BS (ABP) Curriculum AY2018 to AY2019 Intake

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

Curriculum and Course Descriptions AY2018 and AY2019

Year 1 Semester 1CoreBS1001Introductory Biology3
CoreBS1002Biophysical Chemistry3
CoreBS1003Organic Chemistry3
CoreBS1008Biostatistics3
GER-PE**-GER-PE3
GER-UE-GER-UE6
Total AUs21

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 Haze1
GER-UE-GER-UE6
Total AUs22

Year 2 Semester 1CoreBS2001Physiology3
CoreBS2002Microbiology3
CoreBS2003Biochemistry II3
Major-PE-(From Table B)3
GER-CoreML0003Kickstart your Career Success1
GER-CoreBS0004Introduction to Data Science3
GER-CoreHW0128Scientific Communication I2
Total AUs18

Year 2 Semester 2Major-PE-(From Table A)9
CoreBS4223Professional Career Development1
GER-CoreHW0228Scientific Communication II2
GER-Core^HY0001Ethics and Moral Reasoning1
GER-CoreBS0005One Health3
GER-PE-GER-PE3
Total AUs19

^^ Students from AY2018 intake who have read and completed BS0001 Biology and Society (as GER-Core) before AY2019 Sem 2 are NOT required to read BS0005 One Health.


Year 3 Semester 1CoreBS4224Professional Internship11
Total AUs11

Year 3 Semester 2Major-PE-(From Table A)15
GER-Core^ET0001Entrepreneurship and Innovation1
GER-PE-GER-PE6
Total AUs22

Year 4 Semester 1Major-PEBS4020Final Year Project12
Major-PE-(From Table B)3
GER-UE-GER-UE3
Total AUs18
Course CodeCourse TitleCourse AUs
BS0005One Health3
BS2004Molecular & Cell Biology II3
BS2010Bioimaging3
BS2020Mathematics and Physics for the Structural Biologist3
BS2021RNA Structures & RNA based Drug Development3
BS2011^Equations of Life3
BS3006Bioentrepreneurship3
BS3008Computational Biology & Modelling3
BS3012Functional 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
​BS3036​Fundamentals 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
​​BS4019​Discovery 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
BS1101Basics of TCM (中医基础理论)6
BS1200Understanding Singapore Healthcare System3
BS2015Virology3
BS2100Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 23
BS2103TCM Diagnostics (中医诊断学)6
BS2011Equations of Life3
BS3001Neurobiology3
BS3003Developmental biology3
BS3004Cancer biology and Therapy3
BS3014Biological foundations of behavior3
BS3018Plant 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
BS3331Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Applied Immunology3
BS3338Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Effect of Anti-mitotic Drugs on Cancer Cells3
BS3340Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Science of aging and life extension in C. elegans3
BS3342Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Role of Actin cytoskeleton regulators in metastasis3
BS3344Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography3
BS3348Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Field Studies in Functional Plant Ecology3
BS3349Undergraduate 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.

Course CodeCourse TitleCourse AUs
BS8004 TCM: A Primer Course 3

Note: BS students (without any 2nd major specialization) can only take it as UE (BMS students are barred).

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