Department of Chemistry Course Catalogue 2025/26
USSC-AFM10: MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences
Route: MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Physics)
Leading to the award of MASTER IN SCIENCE IN NATURAL SCIENCES
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Normal course duration: 4 Years
[Page last updated: 23 April 2025]
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Applicable NFAAR appendices: | N/A |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | Yes |
DACS and exit awards: | USSC-AFB10: BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences is the designated alternative course (DAC).
Transfer to DAC is possible in years 1 or 2 if co-existent master's progression threshold is not met.
Exit awards:
BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences. Overall course average: weighted stage 1 0%, stage 2 32%, final stage 68%
Diploma of Higher Education
Certificate of Higher Education
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Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 16%
Stage 3: 34%
Final Stage: 50% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Students must select units worth 55 credits from the options available in this course year:- 20-30 credits from the lists of Biology options;
- 20 credits from the lists of Physics options;
- 10-20 credits from the other lists of options.
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Academic Year: Stage 3
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SC32004 | Contemporary interdisciplinary science | 5 Credits |
| OPTIONS - Select a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 20 credits from the combination of the following lists: |
Semester 1: Stage 3
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
| : students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SC32005 | Renewable energy | 5 Credits |
| SC32006 | State of the planet | 5 Credits |
| ED32015 | Science education in practice | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 3
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
| : students may be permitted to take a Director of Studies approved option as an alternative to one of the units from this list |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SC32008 | Global challenges: water | 5 Credits |
| SC32009 | The transition to sustainability | 5 Credits |
| ED32014 | Issues in science education | 5 Credits |
| BIOLOGY - Select a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 30 credits from the combination of the following lists: |
Academic Year: Stage 3
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32071 | Entrepreneurial biotechnology | 10 Credits |
| SL32075 | Micro- and macroevolution | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 3
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32065 | Current topics (1 topic) | 5 Credits |
| SL32076 | Science communication | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 3
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| SL32058 | Biological ethics | 5 Credits |
| SL32066 | Current topics (1 topic) | 5 Credits |
| PHYSICS - Select 20 credits from the combination of the following lists: |
Semester 1: Stage 3
Optional Units: Select 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32013 | Advanced quantum mechanics | 5 Credits |
| PH32020 | Statistical physics and soft matter | 5 Credits |
| PH32046 | Electronic and optical properties of matter | 5 Credits |
| PH32047 | Environmental physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32052 | Medical physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32055 | Nonlinear physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32056 | Photonics | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 3
Optional Units: Select 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PH32021 | Symmetry and topology | 5 Credits |
| PH32050 | Laser physics | 5 Credits |
| PH32051 | Magnetism and superconductivity | 5 Credits |
| PH32054 | Networks and quantum information | 5 Credits |
| PH32057 | Sustainable energy technologies | 5 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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