The BSc (Hons) in Medical Sciences is a four-year degree programme. In some cases, where a student has high entry qualifications, this may be reduced to three years by Direct Entry into the second year of the degree programme. You work towards your degree by taking courses worth a total of 120 credit points each year. In years 1 and 2 of the Medical Sciences degree programme you will take a combination of core and elective courses. Core courses are compulsory for students on the Medical Sciences degree programme and must be passed to ultimately graduate with an Honours degree in Medical Sciences. In the third, Junior Honours, and fourth, Senior Honours, year you will take a combination of compulsory Medical Sciences courses and elective courses. Although compulsory courses must be taken, and the mark awarded will count towards your final degree classification, passing these courses is not a requirement for award of an Honours degree in Medical Sciences. In the first three years, courses offered by the BMTO and BTO are worth 20 or 40 credit points. These courses will be a combination of core/compulsory Medical Sciences courses and other elective courses chosen either from within the choice of courses offered by the BMTO and BTO or from courses offered elsewhere in the University. In the final (Senior Honours) year, the honours programme of 120 points is subdivided into courses of 10, 20 and 40 points. Satisfactory academic progress Credit points you'll need in order to progress in each year of study This article was published on 2024-08-05
