Undergraduate - CourseBachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Commerce

Students who commenced study in 2015 should refer to this course entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course.

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This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

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Course code	4417
Managing faculty	Business and Economics
Partner faculty	Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Abbreviated title	BBiomedSc/BCom
CRICOS code	071887A
Total credit points required	192
Standard duration of study (years)	4 years FT, 8 years PT Students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this course.
Study mode and location	On-campus (Clayton)
Admission, fee and application details	http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/4417
Contact details	Visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/findoutmore/current-students.html
Course coordinator	Dr Ross Booth

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

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.

Outcomes

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

Professional recognition

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.

Structure

This course consists of:

a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of business
a commerce major from the Faculty of Business and Economics
core and elective units in biomedical science.

Requirements

Students must complete 32 units.

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: An evolutionary and functional perspective
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

For all information and requirements for the commerce component in this double degree, refer to 0179 Bachelor of Commerce.

Award(s)

Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Bachelor of Commerce