A couple days ago we had an introductory lecture for the 3rd year biomedical science course, I noted down the basics so it's easier for us all to refer to in the future:
Overall
- This year is worth 75% of our overall degree
- Coursework is worth 40% and exams are worth 60%
- 4 modules worth 20 credit points each (histopathology, haematology, immunology and virology, infectious diseases and their control)
- Research project (including portfolio) worth 40 credit points
- 3rd term (which is only about 2 weeks long) will be entirely revision based
Exams
- All of them are at the end of the year
- Exams will be 3 hours long, and will consist of 6-7 essay questions, you will choose 4 to answer, lecturer also said there will be calculation questions.
Project
- Cristina is our leader for the project module
- Will be primarily based in the 2nd term over the course of 12 weeks
- Consists of coursework/research, oral presentation and your portfolio
- Portfolio is worth 15% of the project and will be due on the 27th March
- Oral presentation is worth 15% of the project and will be due on the 28th April, and will actually take place on the 29th and 30th April
- Research is worth 70% of the project and will be due on the 14th April
What I got from the lectures is that we will have a lot of lab time within the 1st term because we are going to need as much free lab time as possible in the 2nd term for our projects.
If anyone has any other information feel free to comment it below! Thanks for reading :) hope everyone has a great year!
- Natalie x
