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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

The importance of lab safety and to Population Genetics and Hardy-
accreditation will also be explored. Weinberg Equilibrium.
Assessment Methods:
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100% Continuous assessment: 50%
Summative Assessment: 50%

SIE1003 CELL BIOLOGY
SIE1004 INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY
This course is divided into three
components namely Genetics, Cell Biology Introduction to Microbiology, concepts
and Molecular Biology. Content of each is and basic knowledge in microbiology,
stated below: evolution, structure and function of the
Cell Biology parts of prokaryotic, diversity and
This component will discuss on the basic importance of microorganisms including
structures and functions of organelles and archaea, bacteria, fungi and viruses.
also processes involving mitosis and Besides this, student will be exposed to the
meiosis.Students will also be introduced to development in microbiology in Malaysia.
prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; and the
differences between these two types of Assessment Methods:
cells. Continuous assessment: 50%
Molecular Biology Summative Assessment: 50%
In this component, students will first be
refreshed on basic aspects of molecular
genetics (historical account, direct and SIE2001 PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMATICS
indirect evidences of DNA as genetic
materials, structure and properties of DNA, This course is to develop the students skill
DNA replication, transcription and in classification of organisms by
translation in prokaryotes and how to understanding the concepts of systematics
decipher genetics codes). The component and the philosophy behind systematics
will later discusses on regulation of gene (classification, taxonomy and
expression in prokaryotes (lac operon, nomenclature). Taxonomy in particular
catabolite repression and trp operon and and systematics are generally essential in
attenuation), control by sigma factor, anti- scientific research and are fundamental to
termination, post-transcriptional control the study of population genetics.
of RNA (trans- and cis-acting regulators),
and finally the applications of these Assessment Methods:
knowledge in DNA recombinant Continuous assessment: 60%
technology. Summative Assessment: 40%
Genetics
This component comprises of quick SIE2002 PLANT DIVERSITY
introduction of Mendel’s Law, the concept
of alleles, loci, genes and chromosomes Introduction to the morphology,
and test crosses. Students will be first development and reproductive biology of
refreshed on probability calculations, the bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms
Punnet square and genetic linkage & and angiosperms. The economic and
mapping methods. The component will ecological importance of different plant
later discuss deeper topics of inheritance groups will be discussed. Training on
which include Extensions to Mendelian identification of different plant groups will
Inheritance Concept (Epistasis, Sex be addressed through practical sessions
linkage), Sex influenced inheritance and and fieldwork.
Pedigree analyses. At the end of this
component students will be exposed to Assessment Methods:
topics such as Human Genetics, Genetic Continuous Assessment : 60%
Counselling and finally a brief introduction Summative Assessment: 40%

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