Chemistry BSc

University College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

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).
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.
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.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

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.

As a UCL Chemistry graduate you will have developed both discipline-based and highly sought after analytical skills, for example in logical thought and numeracy.
On completion of your degree you will have the obvious option of pursuing a career within the chemical industry. This is recognised as one of the most exciting and successful contributors to the UK economy, for example in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and nanotechnology sectors.
Many recent graduates have continued in research at universities including PhDs at UCL, Imperial, Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, Edinburgh, Harvard, Manchester and NUS Singapore.
Our graduates are in great demand in many other fields such as management, the financial sector, information technology, scientific journalism, patent law, the scientific civil service, and in education.

English Language at grade C or 5, plus Mathematics at grade B or 6. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required.

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Subjects

  • Mathematics
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • Chemistry
  • Physical
  • Chemical principles
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Dynamics Chemistry
  • Biological Chemistry
  • Biological Systems Plus
  • Biological

Course programme

YEAR 1

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Basic Inorganic Chemistry
  • Basic Organic Chemistry
  • Basic Physical Chemistry
  • Introduction to Chemical Principles
Optional modules

You will select 1.5 credits of optional modules, including:

A Mathematics module appropriate to your level of qualification to the value of either 1.0 or 0.5 credits.

Further options to the value of 0.5 or 1.0 credits.

Options typically taken by chemistry students include:

  • Biology
  • Human Physiology
  • Introduction to Earth Sciences
  • Introduction to Management
  • Languages
  • Mathematics (further calculus)
  • Physics of the Universe

YEAR 2

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Principles of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Principles of Organic Chemistry
  • Principles of Physical Chemistry
Optional modules

You will select 1.0 credit of optional modules. Options include:

  • Chemical Dynamics
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Reaction Mechanisms in Chemical and Biological Systems

Plus further modules from a wide range. Options typically taken by chemistry students include:

  • Biology
  • Human Physiology
  • Introduction to Earth Sciences
  • Introduction to Management
  • Languages
  • Mathematics (further calculus)
  • Physics of the Universe


YEAR 3

Core or compulsory module(s)
  • Advanced Practical Chemistry
  • Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry
  • Principles and Methods of Organic Synthesis
  • Literature Project
Optional modules

You will select 1.0 credit from a wide range of Chemistry and other approved undergraduate options. Chemistry options may include:

  • Biological Chemistry/Biological Macromolecules
  • Concepts in Computational and Experimental Chemistry
  • Inorganic Rings, Chains and Clusters
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Pathways, Intermediates and Function in Organic Chemistry
  • Principles of Drug Design
  • Numerical and Analytical Methods
  • New Directions in Materials Chemistry
  • Structural Methods in Modern Chemistry

Your learning

Your learning will combine lectures, practical classes and group workshops. In addition you will attend tutorials in groups of four to six students which provide specialised support for the core modules.

Assessment

Each module will usually involve at least two methods of assessment. These may include coursework (problem sheets, essays or poster presentations), an examination, or laboratory classes. We believe in providing feedback to students, such as face-to-face marking in laboratories. Your third-year project will be assessed through a written report.

Additional information

Overseas students Fee - £25,960 (2018/19)

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