* placement year fee
The Applied Chemistry course at Aston introduces all the important knowledge and skills that enables a graduate to work in a wide variety of industrial, commercial and social sectors, playing an important role for society and its sustainable development.
You can choose to study this course with 2 options: 3 years or 4 years
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Year 1
Core Modules
• Sustainability, Design and Build
• Organic Chemistry I
• Physical Chemistry I
• Inorganic Chemistry I
• Mathematics for Chemists
Year 2
Core modules
• Organic Chemistry II
• Biological Chemistry I
• Physical Chemistry II
• Polymer I
• Inorganic Chemistry II
Choose one optional module:
• Introduction to Business Management
• Reaction Engineering
• Environmental Chemistry I
• Molecular Cell Biology
Year 3-Optional Placement Year
EAS Study Placement Year
• EAS Industrial Placement Year
• EAS Study/Work Placement
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Final Year
Core Modules
• Physical Chemistry III
• Organic Chemistry III
• Polymer II
• Inorganic Chemistry III
• Research Project
Choose one module from Group A and one module from Group B:
Group A:
• Advances in Lipid Chemistry
• Advanced NMR Techniques
• Biological Chemistry II
• Surfaces, Nanomaterials and Catalysis
Group B:
• Advances in Biomaterials Science
• Renewable Technologies
• Chemical and Forensic Toxicology
• Environmental Chemistry II
• Process Safety and Sustainablity
This course gives you a broad grounding in the principles of chemistry, preparing you to enter research, development or production in the chemical process industries or to undertake postgraduate research or teaching certificates. Alternatively you may pursue a career in areas as diverse as commerce, administration, accounting, banking or the civil service.
For students interested in biological chemistry, there are also opportunities in a wide variety of modern exciting industries including pharmaceuticals, agro-chemicals, biotechnology, environmental control, water, renewable energy and materials. Recent graduates have gone on to join big companies including BT, Kodak, BP, Unilever, Kappa and Procter and Gamble.
Insurance Single: 300 GBP/year
