Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Genetics and Environment

The stream leaders for this combination are:

Synthetic Organic Chemistry	Prof Alethea Tabor	a.b.tabor@ucl.ac.uk
Genetics and Environment	Dr Hazel Smith	hazel.smith@ucl.ac.uk

Year 1

Term 1

Core modules

BIOS0019	Life Sciences Foundation	15 credits	T1
CHEM0005	Chemical Foundations	15 credits	T1~3
NSCI0010	Science and Society	0 credits	T1

Choose an NSCI module

NSCI0006	Mathematics for Natural Sciences B	15 credits	T1	[*]
NSCI0005	Mathematics for Natural Sciences A	15 credits	T1	**

[*] select if you will not be studying PHAS0011 **=select if you will be studying PHAS0011

Choose an additional foundation module

GEOL0007	The Earth	15 credits	T1
HPSC0009	Introduction to History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science	15 credits	T1
PHAS0011	Modern Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology	15 credits	T1
STAT0002	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	15 credits	T1

Term 2

Core modules

CHEM0008	Basic Organic Chemistry	15 credits	T2
BIOL0003	Introduction to Genetics	15 credits	T2
BIOL0006	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	15 credits	T2

Choose one module

CHEM0009	Basic Physical Chemistry	15 credits	T2
CHEM0013	Basic Inorganic Chemistry	15 credits	T2

Year 2

Choose one module

NSCI0036	Programming for Scientists	15 credits	T2
NSCI0039	Science Communication	15 credits	T1
NSCI0038	Science for All	15 credits	T2

(Genetics and Environment)
Choose at least 45 credits

Core modules

BIOL0008	Fundamentals of Molecular Biology	15 credits	T1
BIOL0011	Evolutionary Genetics	15 credits	T2

Option modules (Group 1)

Choose one module

BIOL0014	Fundamentals of Ecology	15 credits	T2
BIOL0013	The Biology of Development	15 credits	T2

Option modules (Group 2)

Choose 0-15 credits

BIOL0030	Energy and Evolution	15 credits	T2
BIOL0060	Plant Biology	15 credits	T1
BIOL0012	Animal Biodiversity	15 credits	T1
BIOL0010	Introduction to Human Genetics	15 credits	T1
BIOL0029	Computational Biology	15 credits	T1
BIOL0007	Introduction to Field Ecology	15 credits	T3

Other 15 credit G&E related 15 credit module discuss with Stream Leader

(Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
Choose at least 45 credits

Core modules

CHEM0016	Organic Chemistry	30 credits	T1&2
CHEM0018	Organic Reaction Mechanisms	15 credits	T2

You can choose 1 module

CHEM0015	Inorganic Chemistry for Physical Science !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0012	Chemistry of Materials !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1
CHEM0020	Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences !Pre-requisites: CHEM0009	15 credits	T2

Year 3

Core modules

NSCI0004	Literature Project for Natural Sciences BSc/MSci Programme	15 credits	T1&2

(Genetics, Evolution and Environment)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Option modules (Group 1)

Major stream choose 45 credits; Minor stream choose 30-45 credits

BIOL0020	Sex, Genes and Evolution	15 credits	T1
BIOL0048	Behavioural Ecology for the Anthropocene	15 credits	T1
BIOL0042	Plant Evolution and Ecology	15 credits	T2
BIOL0025	Regulatory Genomics and Evolution	15 credits	T2
BIOL0022	Biology of Ageing	15 credits	T1

Option modules (Group 2)

Major stream choose 0-30 credits

BIOL0027	Diseases of Ageing	15 credits	T2
CELL0001	Mechanisms of Development	15 credits	T1
BIOL0032	Species Conservation and Biodiversity	15 credits	T2
BIOL0021	Advanced Human Genetics	15 credits	T1
CELL0013	Functional Genetics of Model Systems	15 credits	T2
ANTH0060	Primate Behaviour and Ecology	15 credits	T1
NEUR0022	Scientific Thinking for Real-World Problems	15 credits	T1

Other 15 credit GEE related 15 credit module discuss with Stream Leader

(Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
Major stream select 60-75 credits; Minor stream select 30-45 credits

Core modules

CHEM0034	Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0035	Organic Photochemistry Radicals and Heterocycles	15 credits	T2

Core module for major stream

CHEM0024	Synthesis and Characterisation Techniques in Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2

Option Modules

Major stream select 15-30 credits. Minor stream select 0-15 credits

CHEM0033	Principles of Drug Design	15 credits	T2
CHEM0039	New Directions in Materials Chemistry !Pre-requisites: CHEM0013	15 credits	T1
CHEM0031	Inorganic Rings, Chains and Clusters	15 credits	T2	[*]

[*] CHEM0013 is a pre-requisite however it is fine to take this module without as long as you do some self-study

Year 4

Choose the relevant research project

BIOS0017	MSci Research Project in Life Sciences	60 credits	T1&2
CHEM0080	Advanced Chemical Research Project	75 credits	T1~3

(Genetics, Evolution and Environment)
Major stream select 30-60 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option modules

BIOL0035	Vertebrate Life and Evolution	15 credits	T1
BIOL0050	Advanced Computational Biology	15 credits	T2
BIOL0034	Applications in Human Genetics	15 credits	T2
BIOS0021	Science Communications for Biologists	15 credits	T1
BIOS0002	Computational Methods in Biodiversity Research	15 credits	T1

Other 15 credit GEE related 15 credit module discuss with Stream Leader

(Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
Major stream select 15-45 credits; Minor stream select 0-30 credits

Option modules

CHEM0077	Topics in Modern Chemistry	15 credits	T1&2
CHEM0078	Topics in Modern Chemistry	30 credits	T1&2
CHEM0079	Topics in Modern Chemistry	45 credits	T1&2

Topics to be taught in term 1 and assessed by end of first week of term 2