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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY
ACADEMIC SESSION 2025/2026
(134 CREDITS)
1. UNIVERSITY COURSES (14 CREDITS)
COURSE
COURSE NAME CREDITS
CODE
GIG1012 / Philosophy and Current Issues (local students) / 2
GLT1049* Basic Malay Language (*only for international students)
GIG 1013 Appreciation of Ethics and Civilisations 2
GIG 1003 Basic Entrepreneurship Enculturation 2
English Language / Foreign Language (**student whose native
GLTxxxx 4
language is English)
GKA1001/ Co-Curriculum 4
GKI1001/
GKK1001/
GKP1001/
GKS1001/
GKU1001
2. CORE COURSES (80 CREDITS)
COURSE
COURSE NAME PRE-REQUISITES CREDITS
CODE
LEVEL 1 (15 Credits)
SIX 1015 Science, Technology and Society 2
SIX 1016 Statistics 3
SIE1002 Bioethics and Safety 2
SIE1003 Cell Biology 2
SIH1004 Environmental Sustainability 2
SIO1003 Bioinformatics Concepts 2
SIO1004 Introduction to Computer 2
Programming in Bioinformatics
LEVEL 2 (30 Credits)
SIE2001 Principles of Systematics 4
SIE2002 Plant Diversity 4
SIE2004 Mycology 3
SIE2005 Vertebrate Biology 4
SIE2006 Phycology 3
SIE2007 Population and Community 4
Ecology
SIE2014 Protozoa and Invertebrate I 3
SIE2015 Invertebrate II 3
SIO2012 Bioinformatics Data Management SIO1003 2
LEVEL 3 (35 Credits)
SIE3004 Quantitative Ecology SIX1016 3
SIE3005 Behavioural Ecology and Ethology SIE2005 and SIE2015 3
SIE3017 Scientific Communication 2

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