Our four year integrated Master of Natural Sciences programme is a unique flexible interdisciplinary degree programme that makes it possible for you to design your own degree shaped by your interests in science and by you career aspirations. During this natural sciences degree you will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical classes, coursework and projects. You will also carry out an independent research project in your third year and a six month research placement in your fourth year. During the first two years, you will develop generic and transferable skills, as well as practical skills, through compulsory and optional taught modules; in your third and fourth years, practical research projects will enable you to develop and practise these skills further. There will be continuous assessment for the interdisciplinary modules and continuous assessment and written examinations at the end of each semester for all other modules. We will assess your experimental and research skills through laboratory reports, project and placement reports and presentations. This integrated Master of Natural Sciences degree will equip you for a wide range of careers in science and other professions. During your degree, you will have developed key transferable skills in practical and analytical subjects together with independent-learning, advanced problem-solving and critical thinking abilities which are valued by employers throughout the world. We expect many of our graduates will continue in research. MSci Natural Sciences is an ideal introduction to the rigours of PhD study and careers in academia.