Natural and Environmental Sciences
Modules in Natural and Environmental Sciences
Please read our Module Guidance page for full information about choosing your modules. Some restrictions may apply.
| Code | Module Title | Stage | Semester | Total Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NES1000 | Crop Pests | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1001 | Introduction to Business Management | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1002 | Agri-Food Supply Chains | 1 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES1003 | Animal Health | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1004 | Introduction to Animal Physiology | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1100 | Sustainability in Practice | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1101 | Introduction to Marketing and Consumer Behaviour | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1102 | Introductory Business Economics | 1 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES1103 | Introduction to Nutrition, Food Science and the Food Industry | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1105 | Introduction to Marketing | 1 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES1106 | Introduction to Consumer Behaviour | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1200 | Academic and Professional Skills | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1201 | Introduction to Sustainability | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1205 | Plants, Environment, Agriculture | 1 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES1206 | Climate Change and the Earth System | 1 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES1208 | Earth and Environment Field Course | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1210 | Dynamic Earth | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1300 | Genetics and Evolution | 1 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1301 | Diversity of Life: Form and Function | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1302 | Ecology and Conservation | 1 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES1303 | Cells and Biomolecules | 1 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES1400 | Chemical Laboratory Skills 1 | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1401 | Chemical Skills and Professionalism | 1 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES1402 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1403 | Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1404 | Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry | 1 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1405 | Mathematical Skills for Chemists | 1 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES1406 | General Chemistry | 1 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES1407 | Introduction to Scientific Computing for Chemists | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1408 | Fundamentals of Biological Chemistry | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES1501 | Marine Biology | 1 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES1502 | Diversity of Marine Animals | 1 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES1503 | The Marine Environment | 1 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1504 | Academic and Professional Skills for the Biosciences | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1505 | Marine Practical Skills 1 | 1 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1506 | Marine Microbiology and Primary Producers | 1 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES1507 | Introductory Oceanography | 1 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES2001 | Arable Crops | 2 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES2002 | Farm Business Management | 2 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES2003 | Principles of Agronomy and Crop Improvement | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2004 | Animal Feed Science and Technology | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2005 | Animal Parasitology | 2 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES2007 | Domestic Animal Reproduction and Genetic Improvement | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2008 | Sustainable animal production systems | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2100 | Marketing Strategy | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2101 | Landscape, Culture and Heritage | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2102 | Agricultural Economics and Policy | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2103 | Consumer and Business Economics | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2104 | Site Management and Communication Skills | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2106 | Qualitative Research Methods | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2107 | New Food Product Development | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2108 | Sustainable Business Practice | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2202 | Sustainable Solutions | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2203 | Minerals and Rocks for a Changing Climate | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2211 | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms | 2 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES2301 | Animal Behaviour | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2302 | Pollution of Air, Water & Soil | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2303 | Experimental Design and Statistics | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2305 | Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2306 | Biotechnology: Principles and Practice | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2307 | Animal Function (Physiology and Development) | 2 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES2308 | Plant Biology | 2 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES2309 | Evolutionary Biology | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2310 | Insect Biology and Origins | 2 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES2311 | Marine Vertebrate Biology and Ecology | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2312 | Field-based Ecology: designing experiments, and residential field course | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2314 | Vertebrate Biology | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2400 | Chemical Laboratory Skills 2 | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2401 | Structural Chemistry | 2 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES2402 | Organic Chemistry | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2403 | Inorganic Chemistry | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2404 | Physical Chemistry | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2405 | Medicinal Chemistry | 2 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES2406 | Scientific Computing for Chemists | 2 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES2407 | Applied Computational Medicinal Chemistry | 2 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES2408 | Chemistry of the Atmosphere | 2 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES2501 | Tropical Marine Ecology | 2 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES2502 | Applied Marine Biology | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2503 | Oceans and Climate I | 2 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES2505 | Marine Practical Skills II | 2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2506 | Deep-Sea and Polar Biology | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES2507 | Marine Vertebrate Biology and Ecology | 2 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3000 | Combinable Crops | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3001 | Farm Business Consultancy | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3002 | Applied Crop Protection | 3 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES3003 | Applied Farm Business Management | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3009 | Reproduction in Farm and Companion Animals | 3 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES3010 | Applied Animal Nutrition | 3 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES3011 | Your Future - occupational awareness | 3 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES3012 | Animal Welfare and Behaviour | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3103 | Advanced Agri-Business Management | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3104 | Countryside Management | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3105 | Planning the Global Countryside | 3 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3106 | Data & Marketing Analytics | 3 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES3107 | Food Business Economics | 3 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES3108 | Dissertation | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
30 Credits |
| NES3110 | Marketing and Public Policy | 3 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES3111 | Communication and Behaviour Change | 3 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES3112 | Sustainable Development and Environmental Valuation | 3 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES3113 | Food Innovation Consultancy | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
30 Credits |
| NES3201 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3202 | Current Issues in Earth and Environmental Sciences | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3203 | Geotechnical and Geophysical Investigations | 3 | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES3204 | Geological Mapping Fieldtrip | 3 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES3301 | Biodiversity Science and Management | 3 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3302 | Current Research in Ecology | 3 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES3303 | Biotechnology: Applications | 3 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3305 | Biological Modelling | 3 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES3306 | Physiological Zoology | 3 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3307 | Microbial Genomics | 3 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3309 | Current Research in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology | 3 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES3314 | Current Zoology | 3 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES3400 | Chemical Laboratory Skills 3P | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3401 | Professional Development and Employability Skills for Chemists | 3 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES3402 | Advanced Organic Chemistry | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3403 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3404 | Physical and Computational Chemistry | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3405 | Advanced Medicinal Chemistry | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3407 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Distance Learning) | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3408 | Advanced Structural Chemistry | 3 | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES3409 | Chemical Laboratory Skills 3M | 3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3410 | Analytical Chemistry in Practice | 3 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES3501 | Advanced Marine Research Topics I | 3 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES3502 | Advanced Marine Research Topics 2 | 3 | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES3503 | Advanced Marine Research Topics 3 | 3 | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES8006 | Data analysis, interpretation and presentation for MSc | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8010 | Quantitative Ecological Research Methods | PG | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES8013 | Consultancy Dissertation Project | PG | Semester 2 Semester 3 |
80 Credits |
| NES8102 | Principles and current topics in Agro-food economics & Policy | PG | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES8103 | Assessing Agricultural Production Systems | PG | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES8211 | Your Future - occupational awareness | PG | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES8212 | Precision technologies and global challenges in managed animal behaviour and welfare | PG | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES8303 | Field Identification Skills | PG | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES8308 | Invasive Species | PG | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES8314 | Critical Thinking and Analysis for Evidence-Based Environmental Science | PG | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES8316 | Dissertation Preparation | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8400 | Research Project | PG | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
70 Credits |
| NES8401 | Advanced Problem Solving | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8402 | Selectivity and Stereocontrol in Organic Synthesis | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8403 | Advanced Methods in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8404 | Pericyclic and radical reactions | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8405 | Chemistry Far From Equilibrium | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8406 | Contemporary Catalysis: Principles and Applications | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8407 | Modern aspects of inorganic chemistry | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8408 | Energy and Materials | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8409 | Research Project (Sem 1) | PG | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
60 Credits |
| NES8410 | Research Project (Sem 2) | PG | Semester 2 Semester 3 |
60 Credits |
| NES8411 | Research Project (Year Long) | PG | Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 |
120 Credits |
| NES8412 | Research Project (Sem 1) | PG | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
40 Credits |
| NES8413 | Research Project (Sem 2) | PG | Semester 2 Semester 3 |
40 Credits |
| NES8414 | Research Project (Year Long) | PG | Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 |
80 Credits |
| NES8800 | Research Skills and Development | PG | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES8801 | Modern Methods in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery | PG | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES8802 | Drug Metabolism and Toxicology | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8803 | Theory and Practice of Chemotherapy | PG | Semester 2 |
20 Credits |
| NES8804 | Proteins as Drug Targets: structure, function, and molecular modelling | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8806 | Selectivity and Stereocontrol in Organic Synthesis | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8807 | Pericyclic and radical reactions | PG | Semester 1 |
10 Credits |
| NES8808 | Synthetic Methodology for Drugs | PG | Semester 1 |
20 Credits |
| NES8809 | Biopharmaceuticals as Therapeutics | PG | Semester 2 |
10 Credits |
| NES8814 | Research Skills and Development | PG | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
20 Credits |