BSc (Hons) Human Biosciences - Career, further study and research opportunities
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    KEY FACTS

    • Title
      BSc (Hons) Human Biosciences
    • Course type
      Full-time
    • Duration
      3 years (optional placement)
    • Award
      Bachelor of Science - BSc (Hons)
    • Faculty
      Faculty of Science and Technology
    • School
      School of Biomedical and Biological Sciences
    • UCAS codes
      Institution P60
      Course C190
    • Location
      Plymouth
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​HUMAN BIOSCIENCES: CAREER OPTIONS

Information provided by our Careers & Employability Service.

Mandy, our Careers Adviser for human biosciences, says:Image of student in laboratory setting
"Biomedical and clinical science are popular areas with many specialist options, e.g. immunology, haematology, genetics and cytology. Many others will look at teaching or research. Other options could include, for example, forensic science, crime scene analysis, biotechnology, food science and areas such as microbiology and pharmacology.
Biologists will often want to use their subject but not necessarily in a laboratory situation so some graduates look to careers in, for example, medical sales, scientific journalism or publishing or areas such as patent/trade mark/regulatory work or information science. Those prepared to look at further full-time training may be attracted to careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing and areas such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, dietetics or complementary therapies."

Visit the Plymouth University Careers website for more information on any of these areas, or call in to see the Careers & Employability Team in Gateway in the Roland Levinsky Building.

Skills you can develop during this course include:

  • Problem solving
  • Data analysis
  • Communication
  • Drawing conclusions
  • Report writing

​Relevant Work Experience

Due to the range of options it is important to start to research options early so that strategies can be developed to gain useful relevant experience. Students will need to look at a range of possible ways to build experience and some of these will be on a voluntary basis or looking to use ways to develop through work based learning, placements, work shadowing and general networking. Not all of these will be available through the course so students will need to familiarise themselves with a range of sources that might offer, for example, projects, short experience, research internships, etc. Taking advantage of student memberships of professional bodies such as the Society of Biology and Institute of Biomedical Sciences would also be recommended.
 
Those who want to take advantage of more general graduate opportunities in areas unrelated to biology, e.g. accountancy and finance, general IT and marketing & sales, will need to CV build by taking advantage of a wider range of work experience opportunities and the need to build skills in contexts outside the academic.
 
Image of students in laboratory setting

​Previous Plymouth University graduates from this course are now employed in a wide variety of roles, some of which include: research assistant, scientific researcher, test analyst, emergency medical dispatcher, clinical physiology technician, microbiologist.

(Source: DLHE Surveys 2009 and 2010)