60 biomedical sciences
minimum requirements and degrees available are given on page 56.
why study biomedical sciences?
Biomedical sciences are life sciences subjects related to medicine and the human condition. The term encompasses a broad range of closely inter-related life sciences disciplines, concerned with the structure and function of the human body in health and disease. They include subjects at the fore-front of life sciences research where issues and new developments frequently grab the headlines and can often have an immediate impact on our lives.
Biomedical scientists will play increasingly important roles in the 21st century as the results of their research, particularly at the molecular and cellular levels, lead to new and improved ways to diagnose and treat human diseases and contribute to improvements in human health and well-being in general.
At Dundee the biomedical sciences are concerned with the structure and normal function of the human body; the effects of disease and ways to prevent and treat disease; the study of anatomy in relation to health, disease and human identification; the study of physiology from the molecular level to that of the whole organism, in relation to health, sport and exercise; understanding how the brain and nervous system function in health and disease; and understanding how drugs work.
Throughout the programme there is an emphasis on laboratory teaching, and students are encouraged to see the blending of field and laboratory based research as essential to the training of a properly rounded biomedical scientist.
programme progression
The Biomedical Sciences degree is a broadly-based programme which allows you to combine a broader range of subjects than a single Honours degree.
If you choose to leave at the end of Level 3 with a non-Honours degree, you will graduate with a BSc Ordinary degree in Biomedical Sciences that reflects the breadth of subjects you studied at Level 3, as well as the core knowledge and skills gained throughout your degree programme.
If you are aiming for an Honours degree it is likely that this will be in a single named subject e.g. BSc (Hons) Pharmacology. See the relevant subject pages mentioned in the programme content table for details of these degree programmes.
However, there are also options to study a combination of two main subjects at Levels 3 and 4, e.g. physiology and pharmacology, and graduate with a BSc Honours degree that reflects your subject choice e.g. BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Physiology and Pharmacology).
employability
Statistics for recent years show that our graduates find employment or postgraduate training opportunities in a wide variety of destinations, particularly related to biomedicine and healthcare, and including: research in universities, research institutes and the pharmaceutical industry; teaching in schools, colleges and universities; or graduate entry to a degree in medicine or dentistry. Biomedical sciences graduates will also be valued for their scientific training and problem-solving skills by many potential employers in fields that are not directly related to the specific degree subject.
programme content • typical degree programme example
Please refer to the Biological/Biomedical Sciences overview on page 56 for details of the common curriculum in Levels 1 and 2 and progression into the Integrated Masters (Level 5).
Levels 3 and 4 At Levels 3 and 4 you will study a combination of modules appropriate to your chosen degree subject within the biomedical sciences theme.
Group A • anatomical sciences (page 61)
• forensic anthropology (page 64)
If you are reading for a single Honours degree in either Anatomical Sciences or Forensic Anthropology, you will study within a common curriculum at Level 3, which will include in-depth study of human anatomy.
If you are reading for a degree in Anatomical and Physiological Sciences you will take a combination of human anatomy and physiology modules.
Group B • neuroscience (page 66)
• pharmacology (page 67) • physiological sciences (page 68) • sports biomedicine (page 69)
If you are reading for a single Honours degree in one of these subjects you will take modules in your main subject combined with modules in other subjects in this group, or combined with
Level 3 modules in an appropriate biological sciences subject.
www.dundee.ac.uk/prospectus/lifesciences
Dundee life science students graduate knowing what real research is: they can ask the right
questions, carry out experiments, problem solve as well as gather and analyse data.
Shamshad Afzal - graduated in 2008 with a BSc in
Biochemistry & Pharmacology
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