BSc Chemistry with Management Studies (F1N2)

Degree benefits

• Consistently regarded as one of the best chemistry departments in the UK, we offer you an excellent education with high standards of teaching.

• You will benefit from our outstanding research profile as you are taught by lecturers who are experts in a wide range of chemistry-related fields.

• The UCL School of Management contributes to this and many other programmes across UCL and you will have the opportunity to work alongside students taking many different degree programmes.

• We offer access to state-of-the-art facilities, enhanced by our strong affiliation with other centres of excellence such as the London Centre for Nanotechnology.

Degree Structure:

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

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This programme is offered either as a three-year BSc or as a four-year MSci. The first two years of study are identical, so you can defer which to opt for until the end of your second year. We advise you to select the four-year MSci initially as this keeps more options open.

The chemistry content directly follows that of the single-subject Chemistry programme. You will cover the full range of chemistry core components, together with optional modules in chemistry and other options from outside the department.

The management component takes up around 25% of the whole programme. Compulsory half-credit modules include Foundations of Management, and Business in a Competitive Environment and in year three you will choose one optional module such as Mastering Entrepreneurship, Marketing Communications and Law for Managers, amongst others.

Further half-credit modules may be chosen from Statistical Methods and Computing, Communication of Scientific Ideas, Social and Business Psychology, Occupational Psychology, Operational Research, amongst others.

You will also undertake a literature project in the final year.

Modules:

An indicative guide to the structure of this programme, year by year.

Year 1

Core or compulsory module(s)

• Basic Inorganic Chemistry
• Basic Organic Chemistry
• Basic Physical Chemistry
• Chemical Foundations
• Chemical Skills
• Understanding Management
• Introductory Statistical Methods and Computing

Optional modules:

• Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry
• Further Quantitative Chemistry
• Mathematics for Science 1

Year 2

Core or compulsory module(s)

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Competitive strategy
• Managerial Accounting for Decision Making

Optional modules:

• All second year modules are compulsory.

Year 3

Core or compulsory module(s)

• Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
• Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry
• Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry
• Chemical Literature
• Strategic Project Management

Optional modules:

• Synthesis and Characterisation Techniques in Chemistry
• Instrumental and Computational Techniques in Chemistry
•  Synthetic Chemistry and Instrumentation
•  Scientific Programming for Chemists
•  Concepts in Computational Chemistry
•  Inorganic Rings, Chains and Clusters
•  Principles of Drug Design
•  Organic Photochemistry Radicals and Heterocycles
•  New Directions in Materials Chemistry
•  Entrepreneurial Finance
•  Law for Managers
• Digital Strategy and Transformation

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