BS (ABP) Curriculum AY2014 Intake

B.Sc (Hons) in Biological Sciences Accelerated Bachelor Programme

Curriculum and Course Descriptions AY2014

Year 1 Semester 1Major-CoreBS1001Introductory Biology3
Major-CoreBS1002Biophysical Chemistry3
Major-CoreBS1003Organic Chemistry3
GER-CoreML0001Absolute Basics for Career^1
GER-PE-GER-PE3
GER-UE-GER-UE3
Total AUs16

Year 1 Semester 2Major-CoreBS1005Biochemistry I3
Major-CoreBS1006Principles of Genetics3
Major-CoreBS1007Molecular & Cell Biology I3
Major-CoreBS1008Biostatistics3
GER-CoreGC0001Sustainability: Seeing through the Haze^1
GER-PE>-GER-PE3
GER-UE-GER-UE3
Total AUs19

Year 2 Semester 1Major-CoreBS2001Physiology3
Major-CoreBS2002Microbiology3
Major-CoreBS2003Biochemistry II3
Major-CoreBS2004Molecular & Cell Biology II3
GER-CoreHW0128Scientific Communication I2
GER-UE-GER-UE6
Total AUs20

Year 2 Semester 2Major-CoreBS2008Experimental Molecular & Cell Biology3
Major-PE-(From Table A)3
Major-PE-(From Table A)3
Major-PE-(From Table A)3
Major-PE-(From Table A)3
GER-CoreHW0228Scientific Communication II2
GER-CoreHY0001Ethics and Moral Reasoning^1
GER-UE-GER-UE3
Total AUs21

Inter-semester Break (May-July)Major-PEBS9001Research Experience3
Total AUs3

Year 3 Semester 1Major-PE-(From Table B)3
Major-PE-(From Table B)3
Major-PE-(From Table B)3
Major-PE-(From Table B)3
GER-CoreBS0001Biology and Society3
GER-CoreML0002Career Power Up!^1
GER-PE-GER-PE6
Total AUs22

Year 3 Semester 2Major-PE-(From Table C)3
Major-PE-(From Table C)3
Major-PE-(From Table C)3
Major-PE-(From Table C)3
Major-PE-(From Table C)3
GER-CoreET0001Entrepreneurship and Innovation^1
GER-PE-GER-PE3
Total AUs19

Year 4 Semester 1Major-PEBS4020Final Year Project12
Total AUs12

Table A

Table B
Course Code Course Title Course AUs
BS2103* TCM Diagnostics (中医诊断学) 6
BS3001 Neurobiology 3
BS3003 Developmental biology 3
BS3004 Cancer biology and Therapy 3
BS3005 Advanced Molecular Genetics 3
BS3016 Molecular Evolution 3
BS3018 Plant biology 3
BS3020 Plant Biotechnology 3
BS3021 Bioimaging Techniques in EM 3
BS3023 Regulatory Control of Healthcare Products and Medical Devices 3
BS3024 Evolution in Health and Disease 3
BS3334# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB)  Workshop (Series II) – DNA engineering for Fluorescent In-situ Hybridization (FISH) 3
BS3338# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Effect of Anti-mitotic Drugs on Cancer Cells 3
BS3342# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Role of Actin cytoskeleton regulators in metastasis 3
BS3343# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) - Genetics of Human Diseases 3
BS4004 Current topics in immunology 3
BS4006 Virology 3
BS4009 Biology of Aging 3
BS4010 Synthetic Biology 3
BS4011 Biology of Social Behavior 3
BS4012 Current Topics in Cancer Drug Discovery 3
BS4013 Physiological Systems: Animal Models for drug development 3
BS4014 Molecular Basis of Diseases 3
BS9001 Research Experience 3

Table C
Course Code Course Title Course AUs
BS1101* Basics of TCM (中医基础理论) 6
BS3006 Bioentrepreneurship 3
BS3008 Computational Biology & Modelling 3
BS3010 Current topics in stem cell and developmental biology 3
BS3011 Protein folding & biomolecular NMR 3
BS3012 Functional genomics and proteomics 3
BS3013 Drug discovery & development, biotechnology 3
BS3014 Biological foundations of behavior 3
BS3015 The RNA World 3
BS3017 Advanced Microbial Pathogenesis 3
BS3019 Neuropsychology of Stress and Resilience 3
BS3022 Protein Trafficking 3
BS3030 Telomere Biology: Genome Stability, Cancer and Ageing 3
BS3331# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Applied Immunology 3
BS3336# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Proteomics Workshop 3
BS3339# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Neurobiology 3
BS3340# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Science of aging and life extension in C. elegans 3
BS3341# Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Handling Stress and Resilience 3

^Online courses

* BS1101 and BS2103 are considered as ONE Major PE

# Recommended Major-PE which is conducted during the 1-week term break or during the 2-weeks before the term starts.

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