Diploma in Biomedical Science (DU006)

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.

In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.

Contact Future Students for more information.Graduate-entry diplomas are available to students who have successfully completed a bachelor’s degree in any discipline and who wish to undertake further studies towards an additional undergraduate major.A Biomedical Science diploma provides students with the opportunity to either extend their previous undergraduate studies within a particular discipline, or choose a major from an entirely new area.

Students are required to complete eight units from a Biomedical Science discipline in an approved sequence from Level 1 to Level 3.

Due to the sequence of required units, a diploma can only be completed on a part-time basis.

Credit (advanced standing) will not be granted for units successfully completed in previous courses.

The Diploma in Biomedical Science course normally consists of eight units from Levels 1–3 comprising a single major offered within the undergraduate Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree course.

Students take the second major sequence and are normally not required to complete complementary units. Additional units may be permitted to satisfy prerequisites or co-requisites.

Choose one of the following second majors:

• Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing
• Anatomy and Human Biology
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Exercise and Health
• Genetics
• Humanities in Health and Medicine
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Neuroscience
• Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Pharmacology
• Physiology
• Science Communication

(1) Subject to (2), a diploma course normally consists of eight units comprising a single major offered in an undergraduate degree course of the University, excluding any complementary units.

(2) Students are permitted to include additional units to satisfy prerequisites and/or co-requisites.

(3) A single major consists of eight units from the same disciplinary field.

(4) The eight units of a single major are made up of—

(a) in most cases:

(i) two Level 1 units; and

(ii) two Level 2 units; and

(iii) four Level 3 units;

or

(b) in exceptional cases:

(i) two Level 1 units; and

(ii) three Level 2 units; and

(iii) three Level 3 units;