Sunday, 7 August 2011

Study preparations

It's not long now till I start reading my second degree at UCL. I've recently sent off a confirmation of my interest in taking a place on an MSc chemical engineering course. I'm really interested in reading engineering as a practical application of the analytical, mathematical and organisational skills I gained as a chemistry student.

I've had a close look at the course synopsis at other institutions and there's good overlap in lots of areas so I've got a good idea that I'll be learning about things like fluid particle systems, process dynamics and control and environmental systems. In the course at UCL there's a lot of emphasis on thermodynamics. I've also got the opportunity to take one option module out of Law for managers, project management and mastering entrepreneurship. These last modules afford opportunities to develop in areas that really interest me. At the moment I'm really leaning toward the project management because I'd rather not take a punt on entrepreneurship. I know that if I took the choice to learn the law or the project management, I'd be taught concrete skills that I'd be able to take to the job. The full list of modules is here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemeng/graduate/msc_content.html.

I'm really interested in specialising in engineering and getting to grips with developing industrial envrionments toward safety, loss prevention and efficiency gains.