best intercalated degree to take at imperial

[m00ple]

Obs and Gynae BSc is made up for 5x 3 week modules plus a research or library project, or more taught modules (humanities-based) for the last 3 months. The modules for the O&G BSc are;

Module 1: Gynaecological oncology
Module 2: Reproductive Endocrinology
Module 3: Gametogenesis and preimplantation development
Module 4: Pregnancy and contraception
Module 5: Post-reproductive female health

For each module there are 2 pieces of coursework and an exam.

The project counts for 50% of your marks, the coursework and exams for the other 50% of your marks.

That's about all I know.

[jane2]

oh...i so want to do that. fortunately i'll be in london anyway so hopefully they'd let me !

[zoë]

m00ple i do not know where you have got your information from as actually respiratory is one of the few oversubscribed BScs.

most of the BScs available are very good and i have heard mostly praise from people in older years - the best one to do is obviously the one which you are most interested in!

obstetrics/gynaecology, paediatrics and the other more clinically named BScs are not actually clinical BScs, you study the basic sciences behind them.

you can do your BSc at another university so long as it is a course that is not offered at imperial and you must not have failed any of your exams.

[m00ple]

Resp wasn't oversubscribed when I made my BSc choices, in fact in my year a lot of people got it as their second or third choice. However, I do accept that the BScs that are oversubscribed do vary from year to year though so what I observed is not necessarily the case year in year out.

With all other points I agree with Zoe, do what you're interested in not what you think will look prestigeous enough on your CV.

[Shobhit Arya]

Unfortunately all your talk on the BSc could be redundant very soon. The reason I say this is that theres a lot of talk going on about the BSc programme and how best to use funds and teaching staff.

Unfortunately theres always going to be some subjects that are popular than others. I took Physiology this year which was good fun but had only 15 students. The powers that be want the BSc courses to have 30-40 students, so as of next year (2006/07), the courses with fewer students such as physiology and imaging are being cut, whilst other traditionally popular subjects such as cardiology and respiratory medicine are facing the axe if they don't keep their numbers up.

I've had it from a reliable source that the BSc programme will eventually be composed maybe of 8-10 courses, which I think is a shame, considering that the emphasis on the scientific underpinning of medicine is already being diluted (although you don't appreciate this in the first few years) and the BSc provides an excellent grounding in science and how to approach problems (both clinical and non clinical) in a methodical, evidence based manner, with an answer firmly in scientific proof.

[m00ple]

Oh no, that's awful! One of the things I always thought was great about the Imperial BSc was the wide choice you had. And what will be the point in a BSc year if it's not going to be particularly scientific?

[zoë]

these courses have been scrapped for next year's bsc...

pharmacology
imaging
physiology
social medicine

possibly mbd has been scrapped too but i am not sure.

i know people doing...

respiratory
cardio
haematology
management
paeds
o&g
immunobiology
endocrinology
neuroscience
psych
gastro
surgery

[Shobhit Arya]

Originally Posted by zoë

these courses have been scrapped for next year's bsc...

pharmacology
imaging
physiology
social medicine

possibly mbd has been scrapped too but i am not sure.

i know people doing...

respiratory
cardio
haematology
management
paeds
o&g
immunobiology
endocrinology
neuroscience
psych
gastro
surgery

Yup, they're killing off the basic sciences and a whole generation of imperial docs are going to have little grounding in basic sciences - what a bunch of idiot - I'm not bitter, honest ;-)

[jeffrey_leow]

Originally Posted by zoë

these courses have been scrapped for next year's bsc...

pharmacology
imaging
physiology
social medicine

possibly mbd has been scrapped too but i am not sure.

i know people doing...

respiratory
cardio
haematology
management
paeds
o&g
immunobiology
endocrinology
neuroscience
psych
gastro
surgery

wonder wad they teach in surgery?

[pkonline]

It's a shame they're cutting courses . I was talking to a reg at the Brompton yesterday and telling her about the BSc I'm doing (resp) and she was saying how fortunate we are at Imperial to have so many varied, yet relevant, courses at our disposal.

But I guess money talks...