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Bachelor of Biomedicine and Health

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 26 August 2026. View details of the changes below.

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 Body Lifespan: Reproduction to Ageing	6
BBHE2011 Body Defences: Infection Inflammation Immunity	6
BBHE2002 Human Disease and Management	6
BBHE2003 Public and Population Health in Action	6
BBHE2004 Evidence-based Healthcare	6
BBHE2005 Digital Health and Innovation	6
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
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 BBHE1006 or 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"
17/12/2025	BBHE1003 title published as: "The Body as a Machine"	BBHE1003 title amended to: "Biomolecular Components of the Human Body"
17/12/2025	BBHE1006 title published as: "Data mastery for health – numbers to outcomes"	BBHE1006 title amended to: "Health data: From collection to communication"
17/12/2025	BBHE1007 title published as: "Advanced Social Skills and Cultural Competency"	BBHE1007 title amended to: "Advanced Social Skills and Cultural Safety"
17/12/2025	BBHE2001 title published as: "Human Body: Structure and Function C"	BBHE2001 title amended to: "Body Lifespan: Reproduction to Ageing"
17/12/2025	BBHE2011 title published as: "Human Body: Structure and Function D"	BBHE2011 title amended to: "Body Defences: Infection Immunity Inflammation"
17/12/2025	BBHE2003 title published as: "Disease Prevention"	BBHE2003 title amended to: "Public and Population Health in Action"
17/12/2025	BBHE2004 title published as: "Rational Approaches to Treatment"	BBHE2004 title amended to: "Evidence-based Healthcare"
17/12/2025	BBHE2005 title published as: "Health Care in the Future"	BBHE2005 title amended to: "Digital Health and Innovation"
17/12/2025	No Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2001	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2001 added: "C BBHE2011"
17/12/2025	No Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2011	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2011 added: "C BBHE2001"
17/12/2025	No Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2002	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2002 added: "BBHE2004"
17/12/2025	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2002 published as: "P BBHE1001 and, BBHE1003"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2002 amended to: "P BBHE2001 and, BBHE2011"
17/12/2025	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2003 published as: "P BBHE2002"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2003 amended to: "P BBHE1004"
17/12/2025	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2004 published as: "P BBHE2002"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2004 amended to: "P BBHE1002 and BBHE1004 and BBHE1006"
17/12/2025	No Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2004	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2004 added: "C BBHE2002"
17/12/2025	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2005 published as: "P BBHE1004"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2005 amended to: "P BBHE1005"
17/12/2025	Assumed knowledge (A) for BBHE1007 published as: "A BBHE1001"	Assumed knowledge (A) for BBHE1007 removed.
14/01/2026	Prerequisites (P) for AMED3002 published as: 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)	Prerequisites (P) for AMED3002 amended to: P BBHE1006 or 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)
16/2/2026	Supplementary text missing from: BBHE2011, BBHE2005, BBHE2004, BBHE2003, BBHE2002 and BBHE2001.	Supplementary text added to: BBHE2011, BBHE2005, BBHE2004, BBHE2003, BBHE2002 and BBHE2001.
26/08/2026	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2001 published as: "C BBHE2011"	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2001 removed:
26/08/2026	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2002 published as: "P BBHE2001 and BBHE2011"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2002 removed:
26/08/2026	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2002 published as: "C BBHE2004"	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2002 removed:
26/08/2026	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2003 published as: "P BBHE1004"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2003 removed:
26/08/2026	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2004 published as: "P BBHE1002 and BBHE1004 and BBHE1006"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2004 removed:
26/08/2026	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2004 published as: "C BBHE2002"	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2004 removed:
26/08/2026	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2005 published as: "P BBHE1005"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2005 removed:
26/08/2026	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2011 published as: "P BBHE1001 and BBHE1011"	Prerequisites (P) for BBHE2011 removed:
26/08/2026	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2011 published as: "C BBHE2001"	Co-requisites (C) for BBHE2011 removed:
26/08/2026	BBHE2011 title published as: "Body Defences: Infection Immunity Inflammation"	BBHE2011 title amended to: "Body Defences: Infection Inflammation Immunity"

Bachelor of Biomedicine and Health

Unit of study table

Bachelor of Biomedicine and Health

Core

Selectives

Post-publication amendments