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Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 1074 + Course abbreviation: MB BS/LLB + Total credit points required: 384 + 6.5 years full-time + Managing faculty: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton F/T only)

Course description

Monash is the only university in Australia that offers this joint degree. The combined program is a recognition by the faculties of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and Law that the burgeoning area of medical law requires a pool of graduates with an academic grounding in both professions.

Course structure

Course requirements

The medicine component requires that students complete 240 points of study, comprising 48 points of study in each year, except third and seventh year (which is comprised entirely of law units). The law component requires that students complete 144 points of study, including 16 compulsory units and a further 60 points of elective law units. The structure as outlined below would allow a student to compete the double-degree program within 6.5 years. Students who wish to complete the degree in six years may do so by taking law units over summer semesters after they have completed third year. However, students who choose this option should note that summer-semester units will be taught on a full-fee basis.

First year -- 48 points

• MED1011 Medicine 1
• MED1022 Medicine 2

Second year -- 63 points

• LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
• LAW1102 Law in society
• LAW1003 Skills, ethics and research A
• MED2031 Medicine 3
• MED2042 Medicine 4

Third year -- 57 points

• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3202 Criminal law B
• LAW2101 Contract A
• LAW2102 Contract B
• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW2003 Skills, ethics and research B
• 12 points of law electives

Fourth year -- 63 points

• MED3051 Medicine and surgery 1
• MED3042 Medicine and surgery 2
• LAW3401 Property A
• LAW3402 Property B
• LAW4003 Skills, ethics and research D

Fifth year -- 60 points

• MED4071 General practice and psychological medicine
• MED4082 Women’s and children’s health
• MED4000 Year 4 final grade
• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts

Sixth year -- 63 points

• MED5091 Advanced clinical practice I
• MED5092 Advanced clinical practice II
• MED5102 Contemporary developments in clinical practice: patient safety
• LAW3101 Administrative law
• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW3003 Skills, ethics and research C

Seventh year -- 30 points

• LAW4171 Corporations law
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• LAW5159 Evidence
• 12 points of law electives

Contact details

Telephone: +61 3 9905 4309

Email: medicineadmissions@med.monash.edu.au

Web: www.med.monash.edu.au/medical/combined.html

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