MSci Chemistry (International Programme)

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.

• You will have an opportunity to study at a selected North American or Australian University during the third year of your programme.

• 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:

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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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. In the second term the fundamentals of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry are introduced separately. Along with your optional modules, you'll 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 optional modules, which can be either chemical or non-chemical.

You will spend the third year at an overseas university in an English-speaking country, for example the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) or the University of Toronto. The third-year modules are primarily lecture-based, and are taught in English.

In the final year of the MSci, you will undertake a chemical research project and optional modules, allowing you to specialise in the field of chemistry of your choice.

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:

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Quantitative Chemistry
• Mathematics for Science 1
• Mathematics for Science 2
• Physics for Chemistry
• The Earth
• History of Science: Antiquity to Enlightenment
• Understanding Management
• Introductory Statistical Methods and Computing

Year 2

Core or compulsory module(s)

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry

Optional modules:

• Chemistry of Materials
• Organic Reaction Mechanisms
• Chemical Dynamics
• Tech Journalism: Writing, Researching, and Reporting News in Technology, Science, and Engineering
• Introduction to Programming
• Science Communication and Public Engagement
• Science in Popular Culture
• Science and Religion
• Mathematical Methods in Chemistry
• Mathematics for Physics and Astronomy
• Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
•  Modern Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology
• Introduction to Psychology

Year 3

Core or compulsory module(s)

• MAPS Study Abroad Module D
•  MAPS Study Abroad Module A
•  MAPS Study Abroad Module G
•  MAPS Study Abroad Module H
•  MAPS Study Abroad Module B
•  MAPS Study Abroad Module E

Year 4

Core or compulsory module(s)

• Advanced Chemical Research Project

Optional modules

• Topics in Modern Chemistry

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