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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY
ACADEMIC SESSION 2023/2024
(134 CREDITS)
1. UNIVERSITY COURSES (14 CREDITS)
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDITS
GIG1012 / Philosophy and Current Issues (local students) / 2
GLT1017* Basic Malay Language (*only for international students)
GIG 1013 Appreciation of Ethics and Civilisations 2
GIG 1003 Basic Entrepreneurship Enculturation 2
GLTxxxx English Language / Foreign Language (**student whose native language is English) 4
GKA1001/ Co-Curriculum 4
GKI1001/
GKK1001/
GKP1001/
GKS1001/
GKU1001
2. CORE COURSES (80 CREDITS)
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME PRE-REQUISITES CREDITS
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 Programming in 2
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 Ecology 4
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
SIE3018 Molecular Ecology and Applications SIE1003 and SIE2001 4
SIE3019 Nature and Society 2
SIE3023 Research Project for Ecology and Biodiversity SIX1016 and SIE2001 8
SIE3024 Industrial Training for Ecology and Biodiversity SIE3025 and SIE3004 8
SIE3025 Biodiversity Governance and Conservation 3
SIO3016 Biological Data Analytics SIO1004 2
3. ELECTIVE COURSES (40 CREDITS)
(I) PROGRAMME ELECTIVE COURSES or/and MINOR PACKAGE **
(32 CREDITS)
Choose from all elective courses or/and Minor Packages that are offered
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME PRE-REQUISITES CREDITS
SIE1004 Introductory Microbiology 2
SIE2010 Urban Zoology 3
SIE2011 Terrestrial Ecology 3
SIE2012 Aquatic Ecology 3
SIE2016 Plant Physiology 3
SIE2017 Animal Physiology 3
SIE3006 Economic Botany 3
SIE3007 Ecology and Management of Weeds 3
SIE3009 Plant Pathology SIE2002 3
SIE3010 Horticulture and Landscape SIE2002 3
SIE3012 Parasitology 3
SIE3013 Economic Entomology SIE2015 3

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