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BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science with Foundation Year

University of Suffolk, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Biomedical science is a well-established but dynamic and rapidly evolving scientific discipline to improve our understanding of human health and disease. This course utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to provide you with knowledge of the workings of the human body at the molecular, cellular, organ, and systems levels, in health and disease. It covers the key aspects and principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, physiology and pathophysiology, histology, and hematology. It has a strong practical focus and will provide you with a wide range of practical and analytical skills relevant to a career in biomedical science and wider. We aim to help you progress to an employment-ready graduate and hence the course is designed to also equip you with several transferable skills that are so highly valued in the current, ever-changing, employment market. The course benefits from a close working relationship with Ipswich Hospital and is taught by an international team of research-active academics. Both of these ensure that the course is relevant to your future employment, is contemporary, and at the forefront of science.

General Eligibility

80 UCAS tariff points (or above), CDD (A-Level), MMP (BTEC) Applicants must also have a minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including English, Maths, and Science.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Foundation Year
  • Fundamentals of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Mandatory)

  • Principles of Biology (Mandatory)

  • Scientific Study Skills (Mandatory)

  • Foundations of Anatomy and Physiology (Mandatory)

  • Mathematics for Science (Mandatory)

  • Investigative Project (Mandatory)

2 Year 1
  • Introduction to the Genome (Mandatory)

  • Human Physiology 1 (Mandatory)

  • Cell Biology (Mandatory)

  • Scientific Skills (Mandatory)

  • Introduction to Biomedical Science (Mandatory)

  • Biochemistry (Mandatory)

3 Year 2
  • Research Methods and Scientific Communication (Mandatory)

  • Medical Microbiology (Mandatory)

  • Data Analysis and Statistics (Mandatory)

  • Biology of Disease (Mandatory)

  • Immunology (Mandatory)

  • Molecular Biotechnology (Mandatory)

4 Year 3
  • Dissertation (Mandatory)

  • Advanced Biomedical Practice (Mandatory)

  • Histology (Mandatory)

  • Haematology and Blood Transfusion (Mandatory)

  • Pharmacology and Toxicology (Optional)

  • Clinical Nutrition (Optional)

  • Developmental Biology (Optional)

  • Regenerative Medicine (Optional)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
IELTS 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components) where English is not the students' first language.

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