Gateway to Medicine BSc (Hons)

Students must take the following two compulsory modules in Semester 1:

• Biology 1: provides an introduction to molecular and cellular biology. It covers cell diversity and the origins of life, cellular structures and fundamental processes.
• Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry: covers the origin of the elements, atoms and the Periodic Table, shapes and properties of molecules, chemistry of the elements, properties of solutions, thermochemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics.

You will also take additional first-year modules in Sciences or Arts subjects, chosen in consultation with your Adviser of Studies.

Semester 2

Students must take the following two compulsory modules in Semester 2:

• Biology 2: provides an introduction to the diversity of life on Earth and addresses key elements of organismal and ecological aspects of life.
• Organic and Biological Chemistry 1: covers the structure, stereochemistry and nomenclature of simple organic compounds, fundamental organic reaction mechanisms, organic functional groups and their reactions, introductory bioorganic chemistry, and organic spectroscopy.

You will also take additional first-year modules in Sciences or Arts subjects, chosen in consultation with your Adviser of Studies.