BSc Biomedical Sciences (with a year in industry)
Entry requirements
A level: CCC (Essential subjects: Biology or Chemistry, plus equivalent of GCSE Mathematics) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Essential subjects: Biology or Chemistry at Higher Level plus Standard Level Chemistry at 4, Biology at 4, and Mathematics at 5 Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBCC (Essential subjects: Higher Biology or Human Biology or Chemistry plus National 5 Chemistry at C, Biology at C, and Mathematics at C).
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science, examining human biology from molecular to full-body system level. Core topics include programming, data analysis, statistics, laboratory techniques, research methods, and critical and analytical thinking. The degree is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology and has a shared curriculum in the first two years before specialist module choice. A year-long industry placement is available between years three and four, and the final year includes a research project.
Modules
- Core Skills in the Life Sciences 1A
- The Building Blocks of Life
- Core Skills in the Life Sciences 1B
- Building the Organism
- Numeracy, Chemistry and Physics for the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Science and Society
- Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
- Statistics and Experimental Design
- Cellular Communication
- Core Skills in the Life Sciences 2A
- Human Physiology and Pharmacology
- Biomolecular Mechanisms
- Core Skills in the Life Sciences 2B
- Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences
- Introductory Programming for Life Sciences
- Introductory Anatomy
- Life Sciences Placement
- Research Skills 3A
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory Systems and Renal Systems
- Neurophysiology, Endocrine and Gastrointestinal Systems
- Pharmacology
- Molecular Microbiology
- Developmental Biology
- Neuropharmacology
- Cancer Biology and Research
- Immunology
- Capstone Project: Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Mechanisms and Disorders of Memory
- Translational Neuroscience
- Advanced Bioinformatics
- Advanced Immunology
- Cancer Biology
- Stem Cells in Development and Disease
- Nutrients & Metabolic Disease
- Mapping Memories in the Brain
- Heart & Circulation
- The Conscious Brain: The Physiology & Pharmacology of Pain & Anaesthesia
- Stem Cell Biology
- Advanced Molecular Microbiology
- Metabolic Disease: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
- Advanced Cancer Biology and Therapeutics