Bachelor of Modern Languages and Bachelor of Biomedical Science

Pursue your passions and maximise your career options with our combined bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Biomedical Science. This combined bachelor's degree will enable you to develop high levels of competency in one language and functional levels of competency in a second language, while equipping you with the practical skills and essential knowledge to impact the health of people and populations.

You'll be taught by world-class researchers in cutting-edge laboratories and tutorial rooms at UWA's main campus and at the Queen Elizabeth II hospital campus and have access to a wide range of international exchange programs.

Why study this course?

• UWA offers the largest range of languages of any WA university, and more than most in Australia. Our unique Bachelor of Modern Languages enables you to achieve a high level of competency in one language and functional levels of competency in a second language in the four macro skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing
• The Bachelor of Biomedical Science is a practical, flexible degree which offers students the opportunity to study a range of health-focused subjects ranging from biochemistry to pathology, infectious diseases to exercise science, genetics to anatomy and physiology, and neuroscience to indigenous public health
• You will graduate with two qualifications, having cut two years off the time it takes you to study two degrees.

What will I learn?

You will become fluent in one language and achieve a functional level of competency in a second language, while developing expertise in biomedical science with a specific focus on a selected biomedical discipline.

Potential jobs

• Laboratory Technician
• Journalist/Science Communicator
• Biomedical Researcher
• Medical Scientist*
• Infectious Disease Scientist*
• Public Health Analyst/Researcher*

*Postgraduate study required