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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

SIO4003 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN microbiome beneficial for soil health and
BIOTECHNOLOGY plant growth. Beside, this course covers on
the development and application of
The students will be conducting internship microbial consortium to improve crop
in an industry or research institute related production.
to biotechnology. The students will be
exposed and practice the real work culture Assessment Methods:
of the company or industry. At the end of Continuous Assessment: 60%
the training, the students are required to Summative Assessment: 40%
report in writing and oral of their industrial
training activities, experiences, and
suggestions.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY
Assessment Methods: PROGRAMME
Continuous Assessment: 100%

Career Prospects
SIO4004 ENZYME TECHNOLOGY Upon graduation, graduates with BSc in
Biochemistry can become scientists,
The course is designed to give balance researchers in related fields, lecturers or
instruction in both fundamental and administrative officers in either
applied aspects of enzymology for government or private (local or
biotechnology students. Among topics multinational) agencies, non-
covered are elementary rate laws, governmental organisations (NGO) and
temperature and pH effects, theory of international bodies.
reaction rates, characterization of enzyme
activity, enzyme inhibition, two-substrate
reactions, immobilized enzyme, interfacial SIJ1002 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY
enzyme, enzyme in organic solvent/ionic
liquid, enzyme reactors, design This course covers the basic principles of
equations/modelling and transport physical and organic chemistry with
phenomena. The course is complemented application to biological problems. This
by laboratory practical in so that the course is intended primarily for
students can put kinetic principles into biochemistry majors. This course will
practice. discuss topics on the fundamental
principles of physical chemistry which
Assessment Methods: include chemical equilibrium, acidity and
Continuous Assessment: 40% basicity, kinetics, thermodynamics and
Summative Assessment: 60% ligand-protein interaction. Basic principles
of organic chemistry, including
fundamental aspects of organic and
SIO4005 MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGIES biological structures and bonding,
FOR SOIL AND PLANT HEALTH stereochemistry, the effect of structure on
physical and chemical properties will be
The course covers topics including the discussed. A detailed analysis of organic
interaction between microbial chemical reactivity, including reactive
communities and plant and how the intermediates and mechanistic principles

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