Natural Sciences

Explaining Natural Sciences
Natural sciences allows you to study a combination of science subjects, getting to experience these at university before specialising later in the degree. You'll choose a combination of three subjects (called a stream) in your first year and study two subjects to degree level from your second year onwards.

You can continue to study familiar subjects but can also study subjects you may not have studied before such as archaeology, cancer sciences, earth science, the environment or psychology. Our course offers the flexibility to focus on what you are interested in, develop a wide range of knowledge and skills and understand how scientific disciplines fit together.

The MSci degree adds a further year of advanced study to the standard BSc focusing on one subject in your final year. This is designed to enhance your research, analytical and project management skills.

Find out more about the subjects you can study.

Why choose this course?

• Tailor your degree - Flexibility to study different subjects and modules to specialise in the areas that interest you .

• Add something extra - Opportunities for industrial placements, study abroad and a year in computer science which enhance your employability and development.

• Interdisciplinary - Accredited by the Society for Natural Sciences - – recognised as ‘offering outstanding interdisciplinary science education’

• Strong Community – Connect with students across years and the alumni network. Engage in the course community through representation, mentoring, and the student society, gaining valuable experience.

• Research experience - Get involved in real-world research working alongside academics and researchers working at the frontiers of their field in modern research environments.

What you will study
You study modules from each of the subjects in their chosen stream gaining comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge. You learn alongside students from single-subject degrees, so the quality of the teaching and the depth of study is the same but you have a broader scope across multiple disciplines

Course-specific modules in the second and third year, encourage you to understand theories and ideas from different areas of science and explore how they work together. A highlight of the course is the synoptic project where you work on a collaborative group project with students from other streams. You will bring your individual expertise to the project and find new ways to apply the knowledge from your learning in previous years.

Careers
You'll graduate with the knowledge and technical skills to take a broad scientific approach to help tackle today's complex problems. During the masters year you gain specialist experience in a professional research environment through an independent research project. This is good preparation for research job roles within industry, or if you are considering a PhD.