Engineering, Science and the Built Environment (ESBE) Undergraduate Prospectus 2010
BSc (Hons)
Location Location
Southwark Southwark
Extended Degree Programme
Integrated Sciences
Duration Duration
Integrated Sciences
3 years (full-time) 4 years (full-time)
4 years (full-time sandwich)
Start date
Start date September
September
Number of places
Number of places 20
20
Engineering, Science and the Built Envir Engineering, Science and the Built Envir
Course description and career opportunities arise in any
How to apply
Course description Note: This course is designed to
Real applications do not have regard part of the science-based economy:
How to apply Via UCAS or direct
This is an extended year for the new prepare you for entry to BSc Integrated
Via UCAS
to boundaries between the traditional education, computing and finance, to
UCAS code
Integrated Sciences (iSciences) degree Science. Entry to any other course is at
science disciplines. Therefore Integrated name but a few. Integrated Sciences
UCAS code FGH0
at LSBU. The extended year is for the discretion of the relevant course
Sciences is all about working ‘outside also forms an ideal starting point for a
F000
students who have studied A-level or director and is NOT guaranteed.
LSBU code
the box’, bringing together the right mix science teaching career, where there
Course contact 3449
equivalent, or mature students with
of fundamental scientific principles and are many opportunities. Students have
Mr Richard Cadbury
appropriate experience, but whose Career opportunities
technical and engineering know-how the opportunity to break their academic
cadburrg@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7925 Course contact
profile does not allow them immediate Multidisciplinary skills such as logic,
Mr Richard Cadbury
to crack multidimensional problems. studies and take Year Three of an
onment
Typical offer cadburrg@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7925
entry to iSciences. Therefore in the problem solving and attention to detail
onment
This is exactly the mix of skills for which Honours sandwich degree in industry,
2 A-levels, including 1 in a science subject,
extended year, students develop the are all transferable skills and lead to
industry is now crying out, and this or a research laboratory or hospital,
or equivalent. Non-standard entry requirements

(ESBE)
basic scientific skills in physics, chemistry not only just scientific careers. An
Applications are particularly welcomed from those

(ESBE)
course equips graduates to meet these where they can start to put their newly
Course units over the age of 21 years without the required
and mathematics. Students are given iSciences degree gives a huge range
real needs. acquired skills into practice. Some
– Introductory Maths qualifications, who possess the life/work skills that
the opportunity to gain confidence in a of career options: engineering, science
students may be able to spend the year
– Computing and Matlab would make them suitable for study at this level.
range of laboratory environments and and technology, science education,
– Introduction to Biological Systems
About one third of the course is working outside the UK in Europe,
– Introduction to Chemical Systems Typical offer
to develop abilities in IT. finance, the public sector, advertising
about mastering physical science and sometimes further afield.
– Fundamental Principles of Physics 80 UCAS Tariff points
and marketing, quality assurance, IT,
fundamentals, through applications and
– Biomolecules, Genetics
Study skills are extended through recruitment, scientific publishing, and
– Scientific Skills in the Laboratory Course units
problem-based learning, linked with Progression routes
– Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning – Practical Skills
problem solving, data handling and much more.
other fundamental aspects of chemical to postgraduate study
(group work) – Study Skills for Extended Degree Students
report writing exercises. Studying these
and biological sciences to underpin the It is possible for students to progress
– Mechanics and Relativity – Scientific Principles
fundamental areas of science provides For full entry requirements see pages
– Intelligent and Virtual Instrumentation – Basic Quantitative Principles
applied study forming the rest of the to an MPhys degree at one of the other
using Labview – Engineering Maths
students with the knowledge, theory 252 to 253.
course. Scientific measurement and universities in the consortium.
– Medical Applications of Science – Engineering science
and practical skills necessary to progress
instrumentation is a common theme
– Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics – Chemical Science
to iSciences.
– Electromagnetism – Applications of Science and Technology
through the course. Much of the course Professional contacts/industry links
– Bio-informatics
is project work and case study, based on The course is endorsed by the Institute
– Science and Society
The iSciences degree itself is brand-new.
the Faculty’s expertise in areas including of Physics and offers a pathway with
– Energy and Sustainability
Built on a strong physics foundation, it
– Choice of advanced options
communications and networks, modern further study to become a chartered
– Project or Dissertation (double unit)
links together multidisciplinary strands
materials technology, energy and physicist. of applied science and engineering to
sustainability, biomechanics and medical produce graduates well able to tackle
applications, forensics, computing and Additional notes the technological demands of the
simulation, sensors and instrumentation, The course has been developed twenty-first century. Much of course is
and modern instrumentation. following a successful bid to the Higher project work and case study, based on
Education Funding Council by the the Faculty’s expertise on such things as
Career opportunities Institute of Physics for a major national communications and networks, modern
Integrated Sciences is backed by some project to increase and broaden materials technology, energy and
of the biggest scientific multinationals, participation in university science sustainability, biomechanics and medical
such as ICI, Unilever and Centrica, courses. LSBU is proud to have been applications, forensics, computing and
who have recognised the need for a chosen as one of the partners. simulation, sensors and instrumentation,
broader, integrated science base in modern electronics.
the graduates they employ. Science For full entry requirements see pages
graduates are in very short supply, 252 to 253.
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