Programme summary

Awarding body/institution	麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网
Teaching institution (if different)
Owning school/department	Department of Natural Sciences
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body
Final award	BSc (Hons)/BSc (Hons) + DPS or DIS or DIntS; MSci (Hons)/MSci (Hons) + DPS or DIS or DIntS;
Programme title	Natural Sciences
Programme code	CMUB09; CMUM19
Length of programme	BSc 3 years; BSc with DPS/DIntS/DIS 4 years; MSci 4 years; MSci with DPS/DIntS/DIS 5 years
UCAS code	BSc GFC0; BSc with DPS/DIntS/DIS CFG0; MSci CGF0; MSci with DPS/DIntS/DIS FCG0
Admissions criteria	MSci DIS/DPS/DIntS - http://www.lboro.hslppt.com/fcg0 MSci - http://www.lboro.hslppt.com/cgf0 BSc DIntS/DPS/DIS - http://www.lboro.hslppt.com/cfg0 BSc - http://www.lboro.hslppt.com/gfc0
Date at which the programme specification was published	Tue, 04 Aug 2020 21:16:41 BST

1. Programme Aims

 Natural Sciences is a broad based degree introducing students to multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary working to tackle problems in the physical sciences. The programme has option pathways which develop fundamental knowledge and applied skills within Chemistry, Biosescience, Mathematics, Physics and Materials Science, with increasing specialisation occurring throughout the duration of the programme.

Programme aims are:

• To develop students’ understanding of natural sciences and their capability to work in a multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary environment. 

• Provide students with a core knowledge, understanding and skills relevant to a range of physical and theoretical sciences. 

• To provide students with the necessary educational tools to work across the physical sciences in an interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary manner. 

• To cultivate students’ interest in interdisciplinary science, within a caring and intellectually stimulating environment. 

• To develop students’ scientific knowledge and understanding of scientific processes. 

• To develop students’ pathway relevant practical skills, application of these skills to address a problem, and their critical awareness of practical techniques. 

• To develop students’ intellectual skills to research and synthesise scientific information, to apply their knowledge to develop arguments and to critically evalsuate material, to equip graduates with the skills necessary to update their knowledge and understanding over a future career. 

• To develop research skills to enable students to design and test hypotheses and to interpret and present data. 

• To provide students with the opportunity to apply intellectual, research, and practical skills to design and conduct an independent piece of research. 

• To facilitate students’ engagement with emerging research in selected specialised areas to further their depth of understanding of scientific processes and develop their appreciation of the provisional nature of scientific knowledge. 

• To enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of science in an industrial, economic, environmental, social and ethical context. 

• To equip students with transferable and independent learning skills for relevant employment. 

• Through providing the above skills, to advance students’ understanding of the breadth of Natural Sciences to support a variety of potential careers in both academia and industry through study, research and the opportunity to specialise via a dedicated research project in a chosen scientific area. 

• To provide students with support for knowledge and skills acquisition in relevant areas of Chemistry, Biosescience, Mathematics, Physics and/or Materials Science. 

Additional Aims in the final year of MSci: 

• To foster in students a systematic understanding of knowledge, a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights and a critical thinking capability at the forefront of interdisciplinary research. 

• To enable students to be independently creative in an interdisciplinary and/or multidisciplinary manner to tackle problems within the natural sciences. 

• To equip students with a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship. 

• To develop students’ ability to show originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge. 

• To provide students with an understanding and ability to work between disciplines, including an awareness of techniques, methods and protocols used across the scope of the Natural Sciences.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications

University Learning and Teaching Strategy

The research interests and specialisms of the teaching staff and their professional involvement in the discipline

School and/or Departmental teaching and learning policies, as applicable (with a focus on AACME, Science and Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences)

Society of Natural Sciences Benchmarking (being established and currently under development)

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas: 

K1        Key subject-specific terminology, nomenclature, conventions and units;

K2        The fundamental experimental techniques and theoretical methodologies which inform the discipline;

K3        Interdisciplinary perspectives on world/societal issues and the role that Natural Scientists play in the resolution of these challenges;

K4        An awareness of collaborative working across and between Natural Science disciplines;

K5        Safety, risk, hazard and ethics assessment as relevant to the discipline;

K6        The key factors and benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to science;

K7        The key principles of science used to interrogate the world around us;

K8        The methods for assessing the interactions of life on earth within the natural world;

Specific to the Chemistry Pathway

K9        Inorganic and organic molecular species in chemistry;

K10      The origin and characteristic properties of the principal attractive forces that exist between molecules and their dependence on molecular structure;

K11      Periodic trends and irregularities in selected properties of the elements;

Specific to the Biosescience Pathway

K12      The complexity of biological structures, their organization, metabolism and division of cells, and how these can be interrogated to assess function;

K13     The link between cellular and molecular changes and physiological adaptation in health and disease;

Specific to the Mathematics Pathway

K14     Sets and functions, real and complex numbers, factorisation and divisibility, modular arithmetic and vector and matrix algebra; 

K15     Logical mathematical arguments and deductive reasoning, including the process of mathematical proof; 

K16     Mathematical methods and techniques in calculus and algebra, ordinary differential equations, vector calculus and complex variable; 

Specific to the Physics Pathway

K17      Basic concepts in classical physics and their application to relevance to physical phenomena;

K18     The importance and mathematical description of basic wave concepts and their role in quantum mechanics; 

K19     The basic principles and laws governing the classical behaviour of electromagnetic fields. 

Specific to the Materials Pathway

K23      The concepts involved in material development and characterisation with respect to properties and function;

K24      Key principles utilised for the processing of materials; 

Additional knowledge and understanding at Part D:

K25      A systematic and comprehensive understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at the forefront of scientific research;

K26      Knowledge and awareness of the accepted norms and professional expectations associated with the generation and publication of scientific results;

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

C1      Apply discipline-specific knowledge to other areas within the Natural Sciences to tackle multidisciplinary issues;

C2      Identify the benefits and capitalise on cross-discipline collaboration, making use of other discipline contributions to solve problems in a collaborative manner;

C3      Apply their knowledge and understanding of essential facts, key concepts, principles and theories to solve problems and debate critical issues within the subject area;

C4      Identify and analyse novel scientific problems and plan strategies for their solution, and apply acquired knowledge and understanding to inform individual research;

C5      Solve quantitative and qualitative problems and collate, evalsuate and interpret scientific information and data;

C6      Research, evalsuate, justify and critically evalsuate scientific material and arguments in a coherent and organised way appropriately adapted to the audience;

Additional subject specific cognitive skills at Part D:

C7       Select appropriate research and enquiry strategies to solve complex problems or problems with incomplete data;

C8       Demonstrate advanced analytical thinking skills and be able to handle complex information in a structured and systematic way;

C9       Critically evalsuate current research, appropriate to the speciality;

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

P1        Apply a broad range of practical investigative techniques including data collection, data analysis, statistical evalsuation, hypotheses formulating and testing, current contextualisation and external referencing and validation;

P2        Record, describe and critically evalsuate data sets;

P3        Extract, manipulate and interpret data from scientific databases;

P4        Handle materials safely by taking into account their physical and inherent material properties, e.g. chemical hazards or biological activity;

P5        Conduct standard laboratory (and/ or field) procedures including the operation of standard instrumentation for the analysis of materials and recording of results;

P6        Appropriately, monitor, record and document events and changes by observation and measurement;

P7        Plan, design and execute practical investigations from the problem recognition stage, to the selection of appropriate techniques and procedures, through to the evalsuation and appraisal of the results and findings;

P8        Conduct thorough hazard/risk assessments associated with scientific investigations covering the materials, equipment and laboratory/field environment and comply with relevant ethical approval procedures;

Additional subject specific practical skills at Part D

P9        Apply appropriate research techniques to develop new insights and investigate and solve problems;

P10      Explain experimental results in terms of a broad range of theoretical mechanisms and concepts;

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students will be able to:

T1        Communicate effectively across disciplines to disseminate scientific knowledge and collaborate to tackle problems;

T2        Communicate in a variety of formats, both written and oral, to a range of audiences;

T3        Effectively generate ideas and solutions to problems in a collaborative manner across the Natural Science disciplines; 

T4        Apply numeracy and computational skills including error analysis, order of magnitude estimations, correct use of units and modes of data presentation;

T5        Generate, organise, analyse and interpret quantitative, numerical, statistical and other forms of data effectively;

T6        Select and apply appropriate technology from the range available to collate, present and evalsuate results and ideas to a professional standard;

T7        Work independently to solve problems, find alternative solutions, reach end goals and evalsuate outcomes;

T8        Deploy critical judgements and evalsuations to arrive at supported conclusions;

T9       Effectively manage time and effort in the organisation of work to ensure independent and pragmatic learning;

T10      Work effectively in a team by co-operating and negotiating with peers, making decisions and resolving issues, difficulties and conflicts, as applicable;

Additional transferable skills at Part D

T11      Exercise initiative and demonstrate personal responsibility including in the making of decisions;

T12      Demonstrate an advanced ability to handle and interpret complex information in a structured and systematic way;

T13      Develop the independent learning skills required for continued professional development and lifelong learning;

T14      Interrogate and apply a variety of theoretical and interpretive positions and be able to weigh up the importance of alternative perspectives.

The full range of intended learning outcomes that will be achieved by students taking the Natural Sciences programme will be highly dependent upon which combination of routes they choose to study; in Parts B-D students have a wide selection of module choice enabling them to tailor their course around core subjects. Individual module specifications should be consulted for details on specific knowledge and understanding and skills obtained from optional modules within the programme.

4. Programme structure

Each year must equate to 120 credit weighting. From Part A all modules are core; students choose 3 of the 6 pathways.  Students wishing to choose the Physics pathway must also choose the Mathematics pathway. From Part B students undertake the Interdisciplinary Science module (20 credits) along with the core modules from 2 pathways (60 credits from Major pathway + 40 credits from Minor pathway). From Part B onwards there are excluded pathway combinations, students may not choose both Mathematics and Materials, however students choosing the Physics pathway may do so without choosing Mathematics. From Part C students undertake an Interdisciplinary Research Project (40 credits) along with the core modules from either 1 pathway or remain with 2 main pathways of study (80 credits in Major if specialising in 1 pathway or 40 credits in two pathways). Part D has a 60 credit interdisciplinary research project, with 60 credits of optional modules from 1 pathway. Options should be chosen such that there is a balanced weighting of study across the two semesters. Students' optional module choices will be approved by the Programme Director.

BSc(Hons) and MSci Natural Sciences

Key:

C - Module is Compulsory for all students on the pathway

O - Module is Optional for all students on the pathway

M - Module is Compulsory for students taking the pathway as their Major and is not available if pathway taken as Minor

+ - (Materials Part D) Paired Modules, students should select 1 maximum.  Students should choose either MPP555 or MPP503.

 

Part A - All students must select three pathways.

Module Code	Module Title	Module Weight	Semester	Pathway
				Chemistry	Biosescience	Maths	Physics	Materials
CMA112	Fundamental Chemistry	20	1	C
CMA106	Structure and Reactivity 1	20	2	C
PSA603	Genetics and Molecular Biology	20	2		C
PSA602	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	20	1		C
MAA150	Mathematical Methods 1	10	1			C
MAA250	Mathematical Methods 2	10	2			C
MAA142	Linear Algebra	10	1			C
MAA270	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	10	2			C
PHA107	Fields and Forces	20	1				C
PHA007	Matter and Waves	20	2				C
MPA201	Introductory Materials Science	10	1					C
MPA205	Thermodynamics and Phase Equilbria	10	1					C
MPA321	Introduction to Materials Processing	10	2					C
MPA207	Mechanics of Materials	10	2					C

 

  

Part B

Students must take the interdisciplinary science module, plus modules selected from two pathways studied at Part A (60 credits from the major discipline and 40 credits from the minor subject). 

Module Code	Module Title	Module Weight	Semester	Pathway
				Chemistry	Biosescience	Maths	Physics	Materials
CMB111	Interdisciplinary Science	20	1+2	C	C	C	C	C
CMB112	Laboratory Skills for NS	20	1+2	C
CMB106	Structure and Reactivity 2	20	1	C
CMB104	Spectroscopy and Analysis 2	20	2	M
PSB613	Cellular signalling and transport	20	2		C
PSA606	Anatomy and Physiology	20	1+2		C
PSB612	Functional Genomics	20	1		M
MAB150	Vector Calculus	10	1			C
MAB151	Mathematical Methods III	10	1			C
MAB250	ODEs & Calculus of Variations	10	2			C
MAB255	Analytical Dynamics	10	2			C
MAB170	Probability Theory	10	1			M
MAB280	Introduction to Stochastic Processing	10	2			M
PHB104	Quantum Mechanics	10	1				C
PHA285	Joint Physics Labs I	10	1				C
PHB110	Solid State Physics	10	2				C
PHB285	Joint Physics Labs II	10	2				C
PHB101	Waves	10	1				M
PHB201	Fields	10	2				M
MPB312	Materials Processing	30	1+2					C
MPB313	Materials in Service	10	1					C
MPB209	Materials Characterisation	10	2					M
MPB231	Biomaterials 1 (Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering)	10	2					M

 

Part I

Students on degree programmes with professional training take a placement between Parts B and C or alternatively for MSci students with permission of the Programme Director, between Parts C and D.  This year leads to the award of a Diploma of Industrial Studies, Professional Studies or International Studies dependent on the nature of the placement.

Part C

Students must take the interdisciplinary research project in addition to 80 credits of optional modules from either one or two pathways studied at part B.

Module Code	Module Title	Module Weight	Semester	Pathway
				Chemistry	Biosescience	Maths	Physics	Materials
NTC001	Interdisciplinary Research Project	40	1+2	C	C	C	C	C
CMC001	Modern Aspects of Organic Chemistry	20	1	C
CMC002	Advanced Inorganic Chemistry	20	2	C
CMC004	Pharmaceutical Biomedical Analysis	20	1	M
CMC007	Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism	20	1	M
PSC621	Cell Adaption and Degeneration	20	1		C
PSC622	Regenerative Medicine	20	1		C
PSC505	Forensic Genomics	20	1		M
PSC624	Virology and Oncology	20	2		M
MAB171	Applied Statistics	10	1			C
MAC148	Introduction to Dynamical Systems	10	1			C
MAC175	Operational Research	10	1			M
MAC147	Number Theory	10	1			M
MAC249	Linear Differential Equations	10	2			C
MAC251	Vibrations and Waves	10	2			C
MAB241	Complex Analysis	10	2			M
MAC297	Mathematical Biology	10	2			M
PHC012	Quantum Physics	20	1+2				C
PHC014	Condensed Matter Physics	20	1+2				C
PHC013	Statistical Physics	10	1				M
PHC108	Modern Optics	10	2				M
PHC120	Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum	10	1				M
PHC205	Elementary Particle Physics	10	2				M
MPC312	Nano Materials	10	1					C
MPC311	Advanced Materials Processing	10	1					C
MPC111	Advanced Principles of Materials	10	1					M
MPC108	Surface Engineering	10	1					M
MPC114	Composite Materials	10	2					C
MPC231	Biomaterials 2	10	2					C
MPC321	Functional Materials	10	2					M
MPC103	Industrial Case Studies	10	2					M

  

Part D (CMUM19 MSci only)

Students must take the interdisciplinary research project in addition to 60 credits of optional modules from one pathway studied in Part C. 

Module Code	Module Title	Module Weight	Semester	Pathway
				Chemistry	Biosescience	Maths	Physics	Materials
CMDXXX	Interdisciplinary Research Project	60	1+2	C	C	C	C	C
CMD213	Biological Organic Chem	20	1	C
CMD302	Advanced Analytical Chem option	20	1	C
CMD402	Drugs: Synthesis and Properties	20	2	C
PSD632	Advanced Laboratory and Research Methods in Biology	20	1+2		C
PSD631	Contemporary Health Issues	20	1+2		C
PSDXXX		20	1+2		C
MAD102	Regular and Chaotic Dynamics	15	1			O	O
MAP111	Mathematical Modelling I	15	1			O	O
MAD202	Nonlinear Waves	15	2			O
MAP211	Mathematical Modelling II	15	2			O	O
MAP213	Fluid Mechanics	15	2			O	O
PHP100	Mathematical Methods for Interdisciplinary Sciences	15	1				O
PHD130	Quantum Information	15	1				O
PHD109	Characterisation Techniques in Solid State Physics	15	1				O
PHD201	Physics of Complex Systems	15	2				O
PHD230	Quantum Computing	15	2				O
PHD202	Superconductivity and Nanoscience	15	2				O
MPP552	Design with Engineering Materials	15	1					O
MPP551	Advanced Characterisation Techniques	15	1					O
MPP509	Advances in Biomaterials	15	2					O
MPP555	Metals Processing and Properties	15	2					O+
MPP503	Polymeristation and Polymer Blends	15	2					O+

 

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C, from C to D (if applicable) and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX and Regulation XI for programmes with DPS, DIntS or DIS (if applicable).

5.1 MSci Only

In order to progress from Part C to Part D, and to be eligible for the award of an MSci degree in Natural Sciences, candidates must achieve a Part C average mark of 50% or greater. Candidates who, after reassessment, fail to achieve this mark at Part C will not progress to Part D, but may, at the discretion of the Programme Board, be eligible for consideration for the award of BSc with a classification based on the candidate’s performance in Parts B and C and determined on the basis of the Part weightings for the BSc programme (40:60).

Candidates who, having successfully completed Part C, are unable to commence or complete Part D or fail to achieve the criteria necessary for the award of MSci degree in Part D may, at the discretion of the Programme Board, be awarded a BSc with a classification based on the candidate’s performance in Parts B and C and determined on the basis of the Part weightings for the BSc programme (40:60).

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C (and D if applicable). For BSc degrees, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part C 60%: Part B 40% to determine the final percentage mark. For MSci degrees, the percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part D 40%: Part C 40%: Part B 20% to determine the final percentage mark.