Health Sciences (with Foundation Year) Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Course overview

This course includes a foundation year - ideal if you need additional preparation or if you don't have sufficient grades to join Year 1. You gain a broad understanding of the physiology of the body’s major systems, including human health and disease. You study the cause, diagnosis and treatment of human disease from a multidisciplinary and evidence-based perspective, supporting you with a career in a variety of healthcare and life science settings.

You study three core discipline-based themes:, human anatomy and physiology, human biology and disease, and healthcare systems and technologies. You explore how humans change over the lifespan, how they adapt to external stressors, and how lifestyle impacts health. You research and identify potential therapeutic and clinical strategies to reduce the effect of these risk factors on disease states.

You also develop skills for employability, including good laboratory practice, control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) assessments, health and safety policies, the Human Tissues Act, quality assurance and patient care. You develop transferrable skills including verbal and poster presentations, written reports, independent research and teamworking skills.

Top reasons to study this course

* Prepare for postgraduate study: graduates can pursue further education, including research degrees and taught master’s programmes, in fields such as public health, dietetics, physiotherapy, diagnostic radiography, radiotherapy, occupational therapy and nursing.

* State-of-the-art facilities: gain practical skills in our £36.9m Bios facility, featuring cutting-edge labs equipped with the latest technology, allowing you to engage in hands-on experiments and research that reflects current industry practices.

* Experienced teaching team: work alongside experienced faculty and industry professionals, enhancing your learning and giving you valuable insights into the latest advancements and challenges in biosciences.

* Opportunities: gain valuable experience in the National Horizons Centre at our Darlington campus, a purpose-built biosciences research, education and training facility.

* Financial support: study this course and you may be eligible to apply for a scholarship with Cleveland Scientific Institution (excluding those applying to the foundation year). Visit our course page for further details.

Employability

You can apply your scientific knowledge and skills to many occupations, opening a range of potential career opportunities related to scientific/medical research, and clinical/analytical lab set up. Potential employers include health service organisations, government, local authorities, industry, charitable and international organisations. You may, for example, pursue roles in public health, health promotion and surveillance, industrial and graduate training programmes, non-governmental organisations, health service management and administration. You may gain graduate entry to further health and clinical education programmes, or undertake biomedical, pharmaceutical or health sciences research, design experiments, analyse data and publish findings, or pursue a role as a pharmaceutical, microbiological or biotechnological lab assistant. Graduates may seek further postgraduate study in advanced health-related subjects.