MSc Course Curriculum (new) – Biosciences and Bioengineering

MSc Course Curriculum

Course Code	Subject Name	L	T	P	C	Instructor(s)	Slot
BB xxx	Biochemistry and Bioenergetics	2	1	0	6
BB405	Molecular Biology	2	1	0	6
BB402	Cell Biology	2	1	0	6
BB553	Bioinformatics	1	0	4	6
BB xxx	Mathematical and Numerical Methods for Biologists	2	1	0	6
BB421	Genetics [FH]	3	0	0	3
BB xxx	Biological Thermodynamics and Kinetics [SH]	2	1	0	3
Total number of credits: 36 Total number of contact hours: 20 h (16 h theory + 4 h lab) per week (course codes for some of the courses will be updated soon)

Code	Subject Name	L	T	P	C	Instructor(s)	Slot
First Half
BB xxx	Analytical Biochemistry	2	1	0	3
BB xxx	Microbiology	2	1	0	3
BB xxx	Genetic Engineering	3	0	0	3
BB xxx	Biomolecular Spectroscopy	2	1	0	3
BB412	Genomics and Proteomics	3	0	0	3
Total number of credits: 15 Total number of contact hours: 15 h theory per week
Second Half
BB xxx	Lab: iLab: Integrated Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetic Engineering and Biophysics laboratory	0	0	30	15
Total number of credits: 15 Total number of contact hours: 30 h lab per week (course codes for some of the courses will be updated soon)

Code	Subject Name	L	T	P	C	Instructor(s)	Slot
BB505	Molecular Immunology	2	1	0	6
BB xxx	Molecular Enzymology [FH]	2	1	0	3
BB xxx	Research Methodology and Scientific Communication Skills [SH]	3	0	0	3
	Elective I [one full semester course or two half semester courses] (Department or Institute Elective)				6/8
	Elective II [one full semester course or two half semester courses] (Department or Institute Elective)				6/8
BB519	Project Proposal Presentation and Dissertation	0	0	0	10
Total number of credits: 34 to 38 Total number of contact hours: 12-18 h (10-12 h theory + 0-8 h lab) per week depending upon the Elective one chooses (course codes for some of the courses will be updated soon)

Code	Subject Name	L	T	P	C	Instructor(s)	Slot
BB xxx	Plant Biotechnology	2	0	4	8
BB xxx	Animal Biotechnology	3	0	0	3
BB xxx	Environmental Biotechnology	3	0	0	6
BB648	Protein Engineering	2	1	0	6
BB xxx	Virology	3	0	0	6
BB414	Molecular Diagnostics	3	0	0	3
BB601	Introduction to Bionanotechnology	3	0	0	3
BB633	Movement neuroscience [FH]	3	0	0	3
BB645	Drug Discovery and Development [FH]	3	0	0	3
BB705	Fundamental Concepts in Developmental Biology	3	0	0	6
BB xxx	Biodesign	3	0	0	6
BB xxx	Applied Microbiology [FH]	0	0	8	4
BB706	Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Microscopy	3	0	0	6

Course Code	Subject Name	L	T	P	C	Instructor(s)	Slot
	Elective III [one full semester course or two half semester courses] (Department or Institute Elective)				6
	Elective IV [one full semester course or two half semester courses] (Department or Institute Elective)				6
BB592	Project Stage II	0	0	0	28
Total number of credits: 40 Total number of contact hours: (4-6 h theory and 0-4 h lab) per week depending upon the Elective one chooses (course codes for some of the courses will be updated soon)

Code	Subject Name	L	T	P	C	Instructor(s)	Slot
BB454	Programming for Bioinformatics	1	0	4	6
BB400	Molecular Biophysics	2	1	0	6
BB xxx	Molecular Mycology	3	0	0	6
BB611	Cell Cycle and Epigenetics	3	0	0	6
BB642	Protein Crystallography	3	0	0	6
BB626	Modeling Biological Systems and Processes	3	0	0	6
BB638	Topics in Evolution	3	0	0	6
BB629	Applied Immunology	3	0	0	6
BB643	NMR in Biological Systems	3	0	0	6
BB606	Cellular Electricity: Physics and Modelling	3	0	0	6
BB623	Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis	2	1	0	6
BB612	Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology	3	0	0	6
BB640	Biologics [SH]	3	0	0	3
BB xxx	Advanced Enzymology	3	0	0	6
BB xxx	cryo-Electron Microscopy	3	0	0	6
BB616	Cellular and Tissue Engineering	3	0	0	6
BB650	Advanced Structural Biology	3	0	0	6
BB658	Principles of Tissue Engineering [FH]	3	0	0	3
BB xxx	Biodesign	3	0	0	6