Laws / Biomedicine, Double Degree Bachelor / Bachelor

The Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Biomedicine is a five year combined degree providing an accredited professional qualification in law, as well as a degree in biomedicine. The program offers an innovative, high quality legal education with a social justice perspective and a real emphasis on hands-on experiences. It includes all the compulsory law subjects required by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board for admission to the legal profession in Victoria and a wide range of law electives, relevant to Science such as Intellectual Property Law. The specialised subject, Law and Medicine is a core subject in this degree.In the biomedicine component of this degree, students will learn not only the theoretical underpinnings of biomedicine, but will also develop practical research and laboratory skills required to learn about the human body in health and sickness, and gain knowledge of medical biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, cell and molecular biology, anatomy, physiology, infectious diseases and neuroscience.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.