In the Final Year, you will undertake an Interdisciplinary Research Project (40 credits). You may choose to either take only a Major Pathway or may choose to continue studying two pathways (80 credits in Major if specialising in one pathway or 40 credits in two pathways).

All pathways

Compulsory

  • Interdisciplinary Research Project

Bioscience pathway

Compulsory

  • Approaches to Synthetic Biology
  • Cellular Adaptation and Degeneration
  • Applied Genomics
  • Cancer Biology

Chemistry pathway

Compulsory

  • Modern Aspects of Organic Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
  • Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Current Trends in Inorganic Chemistry

Geography pathway

Optional

  • Glacial Environments and Landscapes
  • Aeolian Processes and Landforms
  • Environmental Change in the Anthropocene
  • Climate Change: Cooperating with the Future
  • Landscape Evolution and GIS
  • Conservation: Principles and Practice

Materials pathway

Compulsory

  • Surface Engineering
  • Advanced Principles of Materials
  • Advanced Processing Methods
  • Nanomaterials
  • Industrial Case Studies
  • Composite Materials
  • Biomaterials 2 (Biomaterials for Drug Delivery)
  • Functional Materials

Mathematics pathway

Compulsory

  • Probability Theory
  • Number Theory
  • Operational Research
  • Graph Theory
  • Complex Analysis
  • Linear Differential Equations
  • Vibrations and Waves
  • Mathematical Biology

Physics pathway

Compulsory

  • Physics Laboratory: Design and analysis for science and industry
  • Advanced Statistical Physics
  • Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Photonics
  • Medical Physics
  • High Energy Particle Physics

Chemistry and Bioscience pathway

Compulsory

  • Modern Aspects of Organic Chemistry
  • Cellular Adaptation and Degeneration
  • Current Trends in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Approaches to Synthetic Biology

Chemistry and Mathematics pathway

Compulsory

  • Modern Aspects of Organic Chemistry
  • Probability Theory
  • Graph Theory
  • Current Trends in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Linear Differential Equations
  • Vibrations and Waves

Chemistry and Physics pathway

Compulsory

  • Modern Aspects of Organic Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Current Trends in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Medical Physics
  • High Energy and Plasma Physics

Chemistry and Materials pathway

Compulsory

  • Modern Aspects of Organic Chemistry
  • Advanced Processing Methods
  • Nanomaterials
  • Current Trends in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Biomaterials 2 (Biomaterials for Drug Delivery)

Mathematics and Bioscience pathway

Compulsory

  • Probability Theory
  • Graph Theory
  • Cellular Adaptation and Degeneration
  • Linear Differential Equations
  • Vibrations and Waves
  • Approaches to Synthetic Biology

Mathematics and Physics pathway

Compulsory

  • Probability Theory
  • Graph Theory
  • Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Linear Differential Equations
  • Vibrations and Waves
  • Medical Physics
  • High Energy and Plasma Physics

Physics and Bioscience pathway

Compulsory

  • Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Cellular Adaptation and Degeneration
  • Medical Physics
  • High Energy and Plasma Physics
  • Approaches to Synthetic Biology

Physics and Materials pathway

Compulsory

  • Advanced Processing Methods
  • Nanomaterials
  • Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Composite Materials
  • Biomaterials 2 (Biomaterials for Drug Delivery)
  • Medical Physics
  • High Energy and Plasma Physics

Bioscience and Materials pathway

Compulsory

  • Advanced Processing Methods
  • Nanomaterials
  • Cellular Adaptation and Degeneration
  • Composite Materials
  • Biomaterials 2 (Biomaterials for Drug Delivery)
  • Approaches to Synthetic Biology

Geography and Mathematics pathway

Compulsory

  • Probability Theory
  • Graph Theory
  • Linear Differential Equations
  • Vibrations and Waves

Optional

  • Glacial Environments and Landscapes
  • Aeolian Processes and Landforms
  • Environmental Change in the Anthropocene
  • Dryland Environment Fieldcourse
  • GIS, Modelling and Flood Risk Management
  • Conservation: Principles and Practice

Geography and Materials pathway

Compulsory

  • Advanced Processing Methods
  • Nanomaterials
  • Composite Materials
  • Biomaterials 2 (Biomaterials for Drug Delivery)

Optional

  • Glacial Environments and Landscapes
  • Aeolian Processes and Landforms
  • Environmental Change in the Anthropocene
  • Dryland Environment Fieldcourse
  • GIS, Modelling and Flood Risk Management
  • Conservation: Principles and Practice

Geography and Physics pathway

Compulsory

  • Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Medical Physics
  • High Energy and Plasma Physics

Optional

  • Glacial Environments and Landscapes
  • Aeolian Processes and Landforms
  • Environmental Change in the Anthropocene
  • Dryland Environment Fieldcourse
  • GIS, Modelling and Flood Risk Management
  • Conservation: Principles and Practice

Geography and Chemistry pathway

Compulsory

  • Modern Aspects of Organic Chemistry
  • Current Trends in Inorganic Chemistry

Optional

  • Glacial Environments and Landscapes
  • Aeolian Processes and Landforms
  • Environmental Change in the Anthropocene
  • Dryland Environment Fieldcourse
  • GIS, Modelling and Flood Risk Management
  • Conservation: Principles and Practice