MSci Chemistry
Online prospectus Programme catalogue
Course overview
Full details of the structure of the course and units are available in the programme catalogue
First Year | Building Blocks of Chemistry | Practical Chemistry | Quantitative Chemistry | Choose one of:
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Second Year | Core Concepts in Chemistry |
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Third Year | Practical Chemistry | The Art of Chemistry | Choose two from:
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Fourth Year | Chemistry Project | Core Chemistry | Choose 2 from:
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Our curriculum is under constant review and development. The above structure may change and the latest information can be found in our programme catalogue.
Sample timetable
The following sample timetable is typical for a first year student taking Life Chemistry and Stars and Planets as options.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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9.00 - 10.00 | Chemistry tutorial | Quantitative Chemistry surgery | Stars and Planets lecture | Chemistry lecture | |
10.00 - 11.00 | Chemistry lecture | Life Chemistry Lecture | Stars and Planets lecture | ||
11.00 - 12.00 | Stars and Planets lecture | Quantitative Chemistry problem class | |||
12.00 - 13.00 | Chemistry lecture | Chemistry laboratory | |||
13.00 - 14.00 | Wednesday afternoons are kept free for extra-curricular activities including sports | ||||
14.00 - 15.00 | Life Chemistry Tutorial | Stars and Planets practical | |||
15.00 - 16.00 | |||||
16.00 - 17.00 |
Please note that this timetable is shown for illustration only and will differ for an individual student. The number and nature of classes delivered are subject to change as our curriculum is developed.
Transfer possibilities
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Autumn | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
Chemistry BSc | |||||||||
Chemistry with Study Abroad in a Modern Language MSci | |||||||||
Chemistry with Industrial Experience MSci | |||||||||
Chemistry with Study Abroad MSci | |||||||||
Chemistry with Scientific Computing BSc | |||||||||
Chemistry with Scientific Computing MSci |
Straightforward | Possible under certain circumstances | Not possible |
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Please note the following
- Transfer to Chemistry with Study Abroad in a Modern Language MSci in the first year is only possible for students who meet the entrance requirements for the course and are taking an appropriate language unit.
- Transfer to Chemistry with Industrial Experience MSci in the second year is only possible for students who have passed all of their first-year units at the first attempt and have a combined average for their Chemistry units of at least 60%, and becomes increasingly difficult in the second year as places on the course are filled.
- Transfer to Chemistry with Study Abroad MSci is only possible during the first two weeks of the second year for students who have passed all of their first-year units at the first attempt and have a combined average for their Chemistry units of at least 60%. Restrictions on places available can mean that transfer to Chemistry with Study Abroad is not be possible under any circumstances.
- Transfer to either of the Chemistry with Scientific Computing courses is subject to meeting the entry requirements for the course and is only possible for students taking Introductory Scientific Computing as a first-year option.