This degree program is delivered over a single year for most students. There are six core modules as well as a dissertation module.

Core Modules:

• Therapeutics

This is the essence of clinical technique. It is the branch of medicine most closely associated with the action of remedial agents.

• Applied Anatomy and Histopathology

This module explores Histopathology – the changes that disease causes in different body tissues. It also concerns applied anatomy – understanding how the body’s different structures work together.

• Clinical Physiology

This module looks the understanding if the structures of the body in a clinical context – what complaints patients make, and how they can best be addressed.

• Research Skills

This module explores the qualitative and quantitative methods you’ll use to conduct your dissertation research.

• Metrology and Health

This module looks at the science of measurement itself. In the health and clinical context, it looks at exactly what different tests are measuring.

• Molecular Pathology

This module looks at the emerging discipline of molecular pathology – the study or diagnosis of an illness based on the molecular changes it makes to the body.

Bangor University is committed to ensuring the employability of its graduates. It offers the Bangor Employability Award program. The BEA program helps students to build transferrable skills doing extracurricular activities. Many become involved in specialist clubs and societies, for example.

The university also runs a Careers and Employability Service which is committed to giving you the professional skills you’ll need to make the most of your degree, whether an MSc, a PGCert or a PGDip.