Programmes in Natural Sciences 2021/2 |
UXXX-AKM02: MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Physics stream) with Professional Placement |
Leading to the award of MASTER IN SCIENCE IN NATURAL SCIENCES |
Mode of attendance: Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement |
Normal programme duration: 5 years |
Please see your programme handbook for circumstances where transfer to DAP may be permitted/required. |
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Natural Sciences students must take units totaling 60 credits in each programme year, usually comprising five blocks of 12 credits each, although some final year projects are worth 18 or 24 credits. Students must choose a major subject stream to follow and must take two blocks of units in this major subject each year. For further information on the structure of the programme, please see the Natural Sciences Course Guide. |
Year 1: Part 1 Stage 1 |
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Students following this subject stream must take the following in Year 1: |
Units which must be taken within this subject stream |
Compulsory skills unit (Designated Essential Unit) |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
AY | XX10238 | Skills for Natural Scientists I | credits [equivalent to 0 CATS credits] |
Compulsory units for Biology Ls1.1, Physics blocks P1.1 and P1.2, and Maths for Scientists block M1.1 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
AY | BB10264 | Cell biology | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
AY | PH10007 | Mathematical methods for physics 1 | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
S1 | PH10002 | Properties of matter | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S1 | PH10005 | Vibrations, waves & optics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH10001 | Introduction to quantum physics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH10006 | Electricity & magnetism | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Biology block B1.1/2 |
One unit must be selected from this list: either Ecology option BB10265 or Plant Science option BB10266. |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
AY | BB10265 | Ecology & evolution | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
AY | BB10266 | The life of Earth | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
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Year 2: Part 2 Stage 2 |
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Students following this subject stream must take the following in Year 2: |
Units which must be taken within this subject stream |
Compulsory units for Mathematics block M2.1 and Physics block P2.1 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
AY | PH20107 | Mathematical methods for physics 2 | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
S1 | PH20060 | Quantum & atomic physics [WL] | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S1 | PH20067 | Thermal physics (WL) | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH20061 | Electromagnetism 1 [WL] | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH20063 | Condensed matter physics 1 [WL] | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Cell Biology block B2.3 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB20024 | The dynamic cell 1 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB20160 | The dynamic cell 2 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Developmental Biology & Neuroscience block B2.5 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB20149 | Molecular genetics of vertebrate development | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB20028 | Molecular and cellular neuroscience | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Ecology block B2.1 |
Students choosing this block must take BB20040 in Semester 1 and either BB20173 or BB20226 in Semester 2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB20040 | Concepts in evolution | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB20173 | Behaviour & ecology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB20226 | Field course | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Plant Science block B2.2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB20032 | Plant symbiosis & pathology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB20031 | Plant biotechnology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Genomics block B2.4 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB20219 | Genomics 1 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB20220 | Genomics 2 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
SKILLS |
Optional skills unit |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
AY | XX20251 | Skills for Natural Scientists II | credits [equivalent to 0 CATS credits] |
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Year 3: Part 2 Stage 3 |
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Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
AY | BB20075 | Professional training placement | 60 credits [equivalent to 120 CATS credits] |
AY | CH30054 | Industrial placement (BSc hons) | 60 credits [equivalent to 120 CATS credits] |
AY | PH20040 | Professional placement | 60 credits [equivalent to 120 CATS credits] |
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Year 4: Part 2 Stage 4 |
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Students following this subject stream must take the following in Year 3: ![]() |
Units which must be taken within this subject stream |
Compulsory units for block P3.1 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | PH30030 | Quantum mechanics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH30077 | Electromagnetism 2 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Select 6 credits in each semester for block P3.1 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | PH30028 | Condensed matter physics 2 | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S1 | PH30035 | Medical physics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH20018 | Programming skills | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH30032 | Laser physics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH30078 | Magnetism | 3 credits [equivalent to 6 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH30079 | Superconductivity | 3 credits [equivalent to 6 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH30098 | Networks | 3 credits [equivalent to 6 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Environmental Studies block ENV2.1 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
AY | XX20239 | Introduction to environmental sciences and sustainability | 12 credits [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Mathematics block M3.1 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | PH30031 | Simulation techniques | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH30025 | Mathematical methods | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Ecology block B3.1 |
Students choosing this block must take BB30208 in Semester 1 and either BB30131 or BB30132 in Semester 2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB30208 | Evolutionary quantitative genetics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB30131 | Evolution in deep time | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB30132 | Sexual conflict | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Plant Science block B3.2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB30129 | Sensory and signalling networks in plants | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB40140 | Plant biotechnology & the environment | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Cell Biology block B3.3 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB30045 | Cell membranes | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB30161 | Developmental neurobiology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Developmental Biology & Neuroscience block B3.5 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB30044 | Molecular & medical neuroscience | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB30067 | Advanced developmental genetics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Genomics block B3.4 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB30231 | Human genomics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB30169 | Concepts in systems biology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
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Year 5: Part 3 Stage 5 |
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Students following this subject stream must take the following during this programme year: ![]() |
Units which must be taken within this subject stream |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S2 | PH40084 | Advanced quantum theory | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH40085 | Nanoscience | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | PH40086 | Photonics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Compulsory units for Physics blocks P4.1 & P4.2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | PH40024 | Contemporary physics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Biology majors must take BB40130 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB40130 | Research project (MSci) | 18 credits [equivalent to 36 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB40130 | Research project (MSci) | 18 credits [equivalent to 36 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Developmental Biology & Neuroscience block B4.5 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB40082 | Frontiers of neuroscience | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S1 | BB40102 | Molecular mechanisms of disease | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S1 | BB40124 | Human developmental disorders | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB40164 | Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Genomics block B4.4 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB40134 | Molecular phylogenetics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB40117 | Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Cell Biology block B4.3 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB40102 | Molecular mechanisms of disease | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB40118 | Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Plant Science block B4.2 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S2 | BB40133 | Plant responses to abiotic stress | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Optional units: Ecology block B4.1 |
Period | Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
S1 | BB40128 | The evolution of genetic systems | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S1 | BB40134 | Molecular phylogenetics | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB40117 | Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB40193 | Sexual conflict | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
S2 | BB40195 | Conservation biology | 6 credits [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
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