B.Sc. (Hons) Forensic Chemistry (with option to study overseas)

Our chemistry courses have a common first year enabling you to transfer between courses at the end of Year 1.

Year 1 aims to provide a firm grounding in the most important principles of chemistry including general and materials chemistry, reactions and mechanisms, laboratory techniques, skills development and forensic chemistry. Study options include biological and medicinal chemistry and a foreign language.

In Year 2 you will focus on forensic chemistry. Units include: forensic investigation: scene to court, inorganic and organic synthesis, physical and inorganic chemistry, analytical techniques and chemical and physical analysis for forensic science

If you opt for the four year sandwich route your third year will be spent on placement.

In your final year units include: advanced chemistry concepts, forensic case handling and advances in forensic chemical analysis .