Awards
Ordinary Bachelor Degree
Mode of Delivery: Full Time
 
No. of Semesters : 6
NFQ Level: 7
Programme Credits: 180
Language of Instruction: English
Department: Science and Health
 

Semester Schedules

Stage 1 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Fundamental Biology, Chemistry 1, Physics 1. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Quantitative Methods 1
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZBIO C1101 Fundamental Biology
ZCHE C1101 Chemistry 1
ZPHY C1101 Physics 1
ZLAB C1101 Laboratory Science
ZMTS C1101 Quantitative Methods 1
 

Stage 1 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Chemistry 2, Quantitative Methods 2, Animal and Human Biology. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Physics 2 3. Current concepts in Science is an elective. Brewing and Distilling students will do a comparable module (Introduction to Brewing Studies) and Science Students will do Science module(Introduction to BioScience)
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZBIO C1102 Animal and Human Biology
ZCHE C1102 Chemistry 2
ZPHY C1102 Physics 2
ZMTS C1102 Quantitative Methods 2
ZSCI C1101 Current Concepts in Science
 

Stage 2 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Instrumentation, Analytical Inorganic Chemistry, 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Quantitative Methods and Quality Control, Organic and Physical Chemistry
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZINS C2101 Instrumentation
ZQUA C2101 Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 1
ZANA C2101 Analytical Inorganic Chemistry 1
ZCHE C2103 Organic and Physical Chemistry 1
 

Stage 2 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Organic and Physical Chemistry 2 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 2, Analytical Inorganic Chemistry 2, Pharmaceutical Science 3. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Biomolecules 4. Students may apply to EXIT from the programme with a Higher Certificate in Science in Applied Chemistry (Embedded Exit Award), provided they have achieved the required learning outcomes for the level 6 award and have accumulated 120 credits. IT Carlow academic regulations apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZPHA C2102 Pharmaceutical Science
ZQUA C2102 Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 2
ZANA C2102 Analytical Inorganic Chemistry 2
ZCHE C2104 Organic and Physical Chemistry 2
ZCHE C2105 Biomolecules
 

Stage 3 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the Practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Physical Chemistry, Spectrochemical Methods, Quality Management, Experimental Design and Data Analysis. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA and Practical in the following modules: Sampling and Separation Science
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZSCI C3100 Sampling and Separation Science 1
ZCHE C3104 Spectrochemical Methods
ZCHE C3103 Physical Chemistry
ZQUA C3103 Quality Management, Experimental Design and Data Analysis
 

Stage 3 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Analytical Project and Workplace planning is delivered as a year-long module with credits awarded at the end of Semester 6 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the Practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Sampling and Separation Science 2, Microbiology for Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Processing and Process Analytical Technologies. 3. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA and Practical in the following modules: Environmental Science 4. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA and Project in the following modules: Analytical Project and Workplace Planning.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZSCI C3101 Sampling and Separation Science 2
ZPHA C3108 Microbiology for Pharmaceutics
ZENV C3100 Environmental Science
ZPHA C3100 Pharmaceutical Processing and Process Analytical Technologies
ZANA C3100 Analytical Project and Workplace Planning