BMedSci Hons Medical Sciences

at Bangor University

Our Medical Sciences degree aims to provide a science programme, related to medicine, with strong professional research elements. You’ll receive a firm foundation of scientific teaching, considering human health and disease at a micro and macro level. This enables you to develop, integrate and apply your knowledge at the interface of scientific discovery and clinical practice. As a graduate, you’ll be equipped with a broad skill set, making the course an ideal first choice for those interested in a health-based career but who want to keep their options open. It is also a perfect fifth choice for those whose primary aim is Medicine or Dentistry; for high-achieving students this degree may act as a stepping stone into Medical Schools as a graduate entrant.

What will you study on this course?

Year 1
The first year is an introduction to important aspects of Medical and Biomedical Sciences and includes lectures, laboratory practical sessions and tutorial sessions in key foundation subjects. Your first year modules have an emphasis on developing the key factual and practical skills which you will require to progress with the remainder of your studies. Examples of material you’ll be covering include human physiology, molecular genetics, cell biology, microbiology, chemistry as well as fundamental academic skills. In your laboratory sessions we’ll teach you how to work safely within a laboratory environment as well as the wider regulatory frameworks in which laboratory environments operate.

Year 1 is common to all three of the degrees listed below which gives you the opportunity to change to one of the other degrees (subject to eligibility criteria), giving you the flexibility to change degree routes before the start of year two if your interests change.

• Biomedical Science (B102)
• Medical Sciences (B100)
• Medical Biology (B103)

Year 2 & 3 
Your second and third-year modules on BMedSci Medical Sciences have a focus on human physiology and anatomy in health and disease, clinical diagnostics, infectious disease and therapeutics. You’ll be able to describe disease processes from molecular defects, to gross anatomical changes and integrate information on their diagnosis and treatment.

An over-arching theme will be the development of transferable skills such as critical analysis, data interpretation and the ability to communicate medical science to a variety of audiences. In the third year, this culminates in a piece of self-directed research using medically related scientific literature and databases. You’ll have many opportunities to showcase your developing skills, with regular constructive and individual feedback to help you achieve your full potential.