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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026
of secondary plant metabolites are also Summative Assessment: 40%
discussed in this course.
Assessment Methods: SIO3017 FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Summative Assessment: 60% Introduction to food biotechnology and its
application will be focused for Malaysian
food industry. The role of fungi in
SIO2017 SCIENTIFIC WRITING fermented food and Asian delicacies as
local functional food. In terms of problem
This course will teach students to become solving, food invention product
more effective writers, using practical development is presented at the end of the
examples and exercises. Topics include: course. The principle and technique of
principles of good writing, the format of a food microbiology in laboratory scale for
scientific manuscript, and issues in simple quality control is also included.
publication and peer review. It will also
introduce students to basic research Assessment Methods:
writing skills including aspects of a high- Continuous Assessment: 60%
impact manuscript or proposal, how to Summative Assessment: 40%
write clearly, editing and the submission
process.
SIO3018 RESEARCH PROJECT IN
Assessment Methods: BIOTECHNOLOGY
Continuous Assessment: 100%
The student will carry out a research
project and then write a thesis, guided by
SIO3016 BIOLOGICAL DATA ANALYTICS one or two supervisors. The student is
encouraged to write a project proposal
This course provides a practical which includes sections on literature
introduction to the writing of R and Python review and materials and methods, before
programs for beginners. Students are commencing the actual research. The
introduced to the statistical analysis using project covers two semesters (I and II or II
R and are lead through the core aspects of and III). The thesis should be submitted in
Python illustrated by a series of example either semester II or semester III,
programs for solving bioinformatics respectively.
problems. An introduction to machine
learning is also included. Upon completion Assessment Methods:
of the course, students will be able to write Continuous Assessment: 100%
simple R and Python programs and
customize more complex code to fit the
needs of bioinformatics problem solving. SIO3019 ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEED
At the end, students will be able to create TECHNOLOGY
stand alone Python programs to process
biological data. This course is designed to provide students
the fundamental concept of nutrition for
Assessment Methods: farm animals including aquatic animals,
Continuous Assessment: 60% ruminants and poultry. Focus will be given
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