BBiomedSc/BAppPH
Credit points
320
Minimum duration
4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Approved locations
- Melbourne
EFTSL value of units : All 10cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values
Admission requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
International students need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
State | Prerequisites |
---|---|
Victoria | Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English, and a study score of at least 25 in Mathematics (any). |
Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2022 Admission.
Completion requirements
To qualify for the Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Applied Public Health, a student must complete 320 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 120 cp from the Public Health units including:
- 110 cp specified units (Part A)
- 10 cp elective units (Part B)
- 140 cp from Biomedical Science units including:
- 130 cp specified units (Part C)
- 10 cp elective units (Part D)
- 20 cp from Interprofessional units (Part E)
- 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part F);
- 20 cp from Applied Public Health placement units (Part G)
Progression requirements
Students normally complete 100-level units before undertaking related 200 level units, and 200 level units before undertaking related 300 level units.
In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator and bound by decisions of the relevant School Committee.
Part A : Public Health Specified Units
Complete exactly 110 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
PUBH100 | Foundations of Public Health | 10 | |
PUBH102 | Foundations of Health Promotion | 10 | |
PUBH103 | Epidemiology | 10 | |
PUBH200 | Globalisation, Environment and Health | 10 | |
PUBH204 | Public Health Economics | 10 | |
PUBH205 | Public Health Emergency Response | 10 | |
PUBH303 | Applied Public Health Communication | 10 | |
PUBH304 | Public Health Advocacy | 10 | |
PUBH306 | Public Health Policy and Law | 10 | |
PUBH311 | Contemporary Issues in Public Health | 10 | |
PUBH312 | Applied Health Promotion | 10 |
Part B : Public Health Elective Units
Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
DVST100 | Introduction to International Development Studies | 10 | |
DVST200 | Refugees and Forced Migration | 10 | |
GEOG101 | Global Human Environments | 10 | |
GEOG204 | Environmental Sustainability: the Global Challenge | 10 | |
SOCS243 | Global Health | 10 | |
GEOG207 | Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict | 10 | |
DVST101 | Humanitarian Work and Aid | 10 |
Part C : Biomedical Science Specified Units
Complete exactly 130 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
BIOL123 | Cells and Tissues - the Fabric of Life | 10 | |
BIOL205 | Pharmacology 1 | 10 | |
BMSC100 | Introductory Biostatistics | 10 | |
BMSC102 | Numerical Reasoning | 10 | |
BMSC207 | Microbiology and Immunology | 10 | |
CHEM105 | Foundations of Chemistry | 10 | |
CHEM106 | Physical and Organic Chemistry | 10 | |
CHEM204 | Biochemistry | 10 | |
BIOL125 | Human Biology 1 | 10 | |
BIOL126 | Human Biology 2 | 10 | |
BMSC209 | Pathophysiology | 10 | |
BMSC110 | Communicating Ideas in Science | 10 | |
BMSC208 | Research Design and Ethics |
Part D : Interprofessional Units
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
HLSC301 | Community Engagement | 10 | |
HLSC120 | Indigenous Health and Culture | 10 |
Part E : Biomedical Science Elective Units
Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ANAT100 | Anatomical Foundations of Exercise Science | 10 | |
ANAT101 | Physiotherapy Anatomy 1 | 10 | |
ANAT102 | Physiotherapy Anatomy 2 | 10 | |
BIOL206 | Human Genetics | 10 | |
BIOL234 | Nutritional Physiology | 10 | |
BIOL334 | Pharmacology 2 | 10 | |
BMSC206 | Introduction to Neuroscience | 10 | |
BMSC303 | Drug Development | 10 | |
BMSC304 | Drug Promotion | 10 | |
BMSC306 | Advanced Physiology | 10 | |
CHEM204 | Biochemistry | 10 | |
PHYS109 | Introductory Physics | 10 | |
BMSC309 | Advanced Cardiovascular Physiology | 10 |
A student may undertake other elective units drawn from ACU undergraduate programs, or by cross-institutional study, with prior approval of the Course Coordinator.
Part F : Core Curriculum Units
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC100 | Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society | 10 | OR |
PHCC102 | Being Human | 10 | OR |
PHCC104 | Ethics and the Good Life | 10 |
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC300 | Justice and Change in a Global World | 10 | OR |
PHCC320 | The Just Society | 10 |
Part G : Applied Public Health Placement Units
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
PUBH302 | Applied Public Health 1 | 10 | |
PUBH305 | Applied Public Health 2 | 10 |