Applied Medical Sciences with a Year Abroad

By studying Applied Medical Sciences at Swansea University, you will gain a thorough grounding in the science underpinning medicine.

You will study a comprehensive range of topics, including human anatomy and physiology, cell biology, genetics, pharmacology, and neuroscience, together with their clinical and applied relevance.

As you progress, you will develop an in-depth understanding of how the human body works, what happens when it goes wrong, how we currently treat disorders, and the potential for novel therapeutics.

This course provides a comprehensive grounding relevant to careers in lab research, medicine and commercial enterprise in the life sciences. We have 3 Employability strands to choose from in your second year (subject to eligibility): Medical Science in Practice, Enterprise and Innovation, and Medical Science in Research.

A mix of compulsory and optional modules give you the scope to tailor your studies to your interests, career goals, or plans for post-graduate study.

You will benefit from access to the state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities at the Medical School, including the anatomy suite and research laboratories.

This degree is part of our ‘Medical Science in Practice’ Pathway to Medicine programme. Provided you meet the minimum entry requirements for Graduate Entry Medicine, and have successfully completed the Pathway, you will be guaranteed an interview for our flagship Graduate Entry Medicine MBBCH course.

We have an outstanding reputation for Medicine at Swansea and are ranked 5th in the UK for Medicine according to the Times Good University Guide 2024.

With a strong entrepreneurial and innovation slant, our BSc in Applied Medical Sciences is ideal if you are interested in a career in emerging science, product development, pharmaceuticals, or biotechnology.

It also provides an excellent base for graduate entry into more clinically focused studies, including medicine or post-graduate research.

Course Modules

• Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
• Microbiology
• Introduction to Medical Psychology
• Anatomy
• Human Physiology
• Eukaryotic Cell Biology
• Skills for Medical Sciences
• Introductory Biochemistry
• Human Immunology
• Communicating Medical Sciences
• The Cardiovascular System
• Introduction to Neuroscience
• Neuroanatomy and Neurology
• Skills for Researchers
• Doctors, patients & the goals of medicine
• Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice
• Intermediate Medical Psychology
• Bioethics
• Pharmacology: Dynamics and Kinetics
• Introduction to Health Data Science
• Human and Medical Genetics
• Infectious Diseases
• Antimicrobial therapy and resistance
• Biostatistics
• Being a Medical Scientist
• Capstone Project
• Teaching Science
• Innovation Management - Fundamentals
• Advances in Pharmacology
• Nanotoxicology
• Reproductive Biology and Medicine
• The Sweet Sickness: Advances in Diabetes and Related Disorders
• Advanced Biostatistics
• Machine Learning in Healthcare
• Medical Genetics
• Human Biology and the Environment
• Cancer Pharmacology
• The Neuroscience of Learning, Memory and Cognition

Assessments will include Laboratory practicals, written exams, oral presentations, written assignments, and clinical skills assessments. The range of assessment methods is chosen to develop and demonstrate a range of skills transferable to the modern healthcare environment including reflection, oral and written communication, confidence and competence.