Medical Sciences Study Taster

Are you studying the Sciences and planning on applying to Medical School after graduation? If so, this selection of units may be for you! In the UK, Medicine is taught as an undergraduate degree programme, and so at Bristol, we teach a range of medical sciences units at UG level. Why not use your study abroad experience to get a taste of what it is like to study medicine? 

You will find units on: 

  • pharmacology
  • neuroscience and psychological sciences
  • anatomy and physiology
  • cellular and molecular sciences 

This theme is available for General Pathway students.

Choosing your units

Timetabling can be an issue when choosing units from different Schools (PHPH, PANM, ANAT, BIOC, PSYC), and different Year levels. If you are choosing all your units from this guide, we recommend picking at least 2 from the same School and Year level to avoid clashes. 

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Recommended Unit Combinations

 

Year 1

Pre-requisites: secondary school Chemistry and another Science (e.g. Biology). For Anatomy units, students will need to show evidence of commitment to studying the topic. 

Teaching Block 1

Teaching Block 2

Year 2

Pre-requisites: some university study in the relevant subject (i.e. pharmacology, neuroscience, cellular sciences, or anatomy) 

Teaching Block 1

Teaching Block 2 

Year 3

If you already have a strong background in any of these subjects, you may also be interested in the upper-level units in these study guides:

Recommended Unit Combinations

Teaching Block 1

Unit timetables are released closer to the start of the academic year. Life Sciences units can involve complex timetables with sessions running at different times during the term. Students may need to make changes to their unit choices at the start of term should they learn their choices clash on the timetable.

Combination 1:

Combination 2:

Combination 3:

Combination 4:

If you need a third unit, feel free choose a unit from across the study guides. You may be interested in Big Ideas in Science - CHEM10001.

Teaching Block 2

Unit timetables are released closer to the start of the academic year. Life Sciences units can involve complex timetables with sessions running at different times during the term. Students may need to make changes to their unit choices at the start of term should they learn their choices clash on the timetable.

Combination 1:

Combination 2:

Combination 3:

 Combination 4:

If you need a third unit, feel free choose a unit from across the study guides. You may be interested in the Bristol Futures units which often work well (in terms of timetabling):