Swansea University

Course Details

BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences and Humanities

Course Description

The BSc (Hons) in Medical Sciences and Humanities (MeSH) at Swansea is a multi-disciplinary degree. It is designed to explore both the scientific and human sides of healthcare. The degree scheme attracts students interested in a broad range of health careers including NHS management, charity work and postgraduate research. Recent NSS scores for MeSH were fantastic, with 95% satisfaction for teaching, 92% satisfaction for academic support and 94% felt the programme aided their personal development. This degree allows students to study a broad spectrum of subjects applied to healthcare. Compulsory strands throughout the three years of the degree will include healthcare science, philosophy and ethics applied to healthcare and history applied to healthcare. The degree embodies the modern bio-psycho-social view of health and illness and aims to foster a broad and deep understanding of medicine and healthcare in all the ways that we experience them as a society.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
3year

Career outcomes

A Student’s Union Welfare Officer A Clic Sargent Corporate Accounts Executive An anti-trafficking outreach worker Studying Medicine in Mauritius Postgraduate students of Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Sciences, Psychiatry, Public Health, Physiotherapy and Social Work Midwifery students A Children’s Nursing student.

BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences and Humanities Swansea University