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Discovering Biomedicine (BIOM10001)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Subject Coordinators
Associate Professor Karena Waller
Dr Graham Mackay
Dr Lisa Godinho
Dr Daniel Clarke
Administrative Coordination
BiomedSci-AcademicServices@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Subject Coordinators
Associate Professor Karena Waller
Dr Graham Mackay
Dr Lisa Godinho
Dr Daniel Clarke
Administrative Coordination
BiomedSci-AcademicServices@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
As is exemplified by the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biomedical Sciences and Health play a critical role within the complex societal and environmental contexts of health and wellbeing. This foundation level subject will provide commencing Bachelor of Biomedicine students an opportunity to discover and engage with this complexity and be inspired by it, whilst also welcoming and orientating them within their degree and at the University. Through the lens of Biomedical Science and Health, and incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing, students will explore aspects of people and place; respect and inclusion; University values and freedom of speech; academic integrity and good scholarly practice; and sustainability and wellbeing.
Students will participate in a range of individual and team-based learning opportunities, including lectures, and workshops for discussions, presentation tasks and project work, and the completion of required online learning modules.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of and adherence to academic integrity and ethical research practices, values, and requirements in relation to Biomedical Science and Health
- Understand and articulate the importance of Biomedical Science and Health in the context of local and global communities, including Indigenous communities
- Demonstrate effective, respectful and inclusive teamwork and collaboration
- Identify, critically evaluate and effectively communicate a current topic or issue in Biomedical Science or Health
- Understand why and how advances in Biomedical Science and Health knowledge are testable and contestable by evidence-based enquiry governed by research ethical standards
- Appreciate the importance and interdependence of the relationship between wellbeing, sustainability and Biomedical Science and Health, at the individual, local and global levels
- Demonstrate an emerging reflective practice in relation to their experiences in and understanding of Biomedical Science and Health influences as determinants of health and disease
Generic skills
- Uses ethical and sustainable practices when working independently as well as in teams
- Can identify, interpret, synthesise and critically evaluate knowledge in Biomedical Science and Health
- Communicates information effectively to a range of audiences
- Demonstrates digital and scientific literacy skills
- Recognises data in its various forms and some methods for its evaluation
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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6 online quizzes assessing the Discovery modules.
| Approximately one quiz every 2 weeks. | 20% |
Completion of an e-portfolio of written reflections
| Approximately 5 reflections during semester of 200 words each, plus final reflection of 1000 words due in the exam period | 30% |
Group project - written proposal, requiring completion of all preparation milestones and final proposal (completed as a group of 4) 1500‐Words total (500 word draft proposal plus 1000 word final proposal; equivalent to 375 words total per student)
| Draft due from the group in Week 5 (500 words). Final due in Week 9 (1000 words). | 20% |
Group Presentation‐ Group project presentation (completed as a group of 4) 1600 words equivalent (400 words per student)
| Week 12 | 30% |
Attendance at workshops Hurdle requirement: Students must attend at least 80% of workshops | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Karena Waller Coordinators Daniel Clarke, Lisa Godinho, and Graham Mackay Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 1 hour of lectures per week (on campus or on online) and 2 hours of workshops per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 Semester 1 contact information
Subject Coordinators
Associate Professor Karena Waller
Dr Graham Mackay
Dr Lisa Godinho
Dr Daniel Clarke
Administrative Coordination
BiomedSci-AcademicServices@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Karena Waller Coordinators Daniel Clarke, Lisa Godinho, and Graham Mackay Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 1 hour of lectures per week (on campus or on online) and 2 hours of workshops per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Semester 2 contact information
Subject Coordinators
Associate Professor Karena Waller
Dr Graham Mackay
Dr Lisa Godinho
Dr Daniel Clarke
Administrative Coordination
BiomedSci-AcademicServices@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours in total including 1 hour of lectures per week (on campus or on online) and 2 hours of workshops per week
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to Bachelor of Biomedicine students
Last updated: 3 November 2022