Biomedical Science Victoria University

Overview

At VU, you’ll combine hands-on practical experimentation and online interactive learning to gain in-depth knowledge of how the human body works.

You’ll understand physiology, anatomy and cell biology, and examine the causes, diagnosis and treatment of disease at molecular, cellular and system levels. You’ll study:

• anatomy and physiology
• nutrition
• biochemistry
• cell biology
• medical microbiology
• immunology
• molecular biology
• human genetics

• pharmacology

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this Bachelor of Biomedical Science  offered at Victoria University , students will be able to:

• Critically review biological determinants of health, well-being and disease and explain how they manifest in both local and global contexts;
• Critically analyse and interrogate primary literature in biomedical science and map the principles of scientific research and experimental design including the use of statistical methods relevant to biomedical science;
• Apply and adapt a broad and coherent knowledge base in physiology, anatomy, molecular cell biology and applied research to analyse complex problems in health and disease;

• Evaluate current advances in medical interventions/therapeutics to investigate and propose solutions to contemporary, emerging and future-oriented issues in Biomedical Science;

As the exciting and crucially important field of medical research continues to grow, you can use your biomedical science degree to get involved in the medical discoveries of the future.

Career

Choose from a wide range of technical and scientific positions on medical research projects, which are often funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, other agencies in government, and private sector laboratories in universities, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.

You could also find work in pharmaceutical and nutrition companies, hospitals and medical clinics, and research organisations, with job titles such as:

• medical researcher
• scientific journalist
• medical laboratory scientist
• science laboratory specialist.