Applied Sciences

Course summary

Students will develop professional and practical skills through carrying out real experiments and research. You will gain an understanding of the different types of scientific industries and settings plus how laboratory design can vary across organisations and sectors. Students will apply their skills, knowledge, and understanding to activities relevant to one pathway: food, environmental, or human sciences. Apart from applied science sector-specific content, the requirements of the qualification will mean students develop transferable and higher-order skills that are highly regarded by both HE and employers. For example, carrying out practical laboratory tasks, planning investigations, collecting, analyzing, and presenting data, and reviewing and refining the methodology of practical and laboratory-based work.