Master of Biomedical Science (MC-BMEDSC) // Course structure

Course structure

All students must complete 200 points comprising:

• Core subjects (25 points)
• Elective subjects (50 points)
• Research Project (125 points)

Year 1

Core subjects (25 points)

All students must complete:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BIOM40001	Introduction To Biomedical Research	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2	12.5
HLTH90021	Biomedical Enterprise Research to Impact	Semester 1	12.5

Research Project A (37.5 points)

Students must complete a research project under the supervision of a staff member in an academic unit (a Department or an affiliated Institute) within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Students enrol in the combination of subjects based on their supervisors department.

Students complete Part 1 (12.5points) in their first semester and Part 2 (25points) in their second semester.

School of Biomedical Sciences:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BMSC90035	Research Project A (SBS) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	12.5
BMSC90036	Research Project A (SBS) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	25

Melbourne Medical School:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BMSC90027	Research Project A (MMS) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	12.5
BMSC90028	Research Project A (MMS) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	25

Melbourne Dental School:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BMSC90023	Research Project A (MDS) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	12.5
BMSC90024	Research Project A (MDS) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	25

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
PSYC90123	Research Project A (Psych) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	12.5
PSYC90124	Research Project A (Psych) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	25

Vision Sciences:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
OPTO90032	Research Project A (VisionSci) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	12.5
OPTO90033	Research Project A (VisionSci) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	25

Plus 37.5 points of Elective subjects

Year 2

Research Project B (87.5 points)

Students must complete a research project under the supervision of a staff member in an academic unit (a Department or an affiliated Institute) within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Research Project B is a continuation of the research commenced in Research Project A.

Students enrol in the combination of subjects based on their supervisors department.

Students complete Part 1 (37.5points) in their third semester and Part 2 (50points) in their final semester.

School of Biomedical Sciences:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BMSC90037	Research Project B (SBS) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	37.5
BMSC90038	Research Project B (SBS) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	50

Melbourne Medical School:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BMSC90029	Research Project B (MMS) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	37.5
BMSC90030	Research Project B (MMS) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	50

Melbourne Dental School:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BMSC90025	Research Project B (MDS) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	37.5
BMSC90026	Research Project B (MDS) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	50

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
PSYC90125	Research Project B (Psych) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	37.5
PSYC90126	Research Project B (Psych) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	50

Vision Sciences:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
OPTO90034	Research Project B (VisionSci) Part 1	Semester 1 (Extended) Semester 2 (Extended)	37.5
OPTO90035	Research Project B (VisionSci) Part 2	Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start)	50

Plus 12.5 points of Elective Subjects

Elective subjects (50 points)

Students will complete 37.5 points of elective subjects in Year 1 and 12.5 points in Year 2.

Students will complete a minimum of 25points of Discipline Electives and a minimum of 12.5 points of Industry and Professional Electives.

Discipline Electives:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BMSC90020	Exploring Neural Circuits and Systems	Semester 1	12.5
BMSC90015	Advanced Biomolecular Neuroscience	Semester 2	12.5
BMSC90019	Defence & Disease: Frontier Technologies	Semester 1	12.5
BMSC90018	Defence & Disease: Containment or Chaos	Semester 2	12.5
BMSC90021	Laboratory models of human disease	Semester 1	12.5
BMSC90016	Contemporary Cell and Gene Therapies	Semester 2	12.5
BMSC90022	Metabolism – From Discovery to Therapy	Semester 1	12.5
BMSC90017	Current Technologies in Metabolism	Semester 2	12.5
SCIE90026	Biomolecular Structure Determination	Semester 2	12.5

Industry and Professional Electives:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
BIOL90001	Microscopy for Biological Sciences	Semester 1	12.5
SCIE90002	Analytical Techniques for Biotechnology	Semester 1	12.5
MAST90007	Statistics for Research Workers	Winter Term	12.5
MKTG90022	Commercialisation of Science	Semester 2	12.5
SCIE90006	Scientists,Communication & the Workplace	Semester 2	12.5
BUSA90403	Business Tools: Money People & Processes	September	12.5

Last updated: 28 November 2022