Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 1074 + Course abbreviation: MB BS/LLB + Total credit points required: 384 + 7 years full-time + Managing faculty: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton - F/T only)

Course description

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, and the degree of Bachelor of Laws. 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 fourth and sixth year (which is comprised entirely of law units). The law component requires that students complete 144 points of study, including 18 compulsory units and a further 36 points of elective law units. The structure as outlined below would allow a student to complete the double-degree program within 7 years.

First year – 48 points

MED1011 Medicine 1
MED1022 Medicine 2

Second year – 60 points

LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
LAW1102 Law in society
MED2031 Medicine 3
MED2042 Medicine 4

Third year – 60 points

MED3051 Medicine and surgery 1
MED3052 Medicine and surgery 2
LAW2101 Contract A
LAW2102 Contract B

Fourth year – 54 points

LAW2201 Torts A
LAW2202 Torts B
LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
LAW3302 Criminal law B
LAW3401 Property A
LAW3402 Property B
18 points of law electives

Fifth year – 54 points

MED4071 General practice and psychological medicine
MED4082 Women’s and children’s health
MED4000 Year 4 final grade
LAW3201 Constitutional law

Sixth year – 54 points

LAW4169 Equity
LAW4170 Trusts
LAW4171 Corporations law
LAW5104 Civil procedure
LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
LAW5159 Evidence
12 points of law electives

Seventh year – 54 points

MED5091 Advanced clinical practice I
MED5092 Advanced clinical practice II
MED5102 Contemporary developments in clinical practice: patient safety
MED5100 MBBS final course grade
6 points of law electives

Contact details

Telephone: +61 3 9905 4327, email: MBBSstudentservices@med.monash.edu.au or visit www.med.monash.edu.au/medical/combined.html.

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