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BSSB Curriculum AY2017 and before
B.Sc (Hons) in Biological Sciences with 2nd Major in Biomedical Structural Biology
For Year 1 students admitted in AY2017 and before
| Year 1 Semester 1 | Major-PE | BS1001 | Introductory Biology^ (exempted with H2 Biology = A)+ | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | BS1002 | Biophysical Chemistry | 3 | |
| Major-PE | BS1003 | Organic Chemistry (exempted with H2 Chemistry = A)+ | 3 | |
| Major-PE | BS1005 | Biochemistry I | 3 | |
| GER-UE-Core | CM1031 | Basic Organic Chemistry with Laboratory | 4 | |
| GER-Core | ML0001 | Absolute Basics for Career^ | 1 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE** | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 20 | |||
**Students will be pre-registered with GER-PE-LA "HE9091 Principles of Economics" (3AUs) in their first semester. Students may drop the pre-registered GER-PE-LA and register for other available GER-PE
| Year 1 Semester 2 | Major-PE | BS1006 | Principles of Genetics | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | BS1007 | Molecular & Cell Biology I (exempted with H3 subject = Distinction or Merit)+? | 3 | |
| Major-PE | BS1008 | Biostatistics | 3 | |
| Major-PE | BS1100 | Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 1 | 3 | |
| GER-UE-Core | CM1041 | Basic Physical Chemistry with Laboratory | 4 | |
| GER-Core | GC0001 | Sustainability: Seeing through the Haze^ | 1 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 20 | |||
+ Students may be exempted with other courses if they have other matching H2 or H3 courses. Please see Table 1.
| Year 2 Semester 1 | Major-PE | BS2001 | Physiology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | BS2002 | Microbiology | 3 | |
| Major-PE | BS2003 | Biochemistry II | 3 | |
| GER-UE-Core | BS2020 | Mathematics, Physics and Basic Programming for the Structural Biologist | 3 | |
| GER-UE-Core | CM2031 | Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry | 3 | |
| GER-Core | HW0128 | Scientific Communication I | 2 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 20 | |||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | Major-PE | BS2008 | Experimental Molecular & Cell Biology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER-UE-Core | CM2041 | Physical and Biophysical Chemistry I | 3 | |
| GER-UE-Core | BS2021 | RNA Structures & RNA based Drug Development | 3 | |
| GER-Core | HW0228 | Scientific Communication II | 2 | |
| GER-Core | HY0001 | Ethics and Moral Reasoning^ | 1 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table A) | 9 | |
| Total AUs | 21 | |||
| Inter-semester Break (May-July) | Major-PE | BS9001 | Research Experience(Optional) ++ | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total AUs | 3 | |||
++ Recommended Major-PE which is conducted during inter-semester break. Completion of BS9001 will allow you to do one less Major-PE in any of the future semesters. Registration of BS9001 will be done by the School.
| Year 3 Semester 1 | GER-UE-Core | BS3021 | Bioimaging Techniques in EM | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 9 | |
| GER-UE-PE | - | (From Table D) | 3 | |
| GER-Core | BS0001 | Biology and Society | 3 | |
| GER-Core | ML0002 | Career Power Up!^ | 1 | |
| Total AUs | 19 | |||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | GER-UE-Core | BS3025 | NMR in Structural Biology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER-UE-PE | - | (From Table D) | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table C) | 12 | |
| GER-Core | ET0001 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation^ | 1 | |
| Total AUs | 19 | |||
| Year 4 Semester 1 | Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER-UE-Core | - | (From Table D) | 3 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 18 | |||
| Year 4 Semester 2 | Major-PE | - | BS4020 - Final Year Project or BS4222 - Professional Internship | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total AUs | 12 | |||
^^^ Students may opt to take BS4224 Professional Internship in Year 4 Sem 1 or Year 4 Sem 2.
For students admitted in AY2016/17 and onwards (excluding the direct-entry to Year 2 students admitted in AY2016), please adhere to the following curriculum in Year 4 Sem 2 :
| Year 4 Semester 2 | Major-PE | BS4020 | Final Year Project Or, | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | - | BS4223 - Professional Career Development ^^ + BS4224 - Professional Internship | 12 | |
| Total AUs | 12 | |||
^ Online courses
^^ Students are recommended to read BS4223 in Year 3 Sem 1 , Year 3 Sem 2 or Year 4 Sem 1 before going on Professional Internship. "ML0002 Career Power Up!" is the co-requisite of BS4223.
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS2004 | Molecular & Cell Biology II | 3 |
| BS2007 | Immunology | 3 |
| BS2010 | Bioimaging | 3 |
| BS2012 | Genetics & Genomics | 3 |
| BS2014 | Microbial Biotechnology | 3 |
| BS211S^ | Equations of Life | 3 |
| BS3332# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Methods in Histology | 3 |
| BS3335# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Protein behavior in health and disease – biophysical tools | 3 |
| BS3347# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Metabolomics and Lipidomics | 3 |
| AAB20D | Ecology | 3 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS1101 | Basics of TCM (中医基础理论) | 3 |
| BS2103^^ | TCM Diagnostics (中医诊断学) | 6 |
| BS3001 | Neurobiology | 3 |
| BS3003 | Developmental biology | 3 |
| BS3004 | Cancer biology and Therapy | 3 |
| BS3014 | Biological foundations of behavior | 3 |
| BS3018 | Plant biology | 3 |
| BS3023 | Regulatory Control of Healthcare Products and Medical Devices | 3 |
| BS3024 | Evolution in Health and Disease | 3 |
| BS3031 | Beauty and the Myths | 3 |
| BS3032 | Environmental Microbiology | 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 |
| BS3345# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) Microbial Biotechnology and Systems Biology | 3 |
| BS4002 | Current topics in cell biology | 3 |
| BS4004 | Current topics in immunology | 3 |
| BS4006 | Virology | 3 |
| BS4010 | Synthetic Biology | 3 |
| BS4011 | Biology of Social Behavior | 3 |
| BS4014 | Molecular Basis of Diseases | 3 |
| BS4015 | Plant Biotechnology | 3 |
| BS9001 | Research Experience | 3 |
| BG4215 | Biomedical Nanotechnology | 3 |
| CH4306 | Bioanalytical Techniques | 3 |
| ES2304 | Microbes on natural ecosystems | 3 |
| ES3302 | Tropical Ecology | 3 |
| ES4303 | Marine and Aquatic Ecology | 3 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS1101^^ | Basics of TCM (中医基础理论) | 6 |
| BS3006 | Bioentrepreneurship | 3 |
| BS3010 | Current topics in stem cell and developmental biology | 3 |
| BS3011 | Protein folding & biomolecular NMR | 3 |
| BS3012 | Functional genomics and proteomics | 3 |
| BS3015 | The RNA World | 3 |
| BS3017 | Advanced Microbial Pathogenesis | 3 |
| BS3019 | Neuropsychology of Stress and Resilience | 3 |
| BS3022 | Protein Trafficking | 3 |
| BS3035 | One Health | 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 |
| BS3346# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) - Bridges between Neuroscience and Psychology | 3 |
| HH3010 | Biotechnology and Society | 3 |
^^ BS1101 and BS2103 are considered as ONE Major PE.
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs | Offering Sem |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS3008 | Computational Biology & Modelling | 3 | Sem 2 |
| BS3013# | Drug discovery & development, biotechnology | 3 | Sem 2 |
| BS3027# | Spectroscopic Methods in Biomedical Structural Biology | 3 | Sem 1 |
| BS3028 | Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry | 3 | Sem 2 |
| BS3344# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography | 3 | Sem 1 |
| BS4014# | Molecular Basis of Diseases | 3 | Sem 1 |
| CM4034 | Natural Product Chemistry | 3 | Sem 1 (not offered) |
| CM4043 | Molecular Modeling: Principle and Applications | 3 | Sem 1 |
| CM4051 | Advanced Bioorganic chemistry | 3 | Sem 2 (on hold) |
| CM9031 | Analytical & Manufacturing Techniques in Pharmaceutical Industry | 3 | Sem 2 |
| CM9081 | Medicinal Chemistry | 3 | Sem 1 |
| CM9082 | Drug Design and Synthesis | 3 | Sem 2 |
# Note: For BSxxxx courses under Table D, it will be cleared as UE to fulfil 2nd major in Biomedical Structural Biology first. The BS course could be reclassified to Major PE when all UE requirements under 2nd major in Biomedical Structural Biology have been fulfilled.
BS4012 and BS4013 have ceased to offer. Students who have taken the courses before can still count them to fulfil the 2nd major in BSSB requirement.
NTU reserves all rights to make changes to the programme structure with prior notice.