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Bachelor of Science (General) Gateway to Science


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This programme is not open to entrants in 2021-2022

Gateway to Science: First Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 120 credits from Level 1000 options
Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
The Greeks in a Wider World 20
Rome and the Mediterranean 20
Arabic for Beginners 1 20
Arabic for Beginners 2 20
Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 20
Biology 1 20
Biology 2 20
The Impact of Chemistry 20
Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 20
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 20
Organic and Biological Chemistry 1 20
Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture 20
Images of Augustan Rome 20
The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20
Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20
Object-Oriented Programming 20
Programming with Data 20
Theology: Issues and History 20
Old Testament 1: Torah and Prophets 20
Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20
New Testament Greek 1 20
New Testament 1: Jesus and the Gospels 20
Introduction to Practical Theology and Theological Ethics 20
DI1013 Science, Religion, and the Mind 20
Macroeconomics 20
Microeconomics 20
Mathematics for Economists 20
Finance 20
Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20
Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20
Understanding Planet Earth 20
Earth's Resource Challenges 20
Key Concepts in Film Studies 20
Global Film History and Historiography 20
French Language and Literature 1 20
French Language and Literature 2 20
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20
A World in Crisis? 20
Elementary Greek I 20
Greek Literature for Beginners 20
Greek Language and Literature 1 20
Greek Pastoral and Passion 20
First Level German A 1 20
First Level German A 2 20
First Level German B 1 20
First Level German B 2 20
Introduction to Italian Language 20
Italian Language (Elementary) 20
Italian Language Intermediate 1 10
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
Italian Geographies 10
Italian Histories 10
Elementary Latin 1 20
Elementary Latin 2 20
World of Latin 1 20
World of Latin 2 20
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
Organisations and Society 20
Organisations and Analysis 20
The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
Introductory Mathematics 20
Mathematics 20
Mathematics 20
Pure and Applied Mathematics 20
Statistics in Practice 20
Understanding Music 20
Making Music 1 20
Words and Music 20
An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical 20
Physics 1A 20
Physics 1B 20
Persian for Beginners 1 20
Persian for Beginners 2 20
Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20
Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20
Mind and World 20
Moral and Political Controversies 20
Reasoning 20
The Enlightenment 20
Elementary Russian Language 1 20
Elementary Russian Language 2 20
Anthropology in the World 20
Ways of Thinking 20
What is Sustainable Development? 20
Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20
Spanish Language and Texts 1 20
Spanish Language and Texts 2 20
Spanish for Beginners 1 20
Spanish for Beginners 2 20
Vertically Integrated Project 10
Vertically Integrated Project 15
Vertically Integrated Project 20
Programming Projects 20
Academic English and Study Skills 1 20
Academic English and Study Skills 2 20
Computer Systems Fundamentals 20
Beginners Chinese Language 1 20
Beginners Chinese Language 2 20
Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20
Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20
Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe 20
From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20
Introduction to World Religions 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


Gateway to Science: Second Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 120 credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
Modernity, Empire, and Revolution: Art from 1789-1900 20
Art, Culture and Politics, from 1900 to Now 20
The Greeks in a Wider World 20
Rome and the Mediterranean 20
The Roman Empire 20
Mediterranean Communities 20
Arabic for Beginners 1 20
Arabic for Beginners 2 20
Intermediate Arabic 1 20
Intermediate Arabic 2 20
Introduction to Classical Arab Culture 20
Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 20
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 30
Biology 1 20
Biology 2 20
Research Methods in Biology 15
Cell Biology 15
Molecular Biology 15
Evolutionary Biology 15
Invertebrate Zoology 15
Cell Systems 15
Biochemistry 15
Ecology 15
Vertebrate Zoology 15
Applied Molecular Biology 15
Comparative Physiology 15
The Oceans 15
Aquaculture Nutrition 10
Aquaculture Nutrition 10
Aquaculture Health 10
Aquaculture Health 10
The Impact of Chemistry 20
Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 20
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 20
Organic and Biological Chemistry 1 20
Inorganic Chemistry 2 30
Organic Chemistry 2 30
Organic Chemistry 2 (French) 20
Physical Chemistry 2 30
Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture 20
Images of Augustan Rome 20
Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy 20
Culture and Thought in the Late Roman Republic 20
The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20
Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20
Good and Evil 20
Journeys 20
Object-Oriented Programming 20
Programming with Data 20
Foundations of Computation 30
Computer Systems 30
The Internet and the Web: Concepts and Programming 30
Theology: Issues and History 20
Old Testament 1: Torah and Prophets 20
Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20
New Testament Greek 1 20
New Testament 1: Jesus and the Gospels 20
Introduction to Practical Theology and Theological Ethics 20
DI1013 Science, Religion, and the Mind 20
Old Testament 2: Wisdom, Psalms, Apocalyptic and Apocryphal Literature 20
Hebrew 2 20
New Testament 2: Paul and the Epistles 20
The Early and Medieval Church: History, Beliefs and Practices 20
Philosophical Theology 20
New Testament Greek 2 20
New Testament Greek 2 20
Macroeconomics 20
Microeconomics 20
Mathematics for Economists 20
Finance 20
Intermediate Macroeconomics 20
Statistics for Economists 20
Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20
Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20
Medieval and Renaissance Texts 20
Drama: Reading and Performance 20
Understanding Planet Earth 20
Earth's Resource Challenges 20
Dynamic Earth: The Earth System 30
Dynamic Earth: Magma, Minerals and Metamorphism 30
Dynamic Earth: Earth Surface Processes 30
Key Concepts in Film Studies 20
Global Film History and Historiography 20
Film Theory 20
Screen Cultures today: media and methods 20
French Language and Literature 1 20
French Language and Literature 2 20
Second Level French Language (1) 10
Second Level French Language (2) 10
French Civilisation: from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment 10
French Civilisation: from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century 10
French Literature: from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment 10
French Literature: from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century 10
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20
A World in Crisis? 20
Geographies of Global Change 30
(Re)constructing environments, people and places 30
Elementary Greek I 20
Greek Literature for Beginners 20
Greek Language and Literature 1 20
Greek Pastoral and Passion 20
The Landscape of Greek Prose (A) 20
The Landscape of Greek Poetry (A) 20
The Landscape of Greek Prose (B) 20
The Landscape of Greek Poetry (B) 20
First Level German A 1 20
First Level German A 2 20
First Level German B 1 20
First Level German B 2 20
Second Level Advanced German Language 1 10
Second Level Advanced German Language 2 10
Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 1 10
Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 2 10
The Age of Goethe 10
Unification to the First World War 10
Medieval German Language and Literature 10
Weimar Republic:1918-1933 10
History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20
Introduction to Archaeology 20
Introduction to Italian Language 20
Italian Language (Elementary) 20
Italian Language Intermediate 1 10
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
Italian Geographies 10
Italian Histories 10
Second Level Italian 20
Second Level Italian (Advanced) 20
Elementary Latin 1 20
Elementary Latin 2 20
World of Latin 1 20
World of Latin 2 20
Latin Language and Literature 1 20
Latin Language and Literature 2 20
Latin in Progress 1 20
Latin in Progress 2 20
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
Medieval Europe (11th - 15th c.) 20
Introduction to Middle Eastern History 20
Organisations and Society 20
Organisations and Analysis 20
Management and Society 20
Management and Analysis 20
The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
Scotland, Britain and Empire (c. 1500 - 2000) 20
Introductory Mathematics 20
Mathematics 20
Mathematics 20
Pure and Applied Mathematics 20
Statistics in Practice 20
Linear Mathematics 15
Linear Mathematics 15
Analysis 15
Multivariate Calculus 15
Multivariate Calculus 15
Combinatorics and Probability 15
Abstract Algebra 15
Vector Calculus 15
Mathematical Modelling 15
Statistical Inference 15
Understanding Music 20
Making Music 1 20
Words and Music 20
An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical 20
Making Music 2 20
Scottish Music 20
Electronic Music 20
Music Leadership 20
Physics 1A 20
Physics 1B 20
Physics 2A 30
Physics 2B 30
Persian for Beginners 1 20
Persian for Beginners 2 20
Intermediate Persian 1 20
Intermediate Persian 2 20
Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20
Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20
Advanced Principles of Psychology 1 30
Advanced Principles of Psychology 2 30
Mind and World 20
Moral and Political Controversies 20
Reasoning 20
The Enlightenment 20
Intermediate Logic 20
Foundations of Western Philosophy 20
Meaning and Knowing 20
Moral and Aesthetic Value 20
Elementary Russian Language 1 20
Elementary Russian Language 2 20
Intermediate Russian Language 1 20
Intermediate Russian Language 2 20
Intermediate Russian Literature and Culture 1 10
Intermediate Russian Literature and Culture 2 10
Anthropology in the World 20
Ways of Thinking 20
The Foundations of Social Anthropology 20
Ethnographic Encounters 20
What is Sustainable Development? 20
Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20
Sustainable Development: Frameworks for Implementation 30
Sustainable Development: Tools for Action 30
Spanish Language and Texts 1 20
Spanish Language and Texts 2 20
Spanish for Beginners 1 20
Spanish for Beginners 2 20
Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 1 20
Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 2 20
Spanish Language and Texts: ex-Beginners 20
Vertically Integrated Project 10
Vertically Integrated Project 15
Vertically Integrated Project 20
Vertically Integrated Project 10
Vertically Integrated Project 15
Vertically Integrated Project 20
Vertically Integrated Project 10
Vertically Integrated Project 15
Vertically Integrated Project 20
Intermediate Microeconomics 20
Advanced Programming Projects 30
Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Cinema 20
Astrophysics (Direct Entry) 5
Academic English and Study Skills 1 20
Academic English and Study Skills 2 20
Programming Projects 20
Computer Systems Fundamentals 20
Beginners Chinese Language 1 20
Beginners Chinese Language 2 20
Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20
Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20
AS1002 The Physical Universe 20
LI1001 Foundations of Language 1 20
Enterprise and Creativity 20
Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe 20
From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20
Introduction to World Religions 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits