BSc Chemistry (F100)

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 wide range of optional modules enables you to develop your interests both within and outside chemistry, giving you a broad skills and knowledge base to offer potential employers.
We offer access to state-of-the-art facilities, enhanced by our strong affiliation to other centres of excellence such as the London Centre for Nanotechnology.
Degree Structure:
Chemistry 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 programme initially as this keeps more options open.
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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).
In the first year, all students take the module 'Introduction to Chemical Principles'. This serves to consolidate A level (or equivalent) Chemistry and generate an awareness of modern chemistry as an integrated whole. Along with your optional modules, you will also take a module in mathematics that's appropriate to your ability.
In the second year, the three main themes of chemistry are again developed in individual modules, leaving you free to choose two options, which can be either chemical or non-chemical.
In the third year you will have considerable scope to develop your own portfolio of interests, through the choice of optional modules and experimental work.
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
Optional modules:
Year 2
Core or compulsory module(s)
Optional modules:
Year 3
Core or compulsory module(s)
- Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
- Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry
- Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry
- Chemical Literature
Optional modules:
- Synthesis and Characterisation Techniques in Chemistry
- Instrumental and Computational Techniques in Chemistry
- Synthetic Chemistry and Instrumentation
- Concepts in Computational Chemistry
- Inorganic Rings, Chains and Clusters
- Principles of Drug Design
- Organic Photochemistry Radicals and Heterocycles
- New Directions in Materials Chemistry