Natural Sciences with a Year Abroad
UCAS Code: CFGA
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
including two Science A-Levels from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology or ICT. Science A-levels must include a pass in the practical element. General Studies and Critical Thinking not accepted.
Access to HE Diploma
including 24 Level 3 credits in two Science subjects from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology or ICT.
Principal subjects and A-level combinations are considered - please contact us.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
including two Science subjects at Higher Level 6 from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Geography or ICT.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
in Applied Science or Applied Science (Medical Science). Excludes BTEC Public Services, BTEC Uniformed Services and BTEC Business Administration.
Scottish Advanced Higher
including two Science subjects from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology or ICT.
Scottish Higher
Only accepted in combination with Scottish Advanced Highers.
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About this course
**About This Course**
Biology alone will not beat cancer; environmentalists alone will not mitigate global warming: scientific advances are forged through shared knowledge and collaboration. By studying Natural Sciences you’ll gain an appreciation of complex scientific concepts, and be able to approach them from more than one angle.
Our interdisciplinary Natural Sciences programme gives you the opportunity to create your own unique degree. You could study any combination of Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics and Physics.
With our Year Abroad programme, you’ll get to broaden your horizons and bring a new perspective to your studies by spending a year overseas. You’ll spend your third year at one of our partner universities in Europe, Australasia, the United States or Canada before returning to UEA for your final year. If you choose to spend your year abroad in Europe, you’ll also take language modules during your second year.
**Overview**
Our Natural Sciences course is ideal if you wish to study more than one area of science while retaining a larger degree of flexibility than traditional joint degrees allow. You’ll study modules from a minimum of two of the main disciplines: biology, chemistry, computing, environmental sciences, mathematics and physics. And you’ll have the opportunity to study specialist topics as your degree programme develops. Whichever subjects you choose, you will be learning at the forefront of your chosen disciplines with our stimulating, research-led teaching programme.
By spending a year studying overseas, you’ll be exposed to teaching influenced by different research interests, expanding your academic horizons, while also having the opportunity to experience university life in another country.
Throughout the course you’ll gain an appreciation of complex concepts from across contemporary science. You’ll experience what’s required of a skilled scientist: from the deliberation needed to design an experiment, including consideration of the results, to the excitement of discovering something new.
This highly competitive degree provides you with vital knowledge of several scientific disciplines, and its flexibility allows you to direct your learning around your own interests or career goals.
You’ll acquire technical skills and subject-specific knowledge as well as transferable skills desired by employers, including high levels of literacy and numeracy, data collection, collation and management, understanding and analysing complex systems, devising strategies of intervention, critical thinking, time management, organisational and analytical skills, teamwork and communication skills.
In your final year you will complete a supervised research project, which can be in a combination of disciplines.
**Disclaimer**
Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: **www.uea.ac.uk**
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