2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

MChem, BSc Chemistry

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Typically, grades AAB at A-level, including Chemistry (but not including General Studies or Critical Thinking).

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Chemistry

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Chemistry

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Programme specification:

The programme will:

- provide an environment for study that will encourage an enthusiasm for chemistry and an appreciation in depth of its application in a wide variety of contexts;
- provide students with a detailed appreciation of the discipline of chemistry, and the necessary background and intellectual training for a wide range of professional careers;
- develop a student's ability to apply his/her chemical knowledge and skills to the solution of theoretical and practical problems at the forefront of chemistry;
- provide the knowledge and experience which constitute an essential preliminary to performing original research with a degree of autonomy in chemistry or a related multidisciplinary field, either in industry, government research laboratories, or academic institutions;
- enable the students to aspire to the highest professional standards in chemistry;
- give a developed and balanced foundation of chemical knowledge, of scientific principles in a wider context, and encourage by experience the transferable skills that are of value in both chemical and non-chemical employment;
- provide students with an understanding of the principles, both theoretical and experimental, of organic, inorganic, physical, theoretical and analytical chemistry, and with the ability to apply them in innovative situations;
- provide an insight into selected areas of chemistry where major and important developments are currently taking place;
- develop an appreciation of the importance of chemistry in industrial, economic, environmental and social contexts;
- provide experience in carrying out a research project which includes a literature search, the planning and carrying out of experiments, and the processing and evaluation of results which are then presented in a variety of formats;
- enable students to enter the chemistry profession at a level beyond that of the corresponding BSc programme, and they will be able to plan and undertake a coherent and extended research project, either within a higher degree programme or within suitable industries;
- conform to professional standards in chemistry, and to satisfy the admission criteria for full Membership of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) with Chartered Chemist status (CChem).

Relationship with other programmes:

Students are recruited into the Chemistry degree programme on a provisional basis until the end of Year 2, at which point students who have achieved a good performance in the examinations will be allowed to transfer (with the permission of the Head of Department) to a MChem, BSc Chemistry programme if they so wish. The BSc and MChem programmes then diverge in Year 3.
The MChem, BSc Chemistry programme shares a common first year with the programmes in Chemistry with Analytical Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, and transfer between these courses will be allowed with the permission of the Head of Department until the points of divergence at the end of Year 2 and Year 1 respectively.
Students who, at the commencement of Year 2, have provisionally indicated the intention to transfer to a MChem, BSc Chemistry programme with the Industrial, International or European option will be given appropriate assistance and guidance in preparation. For the special case of the MChem, BSc (European) programme, students will have the option to take appropriate language modules in Years 1 and 2. Formal transfer to the relevant MChem, BSc programme is still subject to a good performance in Year 2.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Students will be required to pass CHEM1101 and CHEM1401 to progress to the second year.

Optional modules:

Students on all single honours chemistry programmes of study with Grade C or less in Mathematics A-level (or equivalent) will be required to study CHEM1181 Mathematics for Chemists (10 credits).

Discovery modules:

Students may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules (up to a total of 120 credits).

The award of Certificate of Higher Education requires obtaining 100 credits in Year 1 (or above), with a minimum of 80 credits of compulsory modules (including CHEM1101 and CHEM1401).

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Students will be required to pass CHEM2401 to progress to the third year.

Optional modules:

Students may study up to 10 credits from the following optional modules:

The award of the Diploma of Higher Education requires obtaining 200 credits, with a minimum of 100 credits in Year 2 (or above), (including CHEM2401).

Discovery modules:

Students may study up to 10 credits of discovery modules (up to a total of 120 credits).

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Students will be required to pass CHEM3417.

Optional modules:

Students will be required to study 70 credits from the following optional modules:

(Please ensure you take no more than 70 credits, in total, in any one semester; including modules taken over both semester 1 and 2).

Students must take at least 10 credits from the following modules:

Students must take at least 20 credits from the following modules:

CHEM3281 and CHEM3282 are mutually exclusive.

Students may take up to 40 credits from the following modules:

From the 70 credits of optional modules students may select one of the following options:

Students will be required to seek approval from the module leader and complete a Change of Module form to enrol on CHEM3666. Students who take CHEM3666 will also be required to enrol on a 20 credit laboratory module (CHEM3420) instead of CHEM3417 and choose an additional 10 credits of options.

Discovery modules:

Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Students will be required to pass CHEM5460M.

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