Natural Sciences (Study Abroad) BSc Hons

Program Overview

The Natural Sciences degree at Lancaster University provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary foundation in scientific disciplines. Students customize their program by selecting from ten subject areas, including biology, chemistry, and engineering, and have the opportunity to study abroad in their third year. Graduates possess a versatile skillset in critical thinking, problem-solving, and data analysis, making them highly employable in various scientific and non-science fields.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Natural Sciences is a challenging degree that allows you to study across all of the scientific disciplines and to spend a year overseas broadening your horizons. If you are interested in more than one scientific subject and want the opportunity to spend a year studying in another country, our Natural Sciences Study Abroad programme is ideal. The course allows you to combine up to three different subjects, while your year abroad allows you to experience a different culture and society at one of our partner universities. As you progress through the course you can maintain a breadth of study or choose to become more specialized. Either way, our Natural Sciences degree is designed to challenge the brightest students who are highly motivated and prepared to apply themselves across multiple boundaries. You can choose pathways from ten subject areas that can be combined together to create a purpose-built degree programme. The science subjects are: Biological Sciences Chemistry Computing Engineering Environmental and Earth Sciences Geography Mathematics Medical School Physics Psychology In the first year, all students begin with three pathways. You must choose two science pathways, and a third that can either be another science topic or you can select from elsewhere across the University, including a range of humanities and social sciences. You will be taught by academic staff who are leaders in their field, gaining a comprehensive understanding of your chosen subjects. You will also develop important skills and technical knowledge specific to each discipline, as well as interdisciplinary skills, such as data handling, analysis and evaluation, plus laboratory, IT and specialist software skills. At the end of the first year, you will have the opportunity to choose whether or not to continue with three subjects or to just focus on two sciences, to suit your goals and ambitions. In your second year, you will continue to develop the skills learned in the first and you will have the opportunity to utilize and practice the knowledge and experience you have gained so far. In addition, many of the modules will allow you to progress your project management, research and professional skills, as well as further enhancing your technical ability. You will spend your third year studying at one of our partner institutions in North America, Australia or New Zealand. There you will benefit from an enriching experience and will broaden your horizons, while continuing your specialist studies and developing new academic networks. Lancaster University will make reasonable endeavours to place students at an approved overseas partner university that offers appropriate modules which contribute credit to your Lancaster degree. Lancaster University cannot accept responsibility for any financial aspects of the year or term abroad. During the final year, you will delve deeper into the topics that interested you previously and much of what you explore will be guided by what you studied in second year. This year, you will firmly cement your learning by applying your skills and experience to a major research project or dissertation.

Careers:

A Natural Sciences degree ensures that you graduate with a broad and multidisciplinary set of skills which means that you benefit from the widest range of career opportunities. The flexibility of the degree and the breadth of subjects that you can study allows you to transition into a career from any scientific discipline, whether it is in biology, chemistry, computing, engineering, mathematics, physics, environmental sciences, and many more. You are also in demand for non-science roles due to your mathematic and statistical abilities, as well as skills in critical analysis and reasoning, logic, solving complex problems, data handling, and project management, to name just a few transferable skills. As a result, you can chart a course to a career in almost any industry. Graduating from this programme, you can honestly say the opportunities are endless. The median starting salary of graduates from our Natural Sciences degrees is £23,900 (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2023). Graduate Researcher – Centre for Global Eco-Innovation Financial Modelling Analyst – KPMG Graduate Air Quality Consultant – AECOM Audit Associate – EY Trainee Healthcare Scientist – NHS Environmental Engineer – ARUP Senior Scientist Researcher – AstraZeneca Cloud Solution Architect – Vmware Research Assistant/PhD – University of Cambridge Hydrologist – Environment Agency Every year, approximately 20% of our graduating cohort pursue postgraduate study (MSc or PhD). Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, you also graduate with the relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development. We do have other terms depending on your choice of course.

• During your first year, you would normally take three equally weighted pathways.
A pathway consists of a series of modules each covering a different aspect of a subject. Modules are made up of lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and laboratory-based practical work.
• You can choose what to study from our 21 pathways over 10 subject areas.
Each Pathway has a series of modules, some of which are mandatory though many are optional.

Home:

£9,250

International:

£28,675