MChem Forensic Chemistry with Integrated Master's
Entry requirements
A level: BBC in three A levels including C in Chemistry IB: 554 in three Higher Levels including 4 in Chemistry, or 29 points including 4 in Higher Level Chemistry
About this course
MChem in Chemistry, integrating chemical principles with forensic science. Core topics include Statistics, Laboratory Techniques, and Research Methods. In year three, students undertake an individual research project, followed by a full-year forensic chemistry research project in year four. A 75-hour work placement is available at level five.
Modules
- Chemistry Career Planning and Employability Skills
- Practical and Professional Chemistry Skills
- Chemical Structure and Reactivity
- Forensic Investigation: From Documents to DNA
- Forensic Analysis: Evidence under Investigation
- Sustainable Chemistry
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Science and Society
- Practical and Professional Chemistry
- Chemical Characterisation and Transformations
- Chemical Analysis and Detection
- Drugs of Abuse
- Crime Scenes: Blood, Marks and Prints
- Counterfeits, Fakes and Forgeries
- Principles of Drug Design
- Flexible Work Placement
- Kinetics, Catalysis and Mechanism
- Chemical Analysis: Instrumentation and Evaluation
- Independent Research Project
- Forensic Chemistry Literature Review
- Crime Scene to Court
- Forensic Toxicology: Ingestion to Detection
- Explosives, Arson and Evidence
- Synthetic Strategies in Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic, Physical and Quantum Chemistry
- MChem Forensic Chemistry Independent Research Project
- Synoptic Topics and Modern Trends in Chemistry
- Forensic Research Skills
- Major Scene Investigation: From Crime to Trial