Population Health and Medical Sciences, BSc (Hons)

Population Health represents a cutting-edge field in healthcare, focusing on the multifaceted factors influencing health outcomes for individuals, groups, and populations. It addresses global challenges like chronic diseases, ageing demographics, and health inequalities by enhancing understanding of healthcare needs, refining models, and delivering innovative solutions. This BSc programme provides a comprehensive foundation in medical and life sciences, social sciences, epidemiology, demography, public health, and health informatics. Students gain skills to analyse health variations and apply them to improve wellbeing and services, drawing from interdisciplinary subjects such as genetics, psychology, and digital health.The curriculum spans three years, covering topics from human physiology and epidemiology in Year 1 to advanced biostatistics and global health in Year 3, culminating in a capstone project. Assessments include practicals, exams, presentations, and assignments to build transferable skills like communication and reflection. As part of the 'Medical Science in Practice' pathway, successful graduates may secure interviews for Graduate Entry Medicine, supported by world-leading research at Swansea University, ranked 5th in the UK for Medicine.

• Year 1 • Introduction to Population Health: Systems and Organisation • Genetics, Genomics & Evolution • Population Genomics • Introduction to Medical Psychology • Digital Health • Foundations of Community Medicine • Human Physiology • Eukaryotic Cell Biology • Skills for Medical Sciences • Year 2 • Human Immunology • Communicating Medical Sciences • Healthy mind, healthy body? • Population Health & The Art of Research • Practical Epidemiology • Health Services Research • Population Health Management, Solutions and Strategies • Molecular Evolution • Intermediate Medical Psychology • Bioethics • The Cardiovascular System • Introduction to Health Data Science • Introduction to neuroscience • Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice • Doctors, patients & the goals of medicine • Skills for Researchers • Biostatistics • Year 3 • Practical Quantitative Research • Human Biology and the Environment • Global Health • Advanced Epidemiology • Innovation Management - Fundamentals • Being a Medical Scientist • Reproductive Biology and Medicine • The Sweet Sickness: Advances in Diabetes and Related Disorders • Advanced Biostatistics • Machine Learning in Healthcare • Data to Decisions • Mental Health Literacy • Child Health • Advanced Digital Health and Care • Health and Care Economics • The Neuroscience of Learning, Memory and Cognition • Capstone Project • Teaching Science