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Bachelor of Biomedicine and Health

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 21 November 2025.
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Unit of study table

Bachelor of Biomedicine and Health

The degree requires 144 credit points from this table including:
(a) 108 credit points of core units
(b) 36 credit points of selective units
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core

1000-level units of study
BBHE1001
The Body in Motion: Movement and Control
6 C BBHE1002
BBHE1002
Interpersonal and Professional Skills
6 C BBHE1001
BBHE1003
Biomolecular Components of the Human Body
6 C BBHE1011
BBHE1004
Foundations of Public and Population Health
6 C BBHE1006
BBHE1005
The Health Ecosystem
6 C BBHE1007
BBHE1006
Health Data: From Collection to Communication
6 C BBHE1004
BBHE1007
Advanced Social Skills and Cultural Safety
6 P BBHE1002
C BBHE1005
BBHE1011
The Body in Balance: Genetics and Homeostasis
6 C BBHE1003
2000-level units of study
BBHE2001
Human Body Structure and Function C
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE2011
Human Body Structure and Function D
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE2002
Human Disease and Management
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE2003
Disease Prevention
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE2004
Rational Approaches to Treatment
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE2005
Health Care in the Future
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
3000-level units of study
BBHE3001
Advanced Disease Understanding and Diagnostics
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE3002
Advanced Treatments for Disease
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE3003
Advanced Treatments – Public Health
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE3004
Applied Skills in Medicine and Health
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change

Selectives

BBHE2221
Biomedicine and Health Project A
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
CHEM1011
Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A
6 N CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 or CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903
CHEM1111
Chemistry 1A
6 A Students are assumed to have prior experience through HSC (or equivalent) chemistry studies. For more information, see the Stage 6 HSC Chemistry Curriculum (https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-science/chemistry-2017)
N CHEM1011 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 or CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903
MATH1050
Mathematics Toolbox for Science
6 A NSW HSC Mathematics Advanced
N MATH1061 or MATH1961 or MATH1971 or MATH1062 or MATH1962 or MATH1972 or MATH1002 or MATH1021 or MATH1023 or MATH1921 or MATH1902 or MATH1923 or MATH1933 or MATH1931 or (MATH1011 and MATH1014) or (MATH1013 and MATH1014) or (MATH1011 and MATH1013) or MATH1001 or MATH1003 or MATH1901 or MATH1906 or MATH1903 or MATH1907
MATH1061
Mathematics 1A
6 A NSW HSC Extension 1 Mathematics or equivalent
N MATH1901 or MATH1902 or MATH1921 or MATH1906 or MATH1931 or MATH1001 or MATH1021 or MATH1961 or MATH1971 or MATH1002 or MATH1014
DATA1001
Foundations of Data Science
6 A Year 10 mathematics or equivalent
N DATA1901 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or MATH1115 or ENVX1002 or ECMT1010 or BUSS1020
BCMB2001
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
6 P 6 credit points of (BIOL1XX7 or MBLG1XXX) and 6 credit points of (CHEM1XX1 or CHEM1903)
N BCHM2072 or BCHM2972 or MBLG2071 or MBLG2971 or BMED2405 or BCMB2901 or MEDS2003
AMED3001
Cancer
6 P 12 credit points from (IMMU2101 or MEDS2004 or MIMI2002 or MIMI2902 or PHSI2005 or PHSI2905 or PHSI2006 or PHSI2906 or PHSI2007 or PHSI2907 or MEDS2001 or PCOL2011 or PCOL2021 or MEDS2002 or BCMB2001 or BCMB2901 or MEDS2003)
N AMED3901
AMED3002
Interrogating Biomedical and Health Data
6 A Exploratory data analysis, sampling, simple linear regression, t-tests, confidence intervals and chi-squared goodness of fit tests, familiar with basic coding, basic linear algebra
P DATA1X01 or 48 credit points of any 1000 or 2000-level units in (ANAT or AVBS or BCMB or BIOL or BIOS or CHEM or COMP or COSC or DATA or ENVX or EXSS or FOOD or FMHU or GEGE or HPSC or HSBH or IMMU or MATH or MEDS or MICR or MIMI or PCOL or PHSI or PHYS or PSYC or QBIO or STAT)
BBHE3005
Biomedicine and Health Work Placement
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
BBHE3006
Biomedicine and Health Project B
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
HSBH3012
Sydney Health Students Abroad
6 P A minimum of 48 credit points
PCOL2021
Foundations of Pharmacology
6 A (BIOL1XX7 or MBLG1XX1) or (MEDS1X01 or BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3)
P CHEM1XX1 or CHEM1903
N PCOL2555 or PCOL2011 or MEDS2002 or BMED2401

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
21/11/2025 BBHE1006 title published as:
"Data Mastery for Health: Numbers to Outcomes"
BBHE1006 title amended to:
"Health Data: From Collection to Communication"