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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
ACE1040 Academic and Professional Skills (Inactive) 1 Semester 1
Semester 2
20 Credits
ACE1055 Introduction to Agricultural Mechanisation (Inactive) 1 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES1000 Crop Pests 1 Semester 2
10 Credits
NES1001 Introduction to Business Management 1 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES1002 Agri-Food Supply Chains 1 Semester 2
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
NES1104 Introduction to Agri-Food Business Management (Inactive) 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
NES1107 Introduction to Nutrition, Food Science and the Food Industry (Inactive) 1 Semester 1
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
NES1203 Environment and Land use Field Course (Inactive) 1 Semester 2
10 Credits
NES1204 Investigating Rural Landscapes (Inactive) 1 Semester 2
20 Credits
NES1205 Plants, Environment, Agriculture 1 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES1206 Earth System Science 1 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES1207 Dynamic Earth 1 Semester 1
Semester 2
20 Credits
NES1208 Earth and Environment Field Course 1 Semester 2
10 Credits
NES1209 Interpreting Geological Maps (Inactive) 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
NES1304 UK Wildlife 1 Semester 2
10 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
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
NES2006 Managing Soils in the Agri-Environment (Inactive) 2 Semester 1
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 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
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
NES2202 Sustainable Solutions 2 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES2203 Minerals and their Instabilities 2 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES2204 Basin Analysis and Stratigraphy 2 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES2205 Global Element Cycling 2 Semester 2
10 Credits
NES2206 Geological Resources 2 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES2207 Geomicrobiology 2 Semester 2
10 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
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
NES3005 Animal Product Quality and Marketing (Inactive) 3 Semester 2
10 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
NES3100 Globalisation: Patterns, Processes & Challenges (Inactive) 3 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 Rural Planning, Politics and Society 3 Semester 2
20 Credits
NES3106 Data & Marketing Analytics 3 Semester 1
10 Credits
NES3107 Food Business Economics 3 Semester 1
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 Subsurface 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
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
NES3506 Marine Research Project - Overseas (Inactive) 3 Semester 1
Semester 2
40 Credits
NES8005 MRes Research Project PG Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
120 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
NES8201 Introduction to Microbiology and Microbial Transformation of Pollutants (Inactive) PG Semester 1
10 Credits
NES8202 Aqueous Geochemistry (Inactive) PG Semester 1
10 Credits
NES8203 Sources, Fates and Control of Pollutants (Inactive) PG Semester 2
10 Credits
NES8205 Remediating Contaminated Land (Inactive) PG Semester 2
10 Credits
NES8207 Environmental Inorganic Analysis (Inactive) PG Semester 1
10 Credits
NES8208 Environmental Organic Matter (Inactive) PG Semester 2
10 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
NES8306 Management of Wildlife Disease and Epidemiology (Inactive) PG Semester 2
10 Credits
NES8307 Global Species Conservation Principles and Practice (Inactive) 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
NES8315 Applied Bioinformatics (Inactive) PG Semester 2
20 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 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 Exploring d and f block chemistry: applications and structural methods 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 2
20 Credits
NES8801 Modern Methods in 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
NES8805 Bioactive Natural Products PG Semester 2
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
NES8812 Molecular Simulations and Computer-aided Drug Design (CADD) (Inactive) PG Semester 2
20 Credits