Undergraduate courses
Major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Required level 2 subjects
- BCMB20002 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- BCMB20005 Techniques in Molecular Science
Additional level 2 subject:
- BCMB20003 Biochemical Regulation of Cell Function
Required level 3 subjects
Four subjects are required to complete a major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, made up of the following three core subjects:
- BCMB30001 Protein Structure and Function
- BCMB30010 Advanced Techniques in Molecular Science
- BCMB30002 Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics
plus one of:
- BCMB30003 Molecular Aspects of Cell Biology
- BCMB30004 Cell Signalling and Neurochemistry
- BCMB30011 Metabolism and Nutrition
- BIOM30003 Biomedical Science Research Project
- Subject to approval from Assoc Prof Paul Gooley, other level 3 subjects from one of the following majors: Cell and Developmental Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Human Structure and Function, Microbiology, Infection and Immunology, Neuroscience, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Plant Science, Science Informatics, Zoology
Information for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Biomedicine
For students who have completed Biochemistry and Molecular Biology subjects at 300-level during or before 2008:
Students undertaking a major are required to have passed 521-323 Advanced Techniques in Molecular Science in 2009 (or 521-321 or 521322 before 2009). The remaining 37.5 points can be made up of any combination of pre-2009 subjects and 2009 subjects.
Several awards, prizes and scholarships are available for students taking subjects in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology