Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Applied Public Health

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

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:

1. 120 cp from the Public Health units including:
2. 110 cp specified units (Part A)
3. 10 cp elective units (Part B)
4. 140 cp from Biomedical Science units including:
5. 130 cp specified units (Part C)
6. 10 cp elective units (Part D)
7. 20 cp from Interprofessional units (Part E)
8. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part F);
9. 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	Precarious States: Development, Geopolitics and Livelihoods	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
BIOL124	Human Body in Health and Disease 1	10
BIOL128	The Human Body	10
BIOL204	Human Body in Health and Disease 2	10
BIOL205	Pharmacology 1	10
BMSC100	Introductory Biostatistics	10
BMSC102	Numerical Reasoning	10
BMSC103	Research Design and Ethics	10
BMSC201	Communicating Ideas in Science	10
BMSC207	Microbiology and Immunology	10
CHEM105	Foundations of Chemistry	10
CHEM106	Physical and Organic Chemistry	10
CHEM204	Biochemistry	10

Part D : 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

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 E : 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 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