BSFST Curriculum AY2019 Intake

B.Sc. (Hons) in Biological Sciences with Food Science & Technology Major

For students admitted in AY2019

Year 1 Semester 1CoreBS1001Introductory Biology^3
CoreBS1002Biophysical Chemistry3
CoreBS1003Organic Chemistry3
CoreBS1008Biostatistics3
GER-PE**-GER-PE3
Total AUs15

Year 1 Semester 2CoreBS1005Biochemistry I3
CoreBS1006Principles of Genetics3
CoreBS1007Molecular & Cell Biology I3
CoreBS1009Introduction to Computational Thinking3
CoreBS1100Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 13
GER-CoreGC0001Sustainability: Seeing through the Haze^1
GER-PE-GER-PE3
Total AUs19

Year 2 Semester 1CoreBS2001Physiology3
CoreBS2002Microbiology3
CoreBS2003Biochemistry II3
Major-PE-(From Table B)3
GER-CoreML0003Kickstart your Career Success1
GER-CoreBS0004Introduction to Data Science3
GER-UEHW0128Scientific Communication I2
GER-UECH5201Food Chemistry#5
Total AUs23

Year 2 Semester 2Major-PE-(From Table A)6
CoreBS4223Professional Career Development1
GER-CoreHW0228Scientific Communication II2
GER-CoreHY0001Ethics and Moral Reasoning^1
GER-CoreBS0005One Health3
GER-UECH5200Food Microbiology#3
GER-UE-(From Table C)6
Total AUs22

Year 3 Semester 1CoreBS4224Professional Internship11
Total AUs11

Year 3 Semester 2Major-PE-(From Table A)15
GER-CoreET0001Entrepreneurship and Innovation^1
GER-UECH5202Food Physics#3
GER-UECH5204Quality Systems Operations2
Total AUs21

Year 4 Semester 1Major-PE-(From Table B)6
GER-UE-(From Table C)6
GER-UECH5203Food Process Engineering#5
GER-PE-GER-PE3
Total AUs20

Year 4 Semester 2Major-PE- BS4020 - Final Year Project
            OR
(From Table A)
12
GER-UE-(From Table C)3
Total AUs15

^ Online course

# The FST laboratory classes will be conducted during the vacation week for 1 week or 2 weeks (full day). Attendance is compulsory.

Course CodeCourse TitleCourse AUs
BS2004Molecular & Cell Biology II3
BS2010Bioimaging3
BS2020Mathematics and Physics for the Structural Biologist3
BS2021RNA Structures & RNA based Drug Development3
BS2011Equations of Life3
BS3006Bioentrepreneurship3
BS3008Computational Biology & Modelling3
BS3012^^^Functional genomics and proteomics3
BS3013Drug discovery & development, biotechnology3
BS3015The RNA World (On hold)3
BS3017Advanced Microbial Pathogenesis3
BS3019Neuropsychology of Stress and Resilience (On hold)3
BS3022Protein Trafficking3
BS3028Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry3
BS3036Fundamentals of Immunology- concepts and experiments3
BS3104Pathology (病理学)3
BS3332#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Methods in Histology (On hold)3
BS3335#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Protein behavior in health and disease – biophysical tools3
BS3336#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Proteomics Workshop3
BS3339#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Neurobiology (On hold)3
BS3347#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Metabolomics and Lipidomics3
BS4018Biology of Aging and Neurodegeneration3
BS4019Discovery and Development of Therapeutic Antibodies3
BS4205Good Manufacturing Practice and Sterilisation for Medical Devices3
AAB20DEcology3
ES2303Introduction to Ecology3
ES4303Marine and Aquatic Ecology3
HH3010Biotechnology and Society3
Course CodeCourse TitleCourse AUs
BS1101^^Basics of TCM (中医基础理论)6
BS1200Understanding Singapore Healthcare System3
BS2015Virology3
BS2100Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 23
BS2103^^TCM Diagnostics (中医诊断学)6
BS211S^Equations of Life3
BS3001Neurobiology3
BS3003Developmental biology3
BS3004Cancer biology and Therapy3
BS3014Biological foundations of behavior3
BS3018^^^Plant biology3
BS3021Bioimaging Techniques in EM3
BS3023Regulatory Control of Healthcare Products and Medical Devices3
BS3024Evolution in Health and Disease3
BS3027Spectroscopic Methods in Biomedical Structural Biology3
BS3032Environmental Microbiology3
BS3331#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Applied Immunology3
BS3338#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Effect of Anti-mitotic Drugs on Cancer Cells3
BS3340#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Science of aging and life extension in C. elegans3
BS3342#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Role of Actin cytoskeleton regulators in metastasis3
BS3344#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography3
BS3348#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Field Studies in Functional Plant Ecology3
BS3349#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Introduction to R programming3
BS4002Current topics in cell biology3
BS4010Synthetic Biology3
BS4014Molecular Basis of Diseases3
BS4015Plant Biotechnology3
BS4016Advanced Virology3
BS4017High-Throughput Bioinformatics3
BS2901++Research Experience3
BG4215Biomedical Nanotechnology3
CH4306Bioanalytical Techniques3
ES2304​Microbes on natural ecosystems​3
ES3302Tropical Ecology3
# Major PE which is conducted during the 1-week term break or during the 2 weeks before the term starts.

^^ BS1101 and BS2103 are considered as ONE Major PE.

++ Recommended Major PE which is conducted during the inter-semestral break. Completion of BS2901 will allow you to do one less Major PE in any of the future semesters. Registration of BS2901 will be done by the School. It is a pass/fail course

(NTU-FST Prescribed Electives courses)

Students are required to read FIVE of the following courses, total 15AUs

Course CodeCourse TitleCourse AUs
BS2022^^^Functional genomics and proteomics3
BS3018^^^Plant biology3
BS4015^^Plant Biotechnology3
AAQ10APrinciples of Nutrition3
​AAQ20EApplied Nutrition​3​
BG4215Biomedical Nanotechnology3
CH4213Pharmacokinetics & Biopharmaceutics3
CH4303Bioseparations3
CH4306Bioanalytical Techniques3
CH5220Food Standards in Food Production and Trade3
CH5221Food Industry Seminar Series3
CM4013Current Topics in Analytical Chemistry3
CM5102Food Analysis (with laboratory)3

^^^ BS2022, BS3018 and BS4015 will be registered as UE. Students who would like to read BS2022/BS3018/BS4015 as Major PE, i.e. not as UE under 2nd major in FST, are to write to the School to request for change in course type after registration.

NTU reserves all rights to make changes to the programme structure with prior notice.​​​​​​​​​