PHYC10007 Physics for Biomedicine (University of Melbourne): rated 2.2/5 overall across 24 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
PHYC10007 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Science in Physics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 物理面向生物医学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Physics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This subject will develop students' appreciation of the importance of physical principles to biomedicine as well as their understanding of the principles underpinning human structure and function, medical diagnostics and therapeutics. Lectures for this subject contain an extensive range of live i.
PHYC10007 has 24 scored reviews: overall 2.2/5 · usefulness 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 19 StudentVIP reviews (average 2.0 stars); 5 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.0/5).
On Reddit: "hi, i did phyc10007 in 2019. I would recommend you to start with linear motion first/vectors first since this is mostly formula-based and is a good foundation to physics. 2. Newton's Laws, forces and torque 3. Energy and Heat 4. Fluids 5. Sound 6. Electricity & Magnetism 7. Radi…"
On Reddit: "I did physics for biomed in 2020 and I really didn't enjoy the lecturers - the explanation of content was really poor and for the most part was just copy pasted screenshots from the textbook. The best thing about this unit is that the exams every year end up being fairly similar…"
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Q: Is PHYC10007 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 24 reviews: usefulness 2.0/5, overall 2.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PHYC10007, and when is it offered?
A: PHYC10007 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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