BSMCP Curriculum AY2020 Intake

B.Sc. (Hons) in Biological Sciences with 2nd Major in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology

Curriculum and Course Descriptions AY2020

Year 1 Semester 1CoreBS1001Introductory Biology^3
CoreBS1002Biophysical Chemistry3
CoreBS1003Organic Chemistry3
CoreBS1008Biostatistics3
GER-UECM1021Basic Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory4
GER-CoreHW0111Communication: A Journey of Inquiry through Writing and Speech2
Total AUs18

Year 1 Semester 2CoreBS1005Biochemistry I3
CoreBS1006Principles of Genetics3
CoreBS1007Molecular & Cell Biology I3
CoreBS1009Introduction to Computational Thinking3
CoreBS1100Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 13
GER-UECM1041Basic Physical Chemistry with Laboratory4
GER-CoreGC0001Sustainability: Seeing through the Haze1
Total AUs20

Year 2 Semester 1CoreBS2001Physiology3
CoreBS2002Microbiology3
CoreBS2003Biochemistry II3
Major-PE-(From Table B)3
GER-CoreML0003Kickstart your Career Success1
GER-CoreBS0004Introduction to Data Science3
GER-PE-GER-PE3
Total AUs19

Year 2 Semester 2Major-PE-(From Table A)6
CoreBS4223Professional Career Development1
GER-UECM2031Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry3
GER_UECM2041Physical and Biophysical Chemistry I3
GER-CoreBS0005One Health3
GER-CoreHW0228Scientific Communication II2
GER-CoreHY0001Ethics and Moral Reasoning^1
Total AUs19

Year 3 Semester 1Major-PE-(From Table B)6
GER-UECM3031Organic Reaction Mechanisms and Synthesis3
GER-UE-(From Table C)6
GER-PE-GER-PE6
Total AUs21

Year 3 Semester 2CoreBS4224Professional Internship11
GER-CoreET0001Entrepreneurship and Innovation^1
Total AUs12

Year 4 Semester 1Major PE
- ** BS4020 - Final Year Project
            or
(From Table B)
12
GER-UE-(From Table C)9
Total AUs21

Year 4 Semester 2Major-PE- ** BS4020 - Final Year Project
            Or
(From Table A)
12
Major-PEBS3028Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry3
Total AUs15

^ Online courses

** BS4020 FYP could be taken in year 4 sem 1 or 2, but do note that you should reshuffle and arrange to read the balance MPE & UE courses in the semester NOT doing FYP (Except for BS3028 which is only offered in sem 2, this course could be taken together with BS4020 FYP.)  Another option is to opt for BS4021 Bi-Semestral FYP so that BSMCP students are allowed to read courses together with FYP. 

BS3028 Chemical Biology is compulsory for students with 2nd major in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology (BSMCP)

Course CodeCourse TitleCourse AUs
BS2004Molecular & Cell Biology II3
BS2010Bioimaging3
BS2019Neuropsychology of Stress and Resilience3
BS2020Mathematics and Physics for the Structural Biologist3
BS2021RNA Structures & RNA based Drug Development3
BS2022Functional Genomics and Proteomics3
BS2025One Health3
BS2027The RNA World3
BS2011^Equations of Life3
BS3006Bioentrepreneurship3
BS3013Drug discovery & development, biotechnology3
BS3014Biological foundations of behavior3
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
BS4011 Biology of Social Behavior3
BS4018Biology of Aging and Neurodegeneration3
BS4019​Discovery and Development of Therapeutic Antibodies3​
BS4205Good Manufacturing Practice and Sterilisation for Medical Devices3
BS4030Advanced Microbial Pathogenesis3
AAB20DEcology3
ES2303Introduction to Ecology3
ES4303Marine and Aquatic Ecology3

# Major PE which is conducted during the 1-week term break or during the 2 weeks before the term starts.

BS2011^ offers by period and in both semester 1 and 2.

Course CodeCourse TitleCourse AUs
BS1101^^Basics of TCM (中医基础理论)6
BS1200Understanding Singapore Healthcare System3
BS2023Regulatory Control of Healthcare Products and Medical Devices3
BS2024Evolution in Health and Disease3
BS2100Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 23
BS2103^^TCM Diagnostics (中医诊断学)6
BS2011^Equations of Life3
BS3001Neurobiology3
BS3003Developmental biology3
BS3004Cancer biology and Therapy3
BS3008Computer Aided Drug Discovery3
BS3018Plant biology3
BS3021Bioimaging Techniques in EM3
BS3027Spectroscopic Methods in Biomedical Structural Biology3
BS3032Environmental Microbiology3
BS3037Virology3​
BS3038Intellectual Property Rights Related to BioBusiness3
BS3202Commercialization of Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques3
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 Ecology (On Hold) 3
BS3349#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Introduction to R programming3
BS3350#Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – The Toolbox of Modern Genome Editing3
BS4002Current topics in cell biology3
BS4010Synthetic Biology3
BS4014Molecular Basis of Diseases​3
BS4015Plant Biotechnology3
BS4016Advanced Virology (On Hold) 3
BS4017High-Throughput Bioinformatics3
BS2901Research Experience3
BG4215Biomedical Nanotechnology3
CH4306Bioanalytical Techniques3

ES2304

​Microbes on natural ecosystems​

3

ES3302

Tropical Ecology

3

ES3307

Experimental Design and Analysis

3

HH3010 Biotechnology and Society 3

# UAEB Workshop which is conducted during the 1-week term break or 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.

Choose five  (5) prescribed elective courses
Course CodeCourse TitleCourse AUsOffering
Sem
CM2011Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry3AUSem 1
CM2061Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (1)3AUSem 1
CM3062Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (4)3AUSem 1
CM5081Medicinal Chemistry3AUSem 1
CM5101Food Chemistry and Nutrition3AUSem 1
CM3041Physical and Biophysical Chemistry 23AUSem 1
CM4043Molecular Modeling: Principle and Applications3AUSem 1
CM4053Pharmaceutical Chemistry 3AU Sem  1
CM4017Biomedical Imaging and Sensing3AU Sem 1
CM4044Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry 3AU Sem 1
CM3011Chemical Spectroscopy 3AU Sem 1 & Sem 2
CM2062Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (2)3AUSem 2
CM3061Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (3)3AUSem 2
CM4032Current Topics in Synthetic Organic Chemistry3AUSem 2
CM4033Metal Mediated Reactions3AUSem 2
CM5082Drug Design and Synthesis3AUSem 2 (on hold)
CM2021Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry3AU Sem 1
CM3021Organometallic Chemistry3AU Sem 1 & 2
CM4061 Materials Chemistry 3AU Sem 2
CM4062Polymer Chemistry3AU Sem 1
CM4063Nanoscience and Nanotechnology3AU Sem 1
CM5031 Analytical & Manufacturing Techniques in Pharmaceutical Industry 3AUSem 2
CM5201 Regulation in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Industries 3AU Sem 2  (on hold)
CM5202 Quality Assurance for Medical Products3AUSem 1  (on hold)
CM4031 Asymmetric Synthesis3AUSem 2
CM5092 Chemical Sustainability – An Asian Perspective3AUSem 2

Note: BS3028 Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry is compulsory for students with 2nd major in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology (BSMCP). You are to read it as Major PE.

For the latest CMxxxx course content, please refer to SPMS Course InformationThe information is accurate at the time of publishing, it is subjected to change at any time.

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