Biomedical Sciences with Foundation Year - BSc (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Birmingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Birmingham

  • Duration

    Flexible

By studying a foundation year in Health Sciences, your first year will be spent learning a wide range of broad subject areas which then open up opportunities for you to specialise further in your next year – which would be the first year of a full degree programme.

You will study very broad subjects in your foundation year, which is designed to prepare you for a range of courses and not just one particular BSc degree.

So although you are studying a BSc in a specific course – BSc Biomedical Sciences – the foundation year sets you up for a number of other possible degrees starting the following year. It may be that you don’t end up doing a degree in precisely the same subject as your foundation year.

This flexibility is one of the great things about the foundation year category - Health Sciences, allowing you to find out more about your interests and talents before focusing on a three year degree. The foundation year also helps us at BCU to make sure we help to match you to the degree that fits you best.

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Location

Start date

Birmingham (West Midlands)
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Start date

On request

About this course

Three subjects at grade C/4 or above
Must include Mathematics, English language and Science subject
Level 2 equivalent qualifications (e.g. Functional Skills) are accepted
Must have been achieved at the point of enrolment
Preference is given to applicants who have obtained these grades on application

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Subjects

  • Biomedical
  • Successfully
  • Fundamentals
  • Biology
  • Biosciences
  • Essential
  • Biochemistry
  • Skills
  • Student
  • Infectious Disease
  • Blood Science

Course programme

Foundation Year

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits).
  • Academic Skills for Success
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity
  • Interpersonal Skills and Professional Behaviours
  • Negotiated Studies
  • Introduction to Human Biology
  • Health and Well-being in Society
Year One

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits).
  • Biochemistry
  • Fundamentals of Cell Biology
  • Essential Skills for the Biosciences
  • Introduction to Human Physiology
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology
Year Two

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 100 credits).
  • Research Methods in Science and Engineering
  • Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular Analysis
  • Fundamental Principles of Pharmacology and Drug Development
  • Blood Science
  • Infectious Disease
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least 20 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.

Year Three

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 80 credits).
  • Research Project
  • Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Pathophysiology
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete at least 40 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules.

All core modules are guaranteed to run. Optional modules will vary from year to year and the published list is indicative only.
  • Applied Toxicology
  • New Technologies in Biomedicine
  • Control of Global Infectious Disease
  • Neuroscience
  • Immunology
  • Medical Pharmacology

Additional information

UCAS Code: C90F

Study mode: Full Time (1 year foundation followed by 3 year degree)

International students

Award: BSc (Hons) Starting: Sep 2021
Mode      Duration    Fees
Full Time 1 year foundation followed by 3 year degree £13,200 per year

Biomedical Sciences with Foundation Year - BSc (Hons)

Price on request