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

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Course structure

The Master of Biomedical Science requires the successful completion of 200 credit points.

All students must complete:

  • 25 credit points of Year 1 compulsory subjects
  • 50 credit points of elective subjects including
    • A minimum of 25 credit points of Discipline electives
    • A minimum of 12.5 credit points of Industry and Professional electives

125 credit points of Research Project subjects including:

  • 37.5 credit points of Research Project A subjects
  • 87.5 credit points of Research Project B subjects

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Compulsory subjects

All students must complete the Compulsory subjects in Year 1.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOM40001 Introduction To Biomedical Research
February (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
HLTH90021 Biomedical Enterprise Research to Impact
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Research Project A

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 (12.5 credit points) in their first semester and Part 2 (25 credit points) in their second semester.

School of Biomedical Sciences:

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

Melbourne Medical School:

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

Melbourne Dental School:

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

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BMSC90031 Research Project A (Psych) Part 1
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BMSC90032 Research Project A (Psych) Part 2
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

Vision Sciences:

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

Research Project B

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 (37.5 credit points) in their third semester and Part 2 (50 credit points) in their final semester.

School of Biomedical Sciences:

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

Melbourne Medical School:

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

Melbourne Dental School:

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

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BMSC90033 Research Project B (Psych) Part 1
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
 37.5
BMSC90034 Research Project B (Psych) Part 2
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 50

Vision Sciences:

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

Elective subjects

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

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

Discipline Electives:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BMSC90020 Exploring Neural Circuits and Systems
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BMSC90015 Advanced Biomolecular Neuroscience
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BMSC90019 Defence & Disease: Frontier Technologies
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BMSC90018 Defence & Disease: Containment or Chaos
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BMSC90021 Laboratory Models of Human Disease
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BMSC90016 Contemporary Cell and Gene Therapies
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BMSC90022 Current Challenges in Metabolic Diseases
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BMSC90017 Current Technologies in Metabolism
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SCIE90026 Biomolecular Structure Determination Not available in 2025 12.5
GENE90020 Current Genetics: Cells and Development Not available in 2025 12.5

Industry and Professional Electives:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL90001 Microscopy for Biological Sciences
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SCIE90002 Analytical Techniques for Biotechnology Not available in 2025 12.5
MAST90007 Statistics for Research Workers
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MKTG90022 Commercialisation of Science
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SCIE90006 Scientists,Communication & the Workplace
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BUSA90403 Business Tools: Money People & Processes
September (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BINF90002 Elements of Bioinformatics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BIOL90042 Coding and Data Analysis in Biomedicine
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
 12.5

Last updated: 25 March 2025