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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2021/2022

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
ACADEMIC SESSION 2021/2022
(133 CREDITS)
UNIVERSITY COURSES (14 CREDITS)
Course Code Course Name Credits
GIG1012 / GIG1017* Philosophy and Current Issues (local students) / 2
Basic Malay Language (*only for international students)
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 (73 CREDITS)
Course Code Course Name Pre-Requisites Credits
LEVEL 1 (24 Credits)
SIX1015 Science, Technology and Society 2
SIX1016 Statistics 3
SIC1001 Principles of Chemistry 2
SIE1002 Bioethics and Safety 2
SIJ1004 Introduction to Computational Biology 3
SIR1001 Fundamental Microbiology 3
SIR1002 Fundamental Genetics 2
SIR1003 Biochemistry 2
SIR1004 Concepts of Genetic Engineering 2
SIR1005 Genetics and Molecular Biology 3
Practical I
LEVEL 2 (23 Credits)
SIR2011 Bacteriology 2
SIR2012 Immunology SIR1001 2
SIR2013 Virology SIR1001 2
SIR2014 Microbiology Practical SIR1001 3
SIR2015 Microbial Physiology SIR1001 2
SIR2016 Eukaryotic Microorganisms SIR1001 3
SIR2017 Microbial Ecology SIR1001 2
SIR2018 Molecular Genetics SIR1002 2
SIR2019 Genomes SIR1002 2
SIR2020 Genetics and Molecular Biology SIR1002 3
Practical II
LEVEL 3 and 4 (26 Credits)
SIR3018 Biosafety and Biosecurity 2
SIR3019 Human Molecular Genetics SIR2018 3
SIR4001 Research Project SIR3018 10
SIR4002 Industrial Training SIR2014 & SIR2020 8
SIR4003 Science Communication 3
ELECTIVE COURSES (46 CREDITS)
(I) PROGRAMME ELECTIVE COURSES (38 CREDITS)
Choose from all elective courses that are offered
Course Code Course Name Pre-Requisites Credits
SIE2004 Mycology 3
SIE2006 Phycology 3
SIE3012 Parasitology 3
SIH3027 Green Agriculture 3
SIM1001 Basic Mathematics 4
SIM1002 Calculus I 4
SIO1003 Bioinformatics Concepts 2
SIO1004 Introduction to Computer 2
Programming in Bioinformatics
SIO2012 Bioinformatics Data Management SIO1003 2
SIO3016 Biological Data Analytics SIO1004 2
SIO3023 Plant Genetics and Breeding 2
SIO4005 Microbial Technologies for Soil and 2
Plant Health
SIR2031 Food Microbiology SIR1001 2
SIR2041 Population Genetics 3
SIR3020 Public Health Microbiology SIR1001 3
SIR3021 Diagnostic Microbiology SIR2014 2

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