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Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 3356 * Course abbreviation: BBiomedSc/LLB * Total credit points required: 252 * 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time * Managing faculty: Law

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This double-degree program allows students to complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Laws in a minimum of five years of study.

Course structure

The biomedical science component requires that students complete 96 points of biomedical science units, consisting of 14 compulsory units and two elective units. Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Biomedical Science, or apply for admission to honours in biomedical science at the end of three years of study, provided they have met the requirements of the Bachelor of Biomedical Science program and completed a minimum of 144 points of total study.

The law component requires that students complete 156 points of study, including 12 compulsory units and a further 84 points of elective law units.

Course requirements

First year - 48 points

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organism
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS1062 Molecular biology
• LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
• LAW1102 Law in society

Second year - 48 points

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2042 Human genetics
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics
• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3301 Criminal law B

Third year - 48 points

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease II
• LAW2101 Contract A
• LAW2102 Contract B
• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• 12 points of units elected from biomedical science discipline

Fourth year - 54 points

• LAW3401 Property A
• LAW3402 Property B
• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• LAW5159 Evidence
• LAW electives totalling 18 points

Fifth year - 54 points

• LAW3101 Administrative law
• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts
• LAW4171 Corporations law
• LAW electives totalling 30 points

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