CM2012: INTRODUCTIONS TO MATERIALS (2025-2026)

This course provides a grounding in basic materials science. Alongside an overview of fundamental materials science, five specific areas will be covered, with an emphasis on self-directed learning. These areas will be, for example: Nanomaterials, Electronic materials, Functional Polymers, Liquid Crystals, Energy Materials. The impact of materials science on everyday life will be considered and explored throughout the course, using these general headings to investigate both the fundamentals of materials and their development into useful and functional products. Each of these areas will cover a two-week period. In-course assessments will be on topics of interest under these broad headings, often covering topical concerns such as materials for energy and body implant materials. Thus wider issues, including ethics & politics, are drawn into the discussion.

• Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2

• Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
• One of CM1020 Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1 (Passed) or CM1021 Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 1 (Passed) or CM1023 Chemistry for Physical Sciences I (Distance) (Passed) or CM1510 Chemistry 1b: Applications (Passed) or CM1511 Chemistry 1b: Applications (Passed) or CM1512 Chemistry for the Life Sciences 2 (Passed) or CM1513 Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 2 (Passed) or CM1523 Chemistry for Physical Sciences II (Distance) (Passed) or GL1004 The Nature of the Environment Through Geological Time (Passed) or GL1005 The Nature of the Environment Through Geological Time (Passed) or GL1503 The Materials Forming Our Dynamic Earth (Passed) or GL1505 Earth's Materials (Passed) or KL108W The Physical Universe A (Passed) or KL157I Astronomy and Meteorology (Passed) or KL157P Astronomy and Meteorology (Passed) or KL158Z The Physical Universe B (Passed) or PX1013 Physics for Biological and Environmental Scientists (Passed) or PX1014 The Physical Universe - 1 (Passed) or PX1015 The Physical Universe A (Passed) or PX1016 Understanding the Physical World (Passed) or PX1017 The Physical Universe a (Distance) (Passed) or PX1511 The Physical Universe - 2 (Passed) or PX1512 Meteorology and Astronomy (Passed) or PX1513 The Physical Universe B (Passed) or PX1514 Astronomy and Meteorology (Passed) or PX1515 The Physical Universe B (Distance) (Passed) or PX1516 Astronomy and Meteorology (Distance) (Passed)
• Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2

• PC2001 Introduction to Materials (Studied)
• PC2002 Introductions to Materials (Studied)