Additional options

Students in the third year are allowed to replace one of the minor stream options with a module from the following list, subject to availability. Email natsci@ucl.ac.uk if you wish to take one of these modules.

CPAS0012	Mathematical Education for Physical and Mathematical Sciences	15 credits	T1

This module is for undergraduates who are curious about how mathematics is learned and what educational environments support learning and participation. It is highly relevant to students who may be considering teaching as a career.

HPSC0061	Governing Emerging Technologies	15 credits	T1

Engaging science students with the political and ethical dimensions of research, publication and innovation

HPSC0111	Science, Art and Philosophy	15 credits	T2

Students who take the module will acquire analytical and interpretative tools to engage critically with a broad range of visual materials and to establish interdisciplinary parallels between visual representations in science and in the visual arts.

HPSC0039	Science, Warfare and Peace	15 credits	T2

This is a popular module in the department of STS, which spans science disciplines including physics and chemistry. It enges students students with examining the relationship between the scientist and the state

HPSC0107	Science Journalism	15 credits	T2

This is a practical module in communicating science across different genres of output for different audiences and on different platforms.

BENG0027	Advanced Tech Journalism: Analysis and Commentary in Technology, Science, and Engineering	15 credits	T2

This module is aimed at physical scientists and engineers who intend to have careers in consultancy, technical management, government, and communication/journalism as well as anyone who wishes to pursue a research career.

CEGE0010	Introduction to Environmental Engineering	15 credits	T2

Students will learn the basics of environmental sciences and the methods to analyse and manage environmental problems.

NSCI0026	Undergraduate Research Project in Natural Sciences	15 credits	T2

Enables BSc students to undertake small research projects within the curriculum. Students wishing to take this module are required to find a supervisor.

BASC0056	Quantitative Methods 3: Models and Inference	15 credits	T1

A cross-disciplinary module, using applications across a wide range of disciplines such as astronomy, biology, geography, social science, epidemiology, environmental science, artificial intelligence, and so on.

BASC0048	Computers and Humans	15 credits	T2

This module provides an overview of the relationships between computing systems and human beings, from a technological perspective.

LC*	Modern Foreign Language option	15 credits

Take a language module for credit as part of your undergraduate or graduate degree programme.