BS (ABP) Curriculum AY2015 to AY2017 Intake
B.Sc (Hons) in Biological Sciences Accelerated Bachelor Programme
Curriculum and Course Descriptions for Students Admitted in AY2015 to AY2017
| Year 1 Semester 1 | Major-Core | BS1001 | Introductory Biology^ | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-Core | BS1002 | Biophysical Chemistry | 3 | |
| Major-Core | BS1003 | Organic Chemistry | 3 | |
| Major-Core | BS1005 | Biochemistry I | 3 | |
| GER-Core | ML0001 | Absolute Basics for Career | 1 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| GER-UE | - | GER-UE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 19 | |||
**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-Core | BS1006 | Principles of Genetics | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-Core | BS1007 | Molecular & Cell Biology I | 3 | |
| Major-Core | BS1008 | Biostatistics | 3 | |
| Major-Core | BS1100 | Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 1 | 3 | |
| GER-Core | GC0001 | Sustainability: Seeing through the Haze^ | 1 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| GER-UE | - | GER-UE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 19 | |||
**Students will be pre-registered with GER-PE-LA ‘HE9091 Principles of Economics’ (3AUs) in their Year 1 first semester. Students may drop the pre-registered GER-PE-LA and register for other available GER-PE.
| Year 2 Semester 1 | Major-Core | BS2001 | Physiology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-Core | BS2002 | Microbiology | 3 | |
| Major-Core | BS2003 | Biochemistry II | 3 | |
| GER-Core | HW0128 | Scientific Communication I | 2 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| GER-UE | - | GER-UE | 6 | |
| Total AUs | 20 | |||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | Major-Core | BS2008 | Experimental Molecular & Cell Biology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-Core | HW0228 | Scientific Communication II | 2 | |
| GER-Core | HY0001 | Ethics and Moral Reasoning^ | 1 | |
| GER-UE | - | GER-UE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 21 | |||
| Inter-semester Break (May-July) | Major-PE | BS9001 | Research Experience | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total AUs | 3 | |||
| Year 3 Semester 1 | Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 3 | |
| Major-PE | HY0001 | Ethics and Moral Reasoning | 3 | |
| GER-Core | BS0001 | Biology and Society | 3 | |
| GER-Core | ML0002 | Career Power Up!^ | 1 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 22 | |||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | Major-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-Core | ET0001 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation^ | 1 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 19 | |||
| Year 4 Semester 1 | Major-PE | BS4020 | Final Year Project | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total AUs | 12 | |||
BS9001 Research Experience (Optional)
Note: If a student earns 3AU by completing BS9001 Research Experience course, he/she may take 1 less Major-PE (3AU) from Table B or C.
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS2004 | Molecular & Cell Biology II | 3 |
| BS2010 | Bioimaging | 3 |
| BS2012 | Genetics & Genomics | 3 |
| BS2020 | Mathematics, Physics and Basic Programming for the Structural Biologist | 3 |
| BS2021 | RNA Structures & RNA based Drug Development | 3 |
| BS211S | Equations of Life | 3 |
| BS3006 | Bioentrepreneurship | 3 |
| BS3008 | Computational Biology & Modelling | 3 |
| BS3012 | Functional genomics and proteomics | 3 |
| BS3013 | Drug discovery & development, biotechnology | 3 |
| BS3015 | The RNA World | 3 |
| BS3017 | Advanced Microbial Pathogenesis | 3 |
| BS3019 | Neuropsychology of Stress and Resilience | 3 |
| BS3022 | Protein Trafficking | 3 |
| BS3028 | Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry | 3 |
| BS3030 | Telomere Biology: Genome Stability, Cancer and Ageing | 3 |
| BS3104 | Pathology (病理学) | 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 |
| BS3336 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Proteomics Workshop | 3 |
| BS3339 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Neurobiology | 3 |
| BS3347 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Metabolomics and Lipidomics | 3 |
| BS4018 | Biology of Aging and Neurodegeneration | 3 |
| BS4205 | Good Manufacturing Practice and Sterilisation for Medical Devices | 3 |
| AAB20D | Ecology | 3 |
| ES2303 | Introduction to Ecology | 3 |
| ES4303 | Marine and Aquatic Ecology | 3 |
| HH3010 | Biotechnology and Society | 3 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS1101 | Basics of TCM (中医基础理论) | 6 |
| BS1200 | Understanding Singapore Healthcare System | 3 |
| BS2015 | Virology | 3 |
| BS2100 | Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 2 | 3 |
| BS2103 | TCM Diagnostics (中医诊断学) | 6 |
| BS211S | Equations of Life | 3 |
| BS3001 | Neurobiology | 3 |
| BS3003 | Developmental biology | 3 |
| BS3004 | Cancer biology and Therapy | 3 |
| BS3014 | Biological foundations of behavior | 3 |
| BS3018 | Plant biology | 3 |
| BS3021 | Bioimaging Techniques in EM | 3 |
| BS3023 | Regulatory Control of Healthcare Products and Medical Devices | 3 |
| BS3024 | Evolution in Health and Disease | 3 |
| BS3027 | Spectroscopic Methods in Biomedical Structural Biology | 3 |
| BS3032 | Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| BS3331 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Applied Immunology | 3 |
| BS3338 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Effect of Anti-mitotic Drugs on Cancer Cells | 3 |
| BS3340 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Science of aging and life extension in C. elegans | 3 |
| BS3342 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Role of Actin cytoskeleton regulators in metastasis | 3 |
| BS3344 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography | 3 |
| BS3348 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Field Studies in Functional Plant Ecology | 3 |
| BS3349 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Introduction to R programming | 3 |
| BS4002 | Current topics in cell biology | 3 |
| BS4010 | Synthetic Biology | 3 |
| BS4014 | Molecular Basis of Diseases | 3 |
| BS4015 | Plant Biotechnology | 3 |
| BS4016 | Advanced Virology | 3 |
| BS4017 | High-Throughput Bioinformatics | 3 |
| BS9001 | Research Experience | 3 |
| BG4215 | Biomedical Nanotechnology | 3 |
| CH4306 | Bioanalytical Techniques | 3 |
| Microbes on natural ecosystems | 3 | |
| ES3302 | Tropical Ecology | 3 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS3006 | Bioentrepreneurship | 3 |
| BS3008 | Computational Biology & Modelling | 3 |
| BS3012 | Functional genomics and proteomics | 3 |
| BS3013 | Drug discovery & development, biotechnology | 3 |
| BS3015 | The RNA World | 3 |
| BS3017 | Advanced Microbial Pathogenesis | 3 |
| BS3019 | Neuropsychology of Stress and Resilience | 3 |
| BS3022 | Protein Trafficking | 3 |
| BS3028 | Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry | 3 |
| BS3104 | Pathology (病理学) | 3 |
| BS3336 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Proteomics Workshop | 3 |
| BS3339 | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Neurobiology | 3 |
| BS4018 | Biology of Aging and Neurodegeneration | 3 |
| BS4205 | Good Manufacturing Practice and Sterilisation for Medical Devices | 3 |
| HH3010 | Biotechnology and Society | 3 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS8004 | TCM: A Primer Course | 3 |
Note: BS students can only take it as UE (BMS students are barred).
^ Online courses
* BS1101 and BS2103 are considered as ONE Major PE
# Recommended Major PE which is conducted during 1-week term break, before the term or after the final examination
++ Recommended Major PE which is conducted during the inter-semestral 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.
NTU reserves all rights to make changes to the programme structure with prior notice.