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BSPY Curriculum AY2017 Intake
B.Sc. (Hons) in Biological Sciences and Psychology
For students admitted in AY2017
| Academic Unit (AU) Requirement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Sciences (BS) | Core | 36 | |
| Major Prescribed Elective (Major PE) | 21 | ||
| Psychology (PS) | Core | 18 | |
| Major Prescribed Elective (Major PE) | 39 | ||
| Biological Sciences (BS & Psychology (PS) | Final Year Project | 12 | |
| General Education Requirement (GER) | Core | 9 | |
| Prescribed Elective (PE) | Business & Management (BM) | 3 | |
| Liberal Arts (LA) | Exempted | ||
| Science, Technology & Society (STS) | Exempted | ||
| Any Category (BM, LA or STS) | Exempted | ||
| UE | 6 | ||
| Total AUs | 144 | ||
| 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-Core | ML0001 | Absolute Basics for Career | 1 | |
| GER-PE-BM | - | - | 3 | |
| Core | HP1000 | Introduction To Psychology | 3 | |
| Core | HP1100 | Fundamentals of Social Science Research | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 22 | |||
| 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-Core | GC0001 | Sustainability: Seeing through the Haze | 1 | |
| Core | HP2100 | Research Design and Data Analysis in Psychology | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table D) | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 19 | |||
** Students will be pre-registered with GER-PE-BM (BU8101) in their first semester. Students may drop the pre-registered GER-PE-BM and register for other available GER-PEs.
| Year 2 Semester 1 | Core | BS2001 | Physiology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | BS2002 | Microbiology | 3 | |
| Core | BS2003 | Biochemistry II | 3 | |
| GER-Core | HW0128 | Scientific Communication I | 2 | |
| Core | HP2200 | Biological Psychology | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table D) | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 17 | |||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | Core | BS2008 | Experimental Molecular & Cell Biology | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | - | From Table A or Table C | 3 | |
| GER-Core | HW0228 | Scientific Communication II | 2 | |
| GER-Core | HY0001 | Ethics and Moral Reasoning | 1 | |
| Core | HP2600 | Cognitive Psychology | 3 | |
| Core | HP2700 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table D) | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 18 | |||
| Inter-Semester break (May – July) | Major-PE | BS9001 | Research Experience++ | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 3 | |||
| Year 3 Semester 1 | Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER-UE | Any | Any | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table D) | 9 | |
| GER-Core | ML0002 | Career Power Up! | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 19 | |||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | Major-PE | - | From Table A or Table C | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER-Core | ET0001 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 1 | |
| GER-UE | Any | Any | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table D) | 3 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table E) | 4 | |
| TOTAL | 20 | |||
| Year 4 Semester 1 | Major-PE | - | (From Table B) | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | - | (From Table D) | 6 | |
| Major-PE | - | (From Table E) | 8 | |
| TOTAL | 17 | |||
| Year 4 Semester 2 | Major-PE | BS4020 | Final Year Project Or, | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-PE | - | BS4224 - Professional Internship + BS4223 - Professional Career Development | 12 | |
| TOTAL | 12 | |||
^ Online courses
^^ 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| HP2300 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| HP2400 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| HP2500 | Personality and Individual Differences | 3 |
| HP3001 | Learning and Behavioral Analysis | 3 |
| HP3002 | Positive Psychology | 3 |
| HP3003 | Engineering Psychology | 3 |
| HP3101 | Applied Statistical Methods for Psychological Research | 3 |
| HP3201 | Evolutionary Psychology | 3 |
| HP3202 | Alcohol, Drugs and Behavior | 3 |
| HP3203 | Conservation Psychology | 3 |
| HP3204 | An Ape’s Guide to Human Language | 3 |
| HP3301 | Issues and Concerns in Adolescence | 3 |
| HP3302 | Cognitive Development | 3 |
| HP3401 | The Social Psychology of Human Communication | 3 |
| HP3402 | Social Cognition | 3 |
| HP3501 | Human Motivation | 3 |
| HP3601 | Human Memory | 3 |
| HP3602 | Reading Development & disorders | 3 |
| HP3603 | Sensation & Perception | 3 |
| HP3701 | Psychological Adjustment and Mental Health | 3 |
| HP3702 | Child Psychopathology | 3 |
| HP3703 | Health Psychology | 3 |
| HP3704 | Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology | 3 |
| HP3705 | Clinical Community Psychology | 3 |
| HP3706 | Biofeedback & Neurofeedback: Health and performance | 3 |
| HP3707 | The psychology of pain and its management | 3 |
| HP3708 | Biopsychosocial Criminology | 3 |
| HP3801 | Psychology in the Workplace | 3 |
| HP3802 | Personnel Psychology | 3 |
| HP3804 | Psychological Testing | 3 |
| HP3805 | Managing Organisational Behavior | 3 |
| HP3806 | Consumer psychology | 3 |
| HP3807 | Occupational Health Psychology | 3 |
| HP3901 | Cultural Psychology | 3 |
| HP3902 | Psychology in the Asian Context | 3 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| HP4002 | Qualitative Methods in Psychology | 4 |
| HP4012 | Applied Multivariate Methods for Psychological Research | 4 |
| HP4101 | Clinical Psychology | 4 |
| HP4102 | Trauma Psychology and Crisis Management | 4 |
| HP4103 | The Forensic Psychology of Crime, Terrorism and Disasters | 4 |
| HP4104 | Evidence-based Practice in Clinical Psychology | 4 |
| HP4105 | Correctional psychology | 4 |
| HP4106 | Mental Health in the Community | 4 |
| HP4107 | Industrial-Organisational Psychology in Practice | 4 |
| HP4201 | Technology and Social Behaviour | 4 |
| HP4211 | Agent-Based Computational Psychology | 4 |
| HP4221 | Primate Psychology | 4 |
| HP4222 | The Neuroscience of Love | 4 |
| HP4231 | Social and Emotional Development | 4 |
| HP4232 | Development of Self-Regulation | 4 |
| HP4233 | Psychological and Sociomoral Reasoning in Infancy | 4 |
| HP4241 | Interpersonal relations and family studies | 4 |
| HP4242 | Advanced Topics in Social Cognition | 4 |
| HP4243 | Intergroup relations | 4 |
| HP4251 | Psychobiology of Creative Personalities | 4 |
| HP4261 | Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision | 4 |
| HP4262 | Multisensory integration | 4 |
| HP4263 | Language in Perception and thought | 4 |
| HP4271 | Cognitive Neuroplasticity | 4 |
| HP4272 | Neuropsychology | 4 |
| HP4273 | Introduction to Functional MRI | 4 |
| HP4274 | The Last Dance: Psycho-socio-cultural perspectives of Death, Dying and Bereavement | 4 |
| HP4281 | Psychology of Leadership | 4 |
| HP4282 | Negotiation and Conflict Resolution | 4 |
# Recommended 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 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. It is a pass/fail course.
NTU reserves all rights to make changes to the programme structure with prior notice.