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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
ACADEMIC SESSION 2025/2026
(133 CREDITS)
1. UNIVERSITY COURSES (14 CREDITS)
COURSE COURSE NAME CREDITS
CODE
GIG1003 Basic Entrepreneurship Enculturation 2
GIG1013 Appreciation of Ethics and Civilization 2
GIG1012/ Philosophy and Current Issues / 2
*GLT1049 Basic Malay Language (*only for international students)
GKA1001/ Co-Curriculum 4
GKI1001/
GKK1001/
GKP1001/
GKS1001/
GKU1001
GLTxxxx English Language / Foreign Language (**student whose 4
native language is English)
2. CORE COURSES (87 CREDITS)
COURSE
COURSE NAME PRE-REQUISITES CREDITS
CODE
LEVEL 1 (22 Credits)
SIX1015 Science, Technology and Society 2
SIX1016 Statistics 3
SIE1003 Cell Biology 2
SIJ1002 Fundamentals of Chemistry 3
SIJ1003 Biochemistry of Cells 3
SIO1001 Basic Physics 2
SIO1002 Fundamental Techniques in 3
Biological Sciences
SIO1003 Bioinformatics Concepts 2
SIO1004 Introduction to Computer 2
Programming in Bioinformatics
LEVEL 2 (35 Credits)
SIJ2002 Structure and Function of SIJ1002 3
Biomolecules
SIJ2007 Enzymes: Mechanism and Control SIJ1002, SIJ2002 2
SIJ2012 Nutritional Biochemistry 3
SIO2001 Applied Microbiology SIO1002, SIJ1003 3
SIO2002 Animal Biotechnology SIE1003, SIO1002 3
SIO2003 Higher Plant Physiology SIJ1002, SIJ1003 3
SIO2012 Bioinformatics Data Management SIO1003 2
SIO2013 Bioprocess Design Principles SIO1001, SIJ1002 3
SIO2014 Public Speaking and Oral SIO1002 3
Communication
SIO2015 Plant Biotechnology SIE1003, SIJ1003 3
SIO2016 Plant Cell and Tissue Culture SIJ1003 3
SIO2017 Scientific Writing SIO1002 2

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