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About Natural Sciences

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Natural Sciences students are taught by scientists across nine schools who are working towards solutions to today’s global problems.

The Natural Sciences programme has been designed to give you the flexibility to tailor your degree to your interests within a structured programme which allows you to pursue your chosen subjects to an advanced level. You begin studying three subjects in your first year from 22 available combinations that we call streams and gradually specialise over the course of your degree. Subjects available on Natural Sciences are:

Archaeology	Earth Science
Biology	Ecosystems & Environment
Cancer Sciences	Mathematics
Chemistry	Physics
Computer Science (intercalated year)	Psychology

How does the course work?

Natural Sciences gives you the opportunity to study three subjects in one course. This will give you a specialist multidisciplinary degree.

In year one, you'll study 40 credits of modules for each of the three subjects in your chosen stream. In year two, you study 60 credits of modules of any two of your first year subjects. In year three, you will study the same two subjects as year two alongside a third year project module. You can study 50 credits of each subject, or choose to study more of one subject.

If you choose an MSci, year four tends to focus mainly on a single subject because half of your year is a research project. This can be in a single discipline or be interdisciplinary. Alongside this you choose optional modules in one or both of your third year subjects.

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