Chemistry
The main aims of this programme are to help you develop a broad and balanced appreciation of the core areas of chemistry: inorganic, organic, physical and analytical chemistry, as well as basic knowledge in macromolecular chemistry, colloids, solid-fluid and fluid-fluid interfaces, environmental chemistry, photochemistry and radiochemistry. You will possess knowledge and skills from which you can proceed to graduate employment or to further studies in chemistry or multi-disciplinary areas involving chemistry.
Statistics and Operations Research
The four-year programme of studies for Statistics and Operations Research as part of the B.Sc. (Hons) degree has been designed for you to embark on a four-year plan which will help you to learn a number of topics considered to be fundamental in the academic disciplines of Statistics and Operations Research, and to follow fruitfully a set of accompanying study units which are oriented towards specialized areas.
Chemistry
The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.
- Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:
- Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
- 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
- 20 credits in the other area of study,
First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,
Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,
Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.
At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).
provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.
Statistics and Operations Research
The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.
- Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:
- Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
- 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
- 20 credits in the other area of study,
First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,
Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,
Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.
At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).
provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.
Communication and Academic Skills Programme
The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.
Chemistry
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE1215* | Methods of Chemical Calculations | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
CHE1360 | Principles of Organic Chemistry | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
CHE1700 | Chemistry Practical 1 | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
* Study-unit CHE1215 is for students taking Chemistry and Biology, or Chemistry and Mathematics, or Chemistry and Statistics and Operations Research only.   | |||||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE1340 | Principles of Inorganic Chemistry | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
CHE1350 | Principles of Analytical Chemistry | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
LIN1063** | Academic Reading and Writing in English | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
MAT1091*** | Mathematical Methods | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR0210*** | Data Treatment and Probability | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
** Study-unit LIN1063 is for students taking Chemistry and Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, or Chemistry and Statistics and Operations Research only.*** MAT1091 and SOR0210 are for students taking Chemistry and Physics only.   | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE1330 | Principles of Physical Chemistry | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR0220**** | Elementary Statistical Theory | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
**** Study-unit SOR0220 is for students taking Chemistry and Biology only.   |
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE1356 | Principles and Industrial Applications of Chemical Metrology | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
CHE2365 | Organic Chemistry 2 | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
CHE2375 | Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE2075 | Introductory Environmental Chemistry | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
CHE2364 | Organic Spectroscopy | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
CHE2385 | Chemistry of Co-ordination Compounds | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE3091 | Organic Photochemistry | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
CHE3155 | Chemistry of Main Group Elements | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
CHE3245 | Separation Techniques and Analytical Chemistry | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SCI3503 | Public Speaking and Presentations Skills for Scientists | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE3100 | Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Modelling | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
CHE3135 | Physical Chemistry of Liquids and Solutions | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
CHE3255 | Organic Chemistry 3 | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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If Biology is chosen as the other area of study, students are required to register for SCI3501 and 16 ECTS from the list of compulsory study-units.
If Physics or Mathematics or Statistics and Operations Research is chosen as the other area of study, students are required to register for CHE3285 and 16 ECTS from the list of compulsory study-units.
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Compulsory Units Chemistry and Physics, or Chemistry and Mathematics, or Chemistry and Statistics and Operations Research students who do not register for CHE3900 are to register for CHE3285. | |||||
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CHE3285 | Selected Topics in Chemistry | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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If students opt to do the Project in Chemistry they are to register for CHE3900. | |||||
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CHE3900 | Dissertation in Chemistry | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Chemistry and Biology students who register for CHE3900 are to register for SCI3502. | |||||
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SCI3502 | Professional and Technical Skills for Scientists | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Chemistry and Physics, or Chemistry and Mathematics, or Chemistry and Statistics and Operations Research students who register for CHE3900 are to register for CHE3390 | |||||
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CHE3390 | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE3412 | Chemistry of Polymers | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
CHE3470 | Environmental Chemistry | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Chemistry and Biology students who do not register for CHE3900 are to register for SCI3501. | |||||
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SCI3501 | Academic Writing and Statistical Techniques for Scientific Research | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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CHE3461 | Organometallic Chemistry and Structural Determination of Inorganic Materials | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
CHE3480 | Natural Products | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Statistics and Operations Research
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT1212* | Introductory Analysis | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR1110 | Probability | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR1222 | Statistical Computing | 8 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR1310 | Optimization | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR1320 | Linear Programming | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR1450** | Principles of Financial Mathematics and Life Policies | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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SOR1450*** | Principles of Financial Mathematics and Life Policies | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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CIS1044 | SQL for Statisticians | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
ELP1062 | English Proficiency | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR1250 | Official Statistics and Demography | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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MAT1116**** | Introduction to Vector Spaces | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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SOR2120 | Convergence and Limits in Probability | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR2211 | Families of Random Variables and Random Vectors | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR2221 | Statistical Inference 1 | 6 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR2230 | Time Series 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR2250 | Sampling 1 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR2330 | Nonlinear Programming | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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SOR2110 | History and Philosophy of Probability and Statistics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
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SOR3110 | Stochastic Processes 1 | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR3210 | Multivariate Analysis 1 | 5 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR3221 | Regression Models | 4 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
SOR3243 | Bayesian Statistics | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3350 | Combinatorial Optimization | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3500 | Computational Methods in Statistics and Operations Research | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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SOR3411 | Risk Modelling in Insurance and Finance | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3430 | The Mathematics of Financial Markets: Discrete Models | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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CIS1044 | SQL for Statisticians | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3242 | Robust Statistics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3250* | Design of Experiments | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit SOR3250 cannot be taken by Biology and Statistics and Operations Research students.   |
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SOR3101 | Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Probability | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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SOR3201 | Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Statistics | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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SOR3301 | Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Operations Research | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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SOR3401 | Project in Statistics and Operations Research: Financial and Actuarial Mathematics | 18 ECTS   | (NC)   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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SOR3121 | Stochastic Processes 2 | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3211 | Generalized Linear Models | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3222 | Nonlinear and Nonparametric Regression Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3231 | Time Series 2 | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3311 | Stochastic Programming | 6 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3351 | Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3411 | Risk Modelling in Insurance and Finance | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3430 | The Mathematics of Financial Markets: Discrete Models | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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SOR3241 | Survival Analysis | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3242 | Robust Statistics | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
SOR3250* | Design of Experiments | 2 ECTS   |   | ||
* Study-unit SOR3250 cannot be taken by students taking Biology and Statistics and Operations Research.   |
This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. and Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc.(Hons.) under the auspices of the Faculty of Science.