BSMCP Curriculum AY2021 Intake
B.Sc. (Hons) in Biological Sciences with 2nd Major in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology
Curriculum and Course Descriptions AY2021
| Academic Unit (AU) requirements for candidates admitted to the First Year of the programme | |
| Type | No of AU |
| Core | 33 |
| Major PE | 39 |
| CC | 17 |
| FC | 15 |
| BDE (Free) | 3 |
| BDE (2nd major) | 32 |
| Total | 139 |
LEGEND: MPE = Major Prescribed Elective | CC= ICC (Common Core)|FC= ICC (Foundational Core)| BDE= Broadening and Deepening Elective
| Year 1 Semester 1 | Type | Course Code | Course Title | AU |
| Core | BS1002 | Biophysical Chemistry | 3 | |
| Core | BS1003 | Organic Chemistry | 3 | |
| Core | BS1008 | Biostatistics | 3 | |
| CC | CC0001 | Inquiry and Communication in an Interdisciplinary World | 2 | |
| CC | CC0005 | Healthy Living & Wellbeing | 3 | |
| BDE (BSMCP-Core) | CM1021 | Basic Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory | 4 | |
| BDE (Free) | Any | Any | 3 | |
| Total | 21 |
| Year 1 Semester 2 | Type | Course Code | Course Title | AU |
| Core | BS1005 | Biochemistry I | 3 | |
| Core | BS1006 | Principles of Genetics | 3 | |
| Core | BS1007 | Molecular and Cell Biology I | 3 | |
| Core | BS1009 | Introduction to Computational Thinking | 3 | |
| Core | BS1100 | Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 1 | 3 | |
| CC | CC0002 | Navigating the Digital World | 2 | |
| BDE (BSMCP-Core) | CM1041 | Basic Physical Chemistry with Laboratory | 4 | |
| Total | 21 |
| Year 2 Semester 1 | Type | Course Code | Course Title | AU |
| Core | BS2001 | Physiology | 3 | |
| Core | BS2002 | Microbiology | 3 | |
| Core | BS2003 | Biochemistry II | 3 | |
| FC | BS0004 | Introduction to Data Science | 3 | |
| CC | CC0007 | Science & Technology for Humanity | 3 | |
| Major PE | BSxxxx | Major PE | 3 | |
| Total | 18 |
| Year 2 Semester 2 | Type | Course Code | Course Title | AU |
| Major PE | BSxxxx | Major PE | 3 | |
| CC | ML0004 | Career & Entrepreneurial Development for the Future World | 2 | |
| CC | CC0006 | Sustainability: Society, Economy & Environment | 3 | |
| CC | CC0003 | Ethics & Civics in a Multi-Cultural World | 2 | |
| FC | HW0218 | Communication Across the Sciences | 2 | |
| BDE (BSMCP-Core) | CM2031 | Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry | 3 | |
| BDE (BSMCP-Core) | CM2041 | Physical and Biophysical Chemistry I | 3 | |
| Total | 18 |
| Year 3 Semester 1 | Type | Course Code | Course Title | AU |
| Major PE | BSxxxx | Major PE | 6 | |
| BDE (BSMCP- ELEC) | Elective | From Table C | 9 | |
| BDE (BSMCP-Core) | CM3031 | Organic Reaction Mechanisms and Synthesis | 3 | |
| Total | 18 |
| Year 3 Semester 2 | Type | Course Code | Course Title | AU |
| FC | BS4227 | Professional Internship | 10 | |
| Total | 10 |
| Year 4 Semester 1 | Type | Course Code | Course Title | AU |
| Major PE | BSxxxx | Major PE | 12 | |
| BDE (BSMCP- ELEC) | Elective | From Table C | 6 | |
| Total | 18 |
| Year 4 Semester 2 | Type | Course Code | Course Title | AU |
| Major PE | BSxxxx | BS4020 FYP or Major PE | 12 | |
| Major PE (Compulsory) | BS3028 | Chemical Biology | 3 | |
| Total | 15 | |||
| Grand Total AU | 139 |
* The above curriculum is based on a 4 year B.Sc. (Hons) in Biological Science programme.
| Course Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS2004 | Molecular & Cell Biology II | 3 |
| BS2010 | Bioimaging | 3 |
| BS2019 | Neuropsychology of Stress and Resilience | 3 |
| BS2020 | Mathematics and Physics for the Structural Biologist | 3 |
| BS2021 | RNA Structures & RNA based Drug Development | 3 |
| BS2022 | Functional Genomics and Proteomics | 3 |
| BS2025 | One Health | 3 |
| BS2027 | The RNA World | 3 |
| BS2011^ | Equations of Life | 3 |
| BS3006 | Bioentrepreneurship | 3 |
| BS3013 | Drug discovery & development, biotechnology | 3 |
| BS3014 | Biological foundations of behavior | 3 |
| BS3022 | Protein Trafficking | 3 |
| BS3028 | Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry | 3 |
| BS3036 | Fundamentals of Immunology- concepts and experiments | 3 |
| BS3104 | Pathology (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 tools | 3 |
| BS3336# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Proteomics Workshop | 3 |
| BS3339# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Neurobiology (On hold) | 3 |
| BS3347# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series I) – Metabolomics and Lipidomics | 3 |
| BS4011 | Biology of Social Behavior | 3 |
| BS4018 | Biology of Aging and Neurodegeneration | 3 |
| BS4019 | Discovery and Development of Therapeutic Antibodies | 3 |
| BS4205 | Good Manufacturing Practice and Sterilisation for Medical Devices | 3 |
| BS4030 | Advanced Microbial Pathogenesis | 3 |
| AAB20D | Ecology | 3 |
| ES2303 | Introduction to Ecology | 3 |
| ES4303 | Marine and Aquatic Ecology | 3 |
# 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 Code | Course Title | Course AUs |
|---|---|---|
| BS1101^^ | Basics of TCM (中医基础理论) | 6 |
| BS1200 | Understanding Singapore Healthcare System | 3 |
| BS2023 | Regulatory Control of Healthcare Products and Medical Devices | 3 |
| BS2024 | Evolution in Health and Disease | 3 |
| BS2100 | Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 2 | 3 |
| BS2103^^ | TCM Diagnostics (中医诊断学) | 6 |
| BS2011^ | Equations of Life | 3 |
| BS3001 | Neurobiology | 3 |
| BS3003 | Developmental biology | 3 |
| BS3004 | Cancer biology and Therapy | 3 |
| BS3008 | Computer Aided Drug Discovery | 3 |
| BS3018 | Plant biology | 3 |
| BS3021 | Bioimaging Techniques in EM | 3 |
| BS3027 | Spectroscopic Methods in Biomedical Structural Biology | 3 |
| BS3032 | Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| BS3037 | Virology | 3 |
| BS3038 | Intellectual Property Rights Related to BioBusiness | 3 |
| BS3202 | Commercialization of Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques | 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 (On Hold) | 3 |
| BS3349# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – Introduction to R programming | 3 |
| BS3350# | Undergraduate Advanced Experimental Biology (UAEB) Workshop (Series II) – The Toolbox of Modern Genome Editing | 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 (On Hold) | 3 |
| BS4017 | High-Throughput Bioinformatics | 3 |
| BS2901++ | Research Experience | 3 |
| BG4215 | Biomedical Nanotechnology | 3 |
| CH4306 | Bioanalytical Techniques | 3 |
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 Code | Course Title | Course AUs | Offering Sem |
| CM2011 | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM2061 | Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (1) | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM3062 | Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (4) | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM5081 | Medicinal Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM5101** | Food Chemistry and Nutrition | 3AU | Sem 1 |
**CM5101 – Food Chemistry and Nutrition will only be available for BS with 2nd major in MCP students until AY2025 Semester 1. Student who have completed CM5101 in AY2025 Semester 1 and before will be recognised and count towards the fulfilment of 2nd major in MCP requirements. CM5101 will no longer be offered as one of the Elective courses for BS with 2nd Major in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology (MCP) from AY26S1 onwards. | |||
| CM3041 | Physical and Biophysical Chemistry 2 | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM4043 | Molecular Modeling: Principle and Applications | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM4053 | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM4017 | Biomedical Imaging and Sensing | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM4044 | Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM3011 | Chemical Spectroscopy | 3AU | Sem 1 & Sem 2 |
| CM2062 | Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (2) | 3AU | Sem 2 |
| CM3061 | Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Laboratory (3) | 3AU | Sem 2 |
| CM4032 | Current Topics in Synthetic Organic Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 2 |
| CM4033 | Metal Mediated Reactions | 3AU | Sem 2 |
| CM5082 | Drug Design and Synthesis | 3AU | Sem 2 (on hold) |
| CM2021 | Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM3021 | Organometallic Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 1 & 2 |
| CM4061 | Materials Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 2 |
| CM4062 | Polymer Chemistry | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM4063 | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | 3AU | Sem 1 |
| CM5031 | Analytical & Manufacturing Techniques in Pharmaceutical Industry | 3AU | Sem 2 |
| CM5201 | Regulation in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Industries | 3AU | Sem 2 (on hold) |
| CM5202 | Quality Assurance for Medical Products | 3AU | Sem 1 (on hold) |
| CM4031 | Asymmetric Synthesis | 3AU | Sem 2 |
| CM5092 | Chemical Sustainability – An Asian Perspective | 3AU | Sem 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 Information. The information is accurate at the time of publishing, it is subjected to change at any time.
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