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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026
SIO2012 BIOINFORMATICS DATA others, verbal and nonverbal messages,
MANAGEMENT and techniques of oral presentation and
persuasion. Students will learn how to
This course provides an introduction to research, outline, and deliver short,
data management with an emphasis on informal presentations and also sharpen
biological data. In this course students will their skills in critical thinking and listening.
learn all of the fundamental aspects of
data management including acquisition, Assessment Methods:
modelling, storage, integration, analysis Continuous Assessment: 100%
and interpretation of diverse data types
including structured and unstructured data
that necessary for managing biological SIO2015 PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
data using software. By the end of the
course students will be able to practice a This course introduces the fundamental
systematic and efficient methodology in concepts and principles of plant
managing biological data. biotechnology that are applicable to crop
improvement. It covers an array of topics
Assessment Methods: such as gene expression and advanced
Continuous Assessment: 60% methods in plant biotechnology. Students
Summative Assessment: 40% will be given a group assignment focusing
on a specific case related to plant
SIO2013 BIOPROCESS DESIGN biotechnology, which requires literature
PRINCIPLES searches and understanding of recent
advances in plant biotechnology.
The course is designed for instruction in
basic principles involved in bioprocess Assessment Methods:
design and associated technology. Among Continuous Assessment: 50%
the topics included are introduction to Summative Assessment: 50%
engineering calculation, analysis and
presentation of data, mass and energy
balances, fluid flow, mixing, heat and mass SIO2016 PLANT CELL AND TISSUE
transfer, and unit operations. CULTURE
Assessment Methods: This course covers explanation on how to
Continuous Assessment: 40% regenerate complete plants from various
Summative Assessment: 60% plant cells, tissues and organs using tissue
culture system. Various topics such as
media preparation and factors affecting
SIO2014 PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ORAL cell’s, tissue’s and organ’s growth and
COMMUNICATION ultimately plant regeneration are
covered. Other than that, production of
This course is an introduction to speech disease-free plants through meristem
communication which emphasizes the culture, various culture pathways such as
practical skill of public speaking, including organogenesis and somatic
techniques to enhance speaker embryogenesis, production of haploid and
presentations. Topics will include cultural triploid plants as well as in vitro production
conventions and speech, perceptions of
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