Hi, I'm in need of some help choosing units and a major for a bachelor of science!
I am currently enrolling in a bachelor of science and need to choose a major and units to enrol in, although I want to study medicine once I finish this degree. What units should I be taking which will assist me in getting into medicine as well as the best major to choose?
Generally you don’t have to pick a major in first year. Although the enrolment process does ask you to select one, it usually doesn’t “lock” you into it once selected i.e. you should still be able to change it afterwards if you change direction.
As for units, I’d recommend taking the first year Biology stream (BIO1011 and either BIO1022 or BIO1042, though I’d personally say BIO1022 of those two, as that’s usually the prereq for a lot of second year bio units from memory), as there’s not really an option to do any other closer units in first year unless you did the Extension Program Biology units, which IIRC, are BIO1011 and BIO1022 anyway. You’ll also need to take another stream e.g. Chemistry, and a maths/ stats unit to fulfil the BSci requirements for first year. You can see a number of first year science units
here.
As for major, info for that can be found
here including what units you need to do. (Majority of these require BIO1011/1022 as prereqs from memory, but please check and take the appropriate first year units so you fulfil prereqs for these second and third year units on this list.) Majors that will be considered include: Pharmacology, Physiology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Microbiology or Genetics, though I will note that probably the best ones to pick from are Immunology, Biochem or Physiology (as these will cover at least 3 or more of the 5 units required anyway, genetics will too but I wouldn’t really recommend for medicine - shocking, I know*).
Also, next year I want to try and transfer into biomedical science do I need to take any specific units to transfer? 
None that I am aware of, but I would ask Science Faculty Student Services about this. You might be able to sneak in a few biomed units as electives but you’d need to confirm and clear it with them before you can do that.
* Genetics is under the School of Biological Sciences at Monash, which doesn’t really focus as much on humans (and more environmental, ecological and evolutionary biology). You do cover some human genetics in the genetics major, but probably not as much as would be helpful for a med hopeful. (At least this is when I did my extended major in genetics back in 2015-2017.)
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