Prepare for your career by exploring a variety of disciplines including physiology, microbiology, immunology, cell biology, biochemistry and pathology. You’ll also have the opportunity to broaden your scope by including other areas of study such as anatomy, parasitology, haematology, histology and pharmacology depending on your area of interest.
With extensive hands-on practical classes from lecturers who are making a real-world impact with their research, you will learn both basic and specific laboratory techniques needed in the medical sciences.
At the end of the course you’ll get to integrate the cutting-edge applications you’ve learnt as well as be well informed about future career pathways in the capstone unit “Advances in Medical Science”.
3 reasons to study Biomedical Science at Murdoch
- Study at the number 1 university in Western Australia for social equity and student:teacher ratio for undergraduate courses by the Good Universities Guide 2024.
- Grow your industry connections via Murdoch’s own world-class Research Centres including the Food Futures Institute, Harry Butler Institute and Health Futures Institute.
- If you’re aiming to study postgraduate medicine (or other medically-related vocations), you’ll be well prepared to apply when you finish this course.
What you’ll learn
Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. Here are some of the things you’ll learn:
- Cell biology (structure and function of cells)
- Medical microbiology (bacteria, viruses and fungi that cause disease)
- Medical immunology and molecular genetics (how the body defends itself against infection and how genetics is important in medical science)
- Biomedical physiology (how body systems function)
- Pathological basis of disease (causes and effects of diseases, including cancer).
Your future career
When you graduate you could pursue a career in various medical and health related fields. There are also numerous opportunities to take on higher studies and complete a research qualification as part of an Honours year, followed by higher-level Masters or PhD research. Careers could include:
- Medical Researcher
- Medical Biotechnologist
- Laboratory Technician (in hospitals, medical research institutes or universities)
- Biomedical Sales and Marketing Specialist
- Human Biology Teacher.
You could work in medical research, medical biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, secondary or higher (university) education, hospitals, philanthropic organisations, government departments or medical scientific supply.
For further admission information about this course, please download our Information Pack.
