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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024
Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024
develop their capacity to assess the sustainability of food enzyme reactors, design equations/modelling and transport
production systems amid climate change. phenomena. The course is complemented by laboratory
practical in so that the students can put kinetic principles
Assessment Methods: into practice.
Continuous Assessment: 100%
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
SIO 3027 ANIMAL CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE Final Examination: 60%
This course covers the principles and the practical skills in
the in vitro culture of animal cells and tissues, which
includes the aseptic technique, isolation and culture of SIO 4005 MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOIL
AND PLANT HEALTH
primary cells, manipulation of reproductive cells, stem cells,
reprogramming, and applications in animal biotechnology The course covers topics including the interaction between
as well as regenerative medicine. microbial communities and plant and how the microbiome
beneficial for soil health and plant growth. Beside, this
Assessment Methods: course covers on the development and application of
Continuous Assessment: 40% microbial consortium to improve crop production.
Final Examination: 60%
Assessment Methods:
SIO 4001 BIOPRODUCT BUSINESS AND SUPPLY Continuous Assessment: 60%
CHAIN Final Examination: 40%
This course will introduce students to the business aspects
of biological products. By combining topics in advanced
biology/biotechnology with business tools and methods, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY
students will learn what is required to translate scientific PROGRAMME
research and patents into innovative products and viable
business opportunities. It will also touch on some of the
regulatory processes involved. Career Prospects
Upon graduation, graduates with BSc in Biochemistry can
Assessment Methods: become scientists, researchers in related fields, lecturers or
Continuous Assessment: 40% administrative officers in either government or private (local
Final Examination: 60% or multinational) agencies, non-governmental
organisations (NGO) and international bodies.
SIO 4002 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
SIJ 1002 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY
Importance of biological system in the management and
processing of waste. Characterization of various wastes This course covers the basic principles of physical and
including xenobiotics from the industrial sector. Introduction organic chemistry with application to biological problems.
to a convenient system for treating waste and sewage. This course is intended primarily for biochemistry majors.
Innovation in the processing of waste by microbes and This course will discuss topics on the fundamental
plants. The use of waste for valuable material extraction. principles of physical chemistry which include chemical
equilibrium, acidity and basicity, kinetics, thermodynamics
and ligand-protein interaction.Basic principles of organic
Assessment Methods: chemistry, including fundamental aspects of organic and
Continuous Assessment: 50% biological structures and bonding, stereochemistry, the
Final Examination: 50% effect of structure on physical and chemical properties will
be discussed. A detailed analysis of organic chemical
reactivity, including reactive intermediates and mechanistic
SIO 4003 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN principles of the various groups of organic compounds like
BIOTECHNOLOGY alkanes and cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics,
alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, thiols, amines, carbonyls
The students will be conducting internship in an industry or and derivatives will be covered.
research institute related to biotechnology. The students
will be exposed and practice the real work culture of the Assessment Methods:
company or industry. At the end of the training, the students Continuous Assessment: 40%
are required to report in writing and oral of their industrial Final Examination: 60%
training activities, experiences, and suggestions.
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100% SIJ 1003 BIOCHEMISTRY OF CELLS
This course introduces students to the basic principles of
cell biochemistry and develops students’ understanding of
SIO 4004 ENZYME TECHNOLOGY how the cell works. Students will learn about the structure
and function of essential molecules that are the building
The course is designed to give balance instruction in both blocks of cells as well as the energetic and metabolic
fundamental and applied aspects of enzymology for processes of the cell. The Central Dogma will also be
biotechnology students. Among topics covered are explored to understand the role and regulation of the
elementary rate laws, temperature and pH effects, theory of genetic code in synthesizing functional proteins.
reaction rates, characterization of enzyme activity, enzyme
inhibition, two-substrate reactions, immobilized enzyme, Assessment Methods:
interfacial enzyme, enzyme in organic solvent/ionic liquid, Continuous Assessment: 50%
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