Year 1 (Level 4)
HE Level 4 Degree / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
Introduction to Health Law
Applied Human Biology
Introduction to Philosophy of Medicine
Introduction to Psychology, Health, Illness and Medicine
Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
Study Skills
Introduction to the History of Medicine
Introducing Literature and Medicine
Optional Modules
Year 1 Options
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students are required to select two from the following four optional modules:
Module Name
Genetics and Evolutionary Processes
Basics of Mathematics and Physics for Healthcare Science
Sociology of Health and Illness
Careers and Employability
Year 2 (Level 5)
HE Level 5 Degree / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
Pathophysiology
Research Methods and Statistics
People, Populations and Medical Care
Maximum Efficiency? Medicine and Society c. 1500-2000
Human Anatomy and Physiology II
Optional Modules
Year 2 Options
Choose Exactly 30 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students are required to select 30 credits from the following optional modules:
Module Name
Disability Policy
Human and Medical Genetics
Instrumentation Signal Processing and Imaging
Health Law and Practice
Sociology of Health and Illness 2
Difference and Equity
Health, Disease and Illness
Psychology, Health, Illness and Medicine
Health and Economics
Year 3 (Level 6)
HE Level 6 Degree / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
Persons and Illness
Hospitals in History c1700 - 1948
Systems Physiology and Common Pathologies
Public Health and Epidemiology
Optional Modules
Year 3 Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 50 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students are required to select 50 credits from the following optional modules:
Module Name
Social Policy in an Ageing World
Medical Genetics
Applying Information in Medicine
Mutations and Human Health
Introduction to Pathology and Therapeutics for Health Scientists
Management and Leadership in Health and Social Care
Legal Method in Health Care Law
Applied Psychology, Health, Illness and Medicine
Systems Physiology and Common Pathologies II
Dissertation