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 qualify with both the Bachelor of Biomedical Science and the Bachelor of Laws in a minimum of five years of study. The study of law develops problem-solving skills and powers of analysis. It teaches precise and imaginative use of language. It also promotes ethical thinking and a focus on justice and fairness. It enhances students' thinking, reasoning and expressive abilities within legal and related contexts, leading to employment in the legal profession, law reform agencies, government service or other relevant areas of employment.

The Biomedical Science program introduces students to a range of interdisciplinary units covering areas of modern biomedical sciences and human biology. The interdisciplinary approach of the biomedical science component produces graduates who are able to make a unique contribution to both medical science and law

Course objectives

The objectives of the LLB program at Monash are to enable students to gain an understanding of basic legal concepts and legal institutions and of the historical, social, political and economic factors influencing their development. Upon completion of the LLB, students will be able to identify, use and evaluate the concepts, principles, rules and methods used in legal argument and will have developed oral and written skills, especially of legal argument, legal research and critical analysis. Students will have gained an understanding of concepts of justice, a concern to promote justice and an appreciation of their professional responsibilities. On completion of the Biomedical Science component, students will: have a basic knowledge of the biomedical sciences in a range of important multidisciplinary areas; have mastered the essential analytic procedures of written and oral communication relevant to biomedical sciences; be graduates who are well prepared for potential employment opportunities in most facets of the health care and related industries; be well prepared to embark on further vocational training or postgraduate studies in the biomedical sciences or other discipline areas; have received training relevant to a range of knowledge-intensive health care industries; have acquired skills in modern information technologies; have been exposed to the research frontier at which advances in biomedical science are occurring; have an appreciation of the ethical and social attitudes and responsibilities which arise as a professional, practicing biomedical scientist.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Laws course consists of 12 compulsory units which must be completed by all students enrolled in an LLB program plus a further six 'quasi-compulsory' units which must be completed by students who wish to be qualified for admission to practice as a barrister or solicitor in Victoria. The remainder of the program consists of law elective units chosen by the student. The biomedical science component requires that students complete 96 points of biomedical science units, consisting of 14 compulsory units and two elective 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
• LAW1104 Research and writing

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
• LAW2101 Contract A
• LAW2102 Contract B

Third year - 48 points

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease II
• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3302 Criminal law B
• 12 points of units elected from biomedical science discipline

Fourth year - 54 points

• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW3401 Property A
• LAW3402 Property B
• 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

Course progression requirements

Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Biomedical Science, or undertake 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

Contact details

Undergraduate student services, telephone +61 3 9905 3300, visit http://www.law.monash.edu.au/undergraduate/courses.html or email enquiries@law.monash.edu.au.

Biomedical Sciences student services, telephone +61 3 9905 1212, visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au or email biomed@med.monash.edu.au.