BSB Curriculum AY2020 Intake

B.Sc. (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences and BioBusiness

Curriculum and Course Descriptions for AY2020 Intake

Year 1
Semester 1

BMS-Core BS1002 Biophysical Chemistry* 3
Bio-Biz Core BS1200 Understanding Singapore Healthcare System 3
GER-Core HW0111 Communication: A Journey of Inquiry through Writing and Speech 2
GER-Core GC0001 Sustainability: Seeing Through the Haze1
GER-Core HY0001 Ethics and Moral Reasoning 1
GER-PE** (BM) GER-PE (BM) 3
GER-UE - - 3
Total AUs 16

** Students will be pre-registered with GER-PE-BM “BU8301 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS LAW” (3AUs) in their first
Semester. Students may drop the pre-registered GER-PE-BM and register for other available GER-PE.


Year 1
Semester 2
BMS-Core BS1005 Biochemistry I 3
BMS-Core BS1006 Principles of Genetics 3
BMS-Core BS1007 Molecular & Cell Biology I 3
BMS-Core BS1100 Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 1 3
BMS-Core BS1009 Introduction to Computational Thinking 3
GER-Core BS0005 One Health 3
Total AUs 18

Year 2
Semester 1

BMS-Core BS2003 Biochemistry II 3
BMS-Core BS2100 Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 2 3
Bio-Biz Core BS2023 Regulatory Control of Healthcare Products and Medical Devices 3
GER-Core BS0004 Introduction to Data Science 3
GER-PE (LA) GER-PE (LA) 3
GER-UE Any Any 3
Total AUs 18

Year 2
Semester 2

BMS-Core BS3109 Fundamentals of Immunology 3
BMS-Core BS2012 Genetics & Genomics 3
BMS-Core BS3013 Drug discovery & development, biotechnology 3
BMS-Core BS2021 RNA Structures & RNA based Drug Development 3
Bio-Biz Core BS3006 Bioentrepreneurship 3
GER-Core HW0228 Scientific Communication II 2
GER-Core ET0001 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 1
Total AUs 18

Year 3
Semester 1

BMS-MPE MPE BMS-MPE (From Table A) 9
Bio-Biz MPE MPE Bio-Biz MPE (From Table B) 6
Core BS4223 Professional Career Development 1
Bio-Biz Core BS3201 Intellectual Property Rights Related to BioBusiness 5
Total AUs 21

Year 3
Semester 2

Core BS4227Professional Internship 10
Total AUs 10

Year 3
Term Break

Bio-Biz Core BS3200 BioBusiness Immersion (10 weeks) 5
Total AUs 5

Year 4
Semester 1

Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
Bio-Biz Core BS4201 Innovation Challenges in BioBusiness 4
Bio-Biz Core BS4207Bio Markets 4
Bio-Biz Core BS4203 Finance and Accounting in BioBusiness 4
Bio-Biz Core BS4204 Bioentrepreneurship@CBS 4
Total AUs 16

Year 4
Semester 2

Core BS4022 BioBusiness Final Year Project^ 12
Bio-Biz CoreBS4200Experiencing Copenhagen Business School1
Bio-Biz Core BS4205 Good Manufacturing Practice and Sterilisation for Medical Devices 3
Total AUs 16

* Exemptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.

^ For greater relevance to the industry, students are encouraged to take up BioBusiness-related projects, e.g. based on ideas generated through work done through BS3006 or

BBIP Entrepreneurship Project, or market and product analysis within companies they were attached to during Professional Internship (a model adopted from CBS practice with Danish companies). Nevertheless, students who would like to have hands-on training in laboratory-based research for bio-product development careers are open to choose such options.

Course code Course Title AUs Semester
BG4215Biomedical Nanotechnology3 Sem 1
CH4306​​​Bioanalytical Techniques3 Sem 1
BS3202Commercialization of Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques3 Sem 2
BS3203Reshaping Healthcare with Engineering and Digital Revolution (On hold until AY24/25 SEM 2)3Sem 2
PS5888Making and Tinkering4 Special Term I & II
NTU reserves all rights to make changes to the programme structure with prior notice.​​​​​​​​​