Natural Sciences - BSc (Hons)

University of Bath

Gain the benefits of studying across different scientific disciplines with the flexibility to shape your degree to your career aspirations.This is the course for you if you love science and want to study more than one science subject at university.You will choose your own pathway to suit your interests and strengths. You’ll be able to take your existing scientific skills further, explore new areas and apply what you’ve learnt in practical and relevant ways.Employers will value your ability to bring problem-solving skills from a variety of different angles. You’ll graduate with the breadth of knowledge and practical skills to prepare you for a career in industry or for postgraduate research.If you decide your interests fit better within a single science, you may be able to transfer to biology, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacology or physics after year one.PathwaysWhen you start your course, you can shape your degree to your interests by choosing a combination of two main subjects based on your previous qualifications. You will follow your own path, developing lab skills and an understanding of the interdisciplinary relationship between the core sciences. You can choose two main subjects from this list:biologybiochemistrychemistryenvironmental science (from year 2, as a main subject on the BSc only)pharmacologyphysicsYou'll specialise in one of your main subjects in your final year. These two can be complemented by modules from an additional subject, choices include:a third sciencemanagementeducationpsychologymathematicsNote that not all main subject combinations are possible, so biology can't be combined with biochemistry, physics can't be combined with pharmacology or biochemistry, and pharmacology can't be combined with environmental science.