirements are:
(a) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:
(i) Eleven compulsory units (66 credit points):

• AFC1021/AFC1022 Accounting principles
• BTC1110/BTC2110 Business law
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ECC1100/ECC2100 Principles of macroeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• ETC1010/ETC2010 Data modelling and computing
• MGC1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKC1200/MKC2200 Principles of marketing
• ECC2000 Intermediate microeconomics
• ECC2010 Intermediate macroeconomics
• ECC2700 Economic issues in health and health care

Students wishing to take first-year units other than those on the above list are able to undertake the second-year versions of the appropriate number of compulsory units. First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully.
(ii) Three third-year-level units (18 credit points) from the Department of Economics (ie units with the prefix ECC) to complete a major specialisation in economics.
(iii) Two further units (12 credit points) drawn from those offered at second year or third year from the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton).
(iv) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 credit points).
(v) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 credit points).
(b) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences as follows:

(i) The compulsory units BMS1011, BMS1021, BMS1031, BMS1042, BMS1052, BMS1062, BMS2011, BMS2021, BMS2031, BMS2042, BMS2052, BMS2062, BMS3011, BMS3021, BMS3032, BMS3042.
The degree must be completed in a maximum of 10 years of study.
Students should have their program of study approved by the course coordinator or the course coordinator's nominee prior to commencement of the relevant year.

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