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BSMCP Curriculum AY2015 to AY2017 Intake
B.Sc. (Hons) in Biological Sciences with 2nd Major in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology
For students admitted in AY2015 to AY2017
| Year 1 Semester 1 | Core | BS1001 | Introductory Biology^ | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | BS1002 | Biophysical Chemistry | 3 | |
| Core | BS1003 | Organic Chemistry | 3 | |
| Core | BS1005 | Biochemistry I | 3 | |
| GER-UE | CM1021 | Basic Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory | 4 | |
| GER-UE | CM1031 | Basic Organic Chemistry with Laboratory | 4 | |
| GER-Core | ML0001 | Absolute Basics for Career^ | 1 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 3 | |
| Total AUs | 24 | |||
| Year 1 Semester 2 | Core | BS1006 | Principles of Genetics | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | BS1007 | Molecular & Cell Biology I | 3 | |
| Core | BS1008 | Biostatistics | 3 | |
| Core | BS1100 | Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 1 | 3 | |
| GER-UE | 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 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 | Core | BS2001 | Physiology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | BS2002 | Microbiology | 3 | |
| Core | BS2003 | Biochemistry II | 3 | |
| GER-Core | HW0128 | Scientific Communication I | 2 | |
| GER-UE | CM2031 | Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry | 3 | |
| GER-PE | - | GER-PE | 6 | |
| Total AUs | 20 | |||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | Core | BS2008 | Experimental Molecular & Cell Biology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER-UE | CM2041 | Physical and Biophysical Chemistry I | 3 | |
| GER-UE | CM3031 | Organic Reaction Mechanisms and Synthesis | 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** | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total AUs | 3 | |||
| Year 3 Semester 1 | Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER-UE | - | (From Table D) (from the Chemical Biology Major menu) | 6 | |
| GER-Core | BS0001 | Biology and Society | 3 | |
| GER-Core | ML0002 | Career Power Up!^ | 1 | |
| Total AUs | 19 | |||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | Major-PE | BS3028 | Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | - | (From Table C) | 9 | |
| GER-UE | - | (From Table E) (from the Chemical Biology Major menu) | 3 | |
| GER-Core | ET0001 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation^ | 1 | |
| Total AUs | 16 | |||
| Year 4 Semester 1 | Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER-UE | - | (From Table D) (from the Chemical Biology Major menu) | 6 | |
| Total AUs | 18 | |||
| Year 4 Semester 2 | Major-PE | - | - Final Year Project Or BS4222 - Professional Internship | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total AUs | 12 | |||
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 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | - | BS4223 - Professional Career Development ^^ + BS4224 - Professional Internship | 12 | |
| Total AUs | 12 | |||
^^ 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.
** To qualify for the Chemical Biology Major, candidates must complete a minimum of 36AUs of courses from the Chemical Biology Major menu. The 36AUs of chemical biology courses fall under the General Education Requirement Unrestricted Elective (GER-UE) category. Candidates have the flexibility to choose during which semester they will read the individual courses.
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.
BS3028 Chemical Biology is compulsory for students with 2nd Major in Chemical Biology.
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS2004 | Molecular & Cell Biology II | 3 |
| BS2010 | Bioimaging | 3 |
| BS2012 | Genetics & Genomics | 3 |
| BS2014 | Microbial Biotechnology | 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 |
| 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) | 6 |
| BS1200 | Understanding Singapore Healthcare System | 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 |
| 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 |
| BS3031 | Beauty and the Myths | 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CM2011 | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry | 3 |
| CM2061 | Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (1) | 3 |
| CM3011 | Chemical Spectroscopy and Applications | 3 |
| CM3041 | Physical and Biophysical Chemistry 2 | 3 |
| CM3062 | Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (4) | 3 |
| CM4016 | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 3 |
| CM4017 | Biomedical Imaging and Sensing | 3 |
| CM4032 | Current Topics in Synthetic Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CM4043 | Molecular Modeling: Principle and Applications | 3 |
| CM4044 | Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry | 3 |
| CM4051 | Advanced Bioorganic chemistry | 3 |
| CM9081 | Medicinal Chemistry | 3 |
| CM9083 | Heterocyclic chemistry | 3 |
| CM9101 | Food Chemistry and Nutrition | 3 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| CM2062 | Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (2) | 3 |
| CM3061 | Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (3) | 3 |
| CM4032 | Current Topics in Synthetic Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CM4033 | Metal Mediated Reactions | 3 |
| CM9082 | Drug Design and Synthesis | 3 |
^ 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
For CMxxxx course content, please refer to S?PMS Course Information. The information is accurate at the time of publishing, it is subjected to change at any time.