Programme & Unit Catalogues

Units offered on Natural Sciences programmes in 2020/21

Below is a list of units offered on programmes in Natural Sciences in 2020/21. Follow the links on the unit codes to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level, period slot, and code. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function.

Certificate (FHEQ level 4) level units (e.g. units coded BB1*)
Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) level units (e.g. units coded BB2*)
Honours (FHEQ level 6) level units (e.g. units coded BB3*)
Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) level units (e.g. units coded BB4*)

Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)

Department of Biology & Biochemistry

BB10263	Biochemistry (Academic Year)	12 Credits
BB10264	Cell biology (Academic Year)	12 Credits
BB10265	Ecology & evolution (Academic Year)	12 Credits
BB10266	The life of Earth (Academic Year)	12 Credits

CH10133	Atomic structure, bonding and the Periodic Table (Academic Year)	12 Credits
CH10135	Fundamentals of organic chemistry (Academic Year)	12 Credits
CH10137	From molecules to materials (Academic Year)	12 Credits

MA10201	Modelling the dynamics of life 1 (Semester 1)	6 Credits
MA10202	Modelling the dynamics of life 2 (Semester 2)	6 Credits

PH10001	Introduction to quantum physics (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH10002	Properties of matter (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH10005	Vibrations, waves & optics (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH10006	Electricity & magnetism (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH10007	Mathematical methods for physics 1 (Academic Year)	12 Credits

MN10071	Organisational behaviour (Semester 1)	6 Credits
MN10248	Introduction to accounting (Semester 2)	6 Credits

BB20018	Enzymology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB20020	Protein structure (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB20024	The dynamic cell 1 (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB20028	Molecular and cellular neuroscience (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB20031	Plant biotechnology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB20032	Plant symbiosis & pathology (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB20040	Concepts in evolution (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB20149	Molecular genetics of vertebrate development (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB20160	The dynamic cell 2 (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB20173	Behaviour & ecology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB20219	Genomics 1 (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB20220	Genomics 2 (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB20226	Portugal field course (Semester 2)	6 Credits

CH20148	Inorganic synthesis, structure and reactivity (NS/CwM) (Academic Year)	12 Credits
CH20150	Organic synthesis, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy (NS/CwM) (Academic Year)	12 Credits
CH20152	Principles of physical chemistry (NS/CwM) (Academic Year)	12 Credits

ED20003	Education in society (Semester 1)	6 Credits
ED20126	Educational psychology (Semester 2)	6 Credits

PA20016	Cardiovascular, renal and peripheral nervous system pharmacology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA20023	Pharmacology of the central nervous system (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PA20291	Introduction to practical pharmacology for natural scientists (Semester 1)	3 Credits
PA20343	Drug discovery (Semester 1)	3 Credits
PA20348	Experimental pharmacology for natural sciences (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA20351	Infection and immunity for natural sciences students (Semester 2)	6 Credits

PH20018	Programming skills (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH20060	Quantum & atomic physics [WL] (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH20061	Electromagnetism 1 [WL] (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH20063	Condensed matter physics 1 [WL] (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH20067	Thermal physics (WL) (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH20107	Mathematical methods for physics 2 (Academic Year)	12 Credits

MN20072	Managing human resources (Semester 1)	6 Credits
MN20073	Marketing (Semester 2)	6 Credits
MN20074	Digital business innovation (Semester 1)	6 Credits

XX20109	Industrial placement/ training (Academic Year)	60 Credits
XX20116	Study year abroad (Academic Year)	60 Credits
XX20231	Mathematical and statistical methods for the life sciences (Academic Year)	12 Credits
XX20239	Introduction to environmental sciences and sustainability (Academic Year)	12 Credits

BB30042	Final year project A (Semester 1)	18 Credits
BB30042	Final year project A (Semester 2)	18 Credits
BB30044	Molecular & medical neuroscience (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB30045	Cell membranes (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB30067	Advanced developmental genetics (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB30129	Sensory and signalling networks in plants (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB30131	Evolution in deep time (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB30132	Sexual conflict (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB30161	Systems and developmental neurobiology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB30162	Protein synthesis, folding and turnover (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB30169	Concepts in systems biology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB30208	Evolutionary quantitative genetics (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB30231	Human genomics (Semester 1)	6 Credits

CH30065	Biosynthesis & biotransformations (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH30086	Inorganic chemistry in biological systems (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH30127	Topics in inorganic chemistry I (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH30128	Topics in organic chemistry I (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH30129	Topics in physical chemistry I (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH30132	Chemistry research project (Natural Sciences) (Academic Year)	12 Credits
CH30186	Laboratory chemistry 1 (NS) (Academic Year)	6 Credits
CH30187	Laboratory chemistry 2 (NS) (Academic Year)	6 Credits
CH30203	Radiochemistry (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH30211	Chemistry beyond the molecule (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH30218	Analytical chemistry for natural scientists (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH30227	Advanced spectroscopic techniques (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH30230	DNA in the modern world (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH30231	Porous materials (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH30235	Organic chemistry of biomolecules (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH30239	Introduction to computational chemistry for natural scientists (Semester 2)	3 Credits

ED30005	Science education in practice (Semester 1)	6 Credits
ED30006	Issues in science education (Semester 2)	6 Credits

MA30047	Mathematical biology 1 (Semester 1)	6 Credits
MA30063	Mathematical biology 2 (Semester 2)	6 Credits

PA30142	Molecular applications in pharmacology (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PA30148	Central nervous system pharmacology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA30150	Cardiovascular pharmacology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA30157	The molecular biology and treatment of cancer (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA30168	Drug targets in the immune system (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA30169	Trends in molecular signalling (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA30214	Recent advances in drug discovery (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PA30222	Pharmacology dissertation for Natural Sciences (Academic Year)	12 Credits
PA30251	Advanced topics, trends and technologies in pharmacology (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PA30252	Pharmacology of regenerative medicine (Semester 2)	6 Credits

PH30025	Mathematical methods (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH30028	Condensed matter physics 2 (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH30030	Quantum mechanics (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH30031	Simulation techniques (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH30032	Laser physics (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH30035	Medical physics (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH30036	Final year project (BSc) (Academic Year)	12 Credits
PH30077	Electromagnetism 2 (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH30078	Magnetism (Semester 2)	3 Credits
PH30079	Superconductivity (Semester 2)	3 Credits
PH30096	Industry team project (Academic Year)	12 Credits
PH30098	Networks (Semester 2)	3 Credits
PH30099	Communicating physics project (Academic Year)	12 Credits

PS30115	Contemporary educational psychology (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PS30156	Affective neuroscience (Semester 2)	6 Credits

XX30001	Renewable energy (Semester 1)	6 Credits
XX30172	State of the planet (Semester 2)	6 Credits
XX30177	Environmental sciences dissertation (Academic Year)	12 Credits
XX30213	Water cycle and human health (Semester 2)	6 Credits

BB40048	Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB40078	Entrepreneurial biotechnology (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB40082	Frontiers of neuroscience (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB40083	Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB40102	Molecular mechanisms of disease (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB40109	Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB40117	Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB40118	Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB40128	The evolution of genetic systems (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB40130	Research project (MSci) (Semester 1)	18 Credits
BB40130	Research project (MSci) (Semester 2)	18 Credits
BB40133	Plant responses to abiotic stress (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB40134	Molecular phylogenetics (Semester 1)	6 Credits
BB40140	Plant biotechnology & the environment (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB40164	Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB40193	Sexual conflict (Semester 2)	6 Credits
BB40195	Conservation biology (Semester 2)	6 Credits

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Units offered on Natural Sciences programmes in 2020/21

Department of Biology & Biochemistry

Department of Chemistry

Department of Education

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology

Department of Physics

Department of Psychology

School of Management

Programmes in Natural Sciences

Department of Biology & Biochemistry

Department of Chemistry

Department of Education

Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology

Department of Physics

Department of Psychology

School of Management

Programmes in Natural Sciences

Department of Biology & Biochemistry

Department of Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemistry

Department of Education

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology

Department of Physics

Department of Psychology

School of Management

Programmes in Natural Sciences

Department of Biology & Biochemistry

Department of Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemistry

Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology

Department of Physics

CH40037	Synthesis of medicinal compounds (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH40068	Physical organic chemistry (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH40098	Techniques in drug discovery (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH40155	Advanced structural methods (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH40158	Chemistry of functional materials (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH40162	Advanced organometallic chemistry (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH40165	Chemistry research 1 (Academic Year)	24 Credits
CH40196	Chemistry research project (NS12) (Academic Year)	12 Credits
CH40205	Topics in inorganic chemistry II (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH40206	Topics in organic chemistry II (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH40207	Topics in physical chemistry II (Semester 1)	3 Credits
CH40212	Contemporary main group chemistry (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH40220	Chemical thermodynamics in context (Semester 2)	3 Credits
CH40222	Advanced theoretical methods (Semester 1)	3 Credits

PA40142	Molecular applications in pharmacology (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PA40157	The molecular biology and treatment of cancer (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA40159	Cardiovascular pharmacology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA40160	Central nervous system pharmacology (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA40162	Drug targets in the immune system (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA40163	Trends in molecular signalling (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA40214	Recent advances in drug discovery (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PA40252	Pharmacology of regenerative medicine (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PA40288	Pharmacology dissertation for MSci students (Semester 1)	6 Credits

PH40024	Contemporary physics (Semester 1)	6 Credits
PH40065	Final year project (MSci) (Academic Year)	18 Credits
PH40084	Advanced quantum theory (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH40085	Nanoscience (Semester 2)	6 Credits
PH40086	Photonics (Semester 2)	6 Credits