This course is designed to enable you to learn about all aspects of modern chemistry, but also to give you the opportunity to specialise in an area of your choice. The course concentrates particularly on areas of chemistry that are undergoing rapid development, so that you will learn about the latest advances in the subject. In some cases, this work will be assessed towards your degree mark (e.g. examinations, practical work and assessed workshops). In other cases the work, and feedback, is intended to assist your own personal development (e.g. for tutorials and workshops, written work is marked and returned giving students prompt feedback on performance and understanding). For some modules, presentations are assessed. This programme is designed so that you can develop and consolidate your chemical knowledge further in an academic research laboratory - the final year extended research project is ideal preparation for further PhD research, or a research-based job in industry.