Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemistry

University of Canterbury

A Bachelor of Science (BSc) is about understanding and improving the natural world through observation, experimentation, modelling, and calculation. You will investigate the big issues confronting New Zealand and our planet, including climate change, human health and diseases, the global water crisis, food security, and environmental protection. A BSc will expose you to new ideas and technologies, develop your research skills, and help you make a contribution to the challenges facing our world. Study Involve: Learn from a wide network of field stations reaching from Antarctica to Nigeria and throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ‘Do science’ right from the first semester of your first year. We have access to the most field stations of any New Zealand university and offer a range of practical experiences, research projects, and lab and fieldwork. Global study experiences, including exchanges to partner universities. You can choose to take a minor in Science, or from additional subjects in Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health, Product Design, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership. Chemistry deals with the composition, structure, and behaviour of atoms and molecules that make up all forms of matter. Understanding the world at an atomic level helps us see how things are interconnected and work together. Study Involve: Apply your learning in the lab and research projects in diverse areas of chemistry - physical, biological, environmental, theoretical, and more. Study Chemistry as a minor within many bachelor’s degree options to add a scientific background to your other subjects.

Faculty of Science