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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2021/2022

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY
ACADEMIC SESSION 2021/2022
(134 CREDITS)
UNIVERSITY COURSES (14 CREDITS)
Course Code Course Name Credits
GIG1012 / Philosophy and Current Issues (local students) /
GIG1017* Basic Malay Language (*only for international students) 2
GIG1013 Appreciation of Ethics and Civilisations
2
GIG1003 Basic Entrepreneurship Enculturation 2
GKA/GKI/GKK/ Co-curriculum 4
GKP/GKS/GKU
GLTxxxx English Course (subject to MUET bands) 4
CORE COURSES (80 CREDITS)
Course Code Course Name Pre-Requisites Credits
LEVEL 1 (15 Credits)
SIX1015 Science, Technology and Society 2
SIX1016 Statistics 3
SIE1002 Bioethics and Safety 2
SIE1003 Cell Biology 2
SIH1004 Environmental Sustainability 2
SIO1003 Bioinformatics Concepts 2
SIO1004 Introduction to Computer Programming in 2
Bioinformatics
LEVEL 2 (30 Credits)
SIE2001 Principles of Systematics 4
SIE2002 Plant Diversity 4
SIE2004 Mycology 3
SIE2005 Vertebrate Biology 4
SIE2006 Phycology 3
SIE2007 Population and Community Ecology 4
SIE2014 Protozoa and Invertebrate I 3
SIE2015 Invertebrate II 3
SIO2012 Bioinformatics Data Management SIO1003 2
LEVEL 3 (35 Credits)
SIE3004 Quantitative Ecology SIX1016 3
SIE3005 Behavioural Ecology and Ethology SIE2005 and SIE2015 3
SIE3017 Scientific Communication 2
SIE3018 Molecular Ecology and Applications SIE1003 and SIE2001 4
SIE3019 Nature and Society 2
SIE3023 Research Project for Ecology and SIX1016 and SIE2001 8
Biodiversity
SIE3024 Industrial Training for Ecology and SIE3025 and SIE3004 8
Biodiversity
SIE3025 Biodiversity Governance and 3
Conservation
SIO3016 Biological Data Analytics SIO1004 2
ELECTIVE COURSES (40 CREDITS)
(I) PROGRAMME ELECTIVE COURSES (32 CREDITS)
Choose from all elective courses that are offered
Course Code Course Name Pre-Requisites Credits
SIE1004 Introductory Microbiology 2
SIE2010 Urban Zoology 3
SIE2011 Terrestrial Ecology 3
SIE2012 Aquatic Ecology 3
SIE2016 Plant Physiology 3
SIE2017 Animal Physiology 3
SIE3006 Economic Botany 3
SIE3007 Ecology and Management of Weeds 3
SIE3009 Plant Pathology SIE2002 3
SIE3010 Horticulture and Landscaping SIE2002 3
SIE3012 Parasitology 3
SIE3013 Economic Entomology SIE2015 3
SIE3014 Integrated Pest Management 3

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