Undergraduate - Course4417 - Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Commerce

This double degree provides a professional education in the disciplines of biomedical science and a range of commerce disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills.

Refer to the outcomes for the single degrees 2230 Bachelor of Biomedical Science and 0179 Bachelor of Commerce.

Refer to the Faculty of Business and Economics Professional recognition of coursesProfessional recognition of courses (http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/professional-recognition/) page in this Handbook.

The course consists of three main components:

• a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of business
• a major from the Faculty of Business and Economics. All units taken as part of this major must be from the Clayton campus.
• a major in biomedical science.

• Accounting
• Actuarial studies
• Business modelling
• Econometrics and business statistics
• Economics
• Finance
• Financial and insurance mathematics
• International commerce
• Management studies
• Marketing
• Sustainability

Students must complete 32 units over a maximum of 10 years as follows:

Biomedical Science component

(b.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences as follows:

First year

• BMS1011 Biomedical chemistry
• BMS1031 Medical biophysics
• BMS1042 Biomedical sciences and society
• BMS1062 Molecular biology

Second year

• BMS1021 Cells, tissues and organisms
• BMS2021 Biochemistry of human function
• BMS1052 Human neurobiology
• BMS2042 Human genetics

Third year

• BMS2011 Structure of the human body
• BMS2031 Body systems
• BMS2052 Microbes in health and disease
• BMS2062 Introduction to bioinformatics

Fourth year

• BMS3021 Molecular medicine and biotechnology
• BMS3042 Biomedical basis of disease 2
• two third-year elective units from the area of biomedical science*

Elective units can be identified using the browse units toolbrowse units tool (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/search) in the current edition of the handbook or [http;//www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/index-bycode.html index of units by code]. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; undergraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 1-3.

* Generally these are units with the prefixes ANT, BCH, BME, BMS, BND, BNS, CEL, DEV, GEN, HUP, IMM, MIC, PHA and PHY.

Commerce component

(a.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus as follows:

(i.) six compulsory common core units (36 points)

• ACC1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTC1110 Business law
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• MGC1010 Introduction to management
• MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(ii.) a major of eight units (48 points):*

• the major must come from the approved majors listed under 'Areas of study'
• at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

* Note: One or more of the units in the major may have already been studied as part of the group of common core units - where this is the case, students must complete additional unit/s as detailed below.

(iii.) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units (96 points).

Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements:

• a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)
• a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points) from those offered by the faculty on the Clayton campus
• in addition to specific unit prerequisites, second-year level units require the successful completion of three first-year-level units and third-year-level units require the successful completion of two second-year-level units.

Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Bachelor of Commerce