Bachelor (Honours)
Biomedical science is a rapidly evolving area with many exciting career opportunities. Biomedical research and the development of new biomedical products contribute to improving health outcomes worldwide. Governments and organisations pharmaceutical companies and investment banks continue to invest heavily in this global industry.
The process of introducing new biomedical products into the market for commercial use requires multidisciplinary teams that often include research scientists engineers business development specialists intellectual property lawyers clinical trials experts marketing specialists and legal experts with an understanding of compliance and regulations.
Demand for specialists who have knowledge and skills across a number of these disciplines such as biomedical science and laws is increasing across local and international markets.
Graduates may work in legal environments as a solicitor barrister in-house counsel government lawyer or mediator. Graduates may also work in consultancy through the innovation and commercialisation of infrastructure including for example regulation compliance and clinical trials.
Outside the specialist biomedical science and legal environments graduates will have skills and knowledge that are transferable to a wide range of areas including business marketing communication and policy advisors or officers.
The law degree is approved by the Queensland Legal Practitioners Admissions Board. If you want to become a lawyer at the end of your degree you will need to complete further practical legal training (PLT) before you can apply for admission to practice. We offer PLT in the form of the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
Depending on the units selected in the biomedical science component graduates may be eligible for membership of one or more professional organisations.
Students are required to complete 528 credit points comprised of 192 credit points for the Bachelor of Biomedical Science program and 336 credit points for the Bachelor of Laws program. You will study science and law units in your first four years and for the remainder of this course you will concentrate on law studies.
In the Biomedical Science component of this degree you may choose to undertake:
Under the Law component you will complete 336 credit points of core units and a mixture of law electives made up of
*Students commencing from 2019 may select a general law elective in place of the introductory law elective
**Students commencing from 2019 have the option to complete the Law Technology and Innovation minor or 4 non-law electives (48 credit points) or a university wide minor in place of 4 general law electives (48 credit points). Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the academic record and/or the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement.
Law technology and innovation minor units
Honours-level units
96 credit points of the following honours units will be used to determine the honours levels of the LLB (Hons):
Students are required to complete 528 credit points comprised of 192 credit points for the Bachelor of Biomedical Science program and 336 credit points for the Bachelor of Laws program. You will study science and law units in your first four years and for the remainder of this course you will concentrate on law studies.
In the Biomedical Science component of this degree you may choose to undertake:
Under the Law component you will complete 336 credit points of core units and a mixture of law electives made up of
*Students commencing from 2019 may select a general law elective in place of the introductory law elective
**Students commencing from 2019 have the option to complete the Law Technology and Innovation minor or 4 non-law electives (48 credit points) or a university wide minor in place of 4 general law electives (48 credit points). Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the academic record and/or the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement.
Law technology and innovation minor units
Honours-level units
96 credit points of the following honours units will be used to determine the honours levels of the LLB (Hons):