Option modules for 2012/3 entry

As you progress through your course, you will be selecting options which build on the core modules taken by all our students.

The option modules are all self contained and only rely on material taught in core chemistry.

They enable you to have an input into designing your own degree programme and, as you do not choose your options for a given year until the end of the previous year, you will be able to follow your interests as they develop through the course.

As the time to choose approaches we will give you more detailed information about the individual options.

Option modules make up one-quarter (30 out of 120 credits) of Years 2 and 3 of the BSc and MChem courses.

For Year 4 of the MChem programme, for students who choose to stay at York, the option modules make up one-sixth (20 out of 120 credits) of the course.

Courses are designed to enable you to specialise in particular areas of Chemistry. We have planned our options with this in mind, and you will find in the course descriptions particular combinations of recommended options.

We also recognise that you may decide to select one or more options that are not on the suggested list for your course, so providing greater flexibility in the areas of Chemistry in which you want to specialise.

View what Tom Branson, a 2nd Year MChem student, thinks about the teaching on our courses.

Year two options

Year three options

Year four options

Click on the highlighted courses for a brief overview of what each of these option modules is about.

In order to keep teaching as up-to-date as possible, options are constantly being developed.