BS Biotechnology

SCHEME OF STUDIES

BS BIOTECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

List of General Courses:

General course are divided in two categories:

1) Category A (25 credit hr)

2) Category B (24 credit hr).

1) CATEGORY A (27 Cr. Hours)

Table 1: Compulsory Requirement Courses (Student has no choice)

SR. NO.	CODE	COURSE	CREDIT HRS.
1.	BI – 130	Basic Mathematics	3+0
2.	BI – 131	Biomathematics (Calculus)	3+0
3.	GC – 110	Introduction to Computer	2+1
4.	GC – 101	Islamic Studies	3+0
5.	GC – 102	Functional English I	3+0
6.	GC – 205	Functional English II	3+0
7.	GC – 201	Functional English III	3+0
8.	GC – 103	Understanding Quran	3+0
9.	SOC-430	Pakistani Culture and Society	3+0

2) CATEGORY B (24 Cr. Hours)

Table 2: General courses to be chosen from other departments

SR. NO.	CODE	COURSE	CREDIT HRS.
1.	BI – 201	Biostatistic	3+0
2.	BT – 141	Biophysics	3+0
3.	BT – 142	Physical Chemistry	3+0
4.	BT – 143	Inorganic Chemistry	3+0
5.	BT – 144	Ecology, Biodiversity And Evolution	3+0
6.	BT – 145	Organic Chemistry	3+0
7 – 8		Two Courses FromSocial Sciences
	GC-204	a) Sociology	3+0
	GC – 203	b) Introduction to Economics	3+0
	GC – 151	c) Introduction to Finance	3+0
	GC – 308	d) Globalization	3+0
	GC – 121	e) Psychology	3+0
		f) Public Administration	3+0
	GC- 117	g) Social Work	3+0
	GC-113	h) Introduction to Management	3+0
	GC- 106	i) Mass Communication	3+0
	GC- 116	j) Introduction to Law	3+0
	GC – 308	k) International Relations	3+0
	GC – 309	l) Anthropology	3+0
	GC – 115	m) Basic Academic Writing

List of Courses: (86 Cr. Hours)

CORE COURSES:

Table 3: Core courses (Compulsory for student)

SR. NO.	CODE	COURSE	CREDIT HRS.
1)	BI – 113	Basic Biology	2+1
2)	BI – 200	Bioinformatics	1+2
3)	BT – 112	Microbiology	2+1
4)	BT – 140	Introduction to Biotechnology	3+0
5)	BT – 200	Fundamentals of Genetics	2+1
6)	BT – 221	Molecular Biology	3+0
7)	BT – 298	Analytical Chemistry & Instrumentation	2+1
8)	BT – 299	Biochemistry	2+1
9)	BT – 300	Immunology	2+1
10)	BT – 301	Virology	3+0
11)	BT – 302	Cellular Metabolism	2+1
12)	BT – 303	Principles of Biochemical Engineering	2+1
13)	BT – 304	Methods in Molecular Biology	1+2
14)	BT – 305	Bio-safety & Bioethics	2+0
15)	BT – 306	Food Biotechnology	2+1
16)	BT – 307	Microbial Biotechnology	2+1
17)	BT – 308	Research Methodology	3+0
18)	BT – 309	Genomics & Proteomics	3+0
19)	BT – 334	Enzymology	3+0
20)	BT – 400	Environmental Biotechnology	3+0
21)	BT – 401	Industrial Biotechnology	2+1
22)	BT – 402	Health Biotechnology	3+0
23)	BT – 438	Agriculture Biotechnology	2+1
24)	BT – 499	Project	6

ELECTIVE COURSES:

Table 4: Elective courses

* Four elective courses can be selected from the following list of electives.

Total Credit Hours: 137

LIST OF ELECTIVE COURSES

Four Courses to be selected

SR. NO.	Courses code	Courses	Credit HRS.
1)	BI – 452	Cell Signaling	3+0
2)	BI – 453	Down Stream Technology	3+0
3)	BI – 454	Molecular mechanism of antimicrobial Drugs	2+1
4)	BI – 455	Cancer Genetics	3+0
5)	BI – 456	Human Genetic	3+0
6)	BI – 461	Molecular Diagnostics	3+0
7)	BT – 450	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	3+0
8)	BT – 451	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	3+0
9)	BT – 453	Animal Biotechnology	3+0
10)	BT – 454	Fungal Biotechnology	2+1
11)	BT – 455	Biological Hazardous Waste Management	3+0
12)	BT – 456	Water and Waste water treatment	2+1
13)	BT – 457	Bioremediation	3+0
14)	BT – 458	Bio-fuel and Biorefinery	3+0
15)	BT – 460	Marine Biotechnology	3+0
16)	BT – 461	Nano Biotechnology	3+0
17)	BT – 462	Pharmacology and Toxicology	3+0
18)	BT – 463	Stem Cells & Therapeutic Cloning	3+0
19)	BT – 466	Bacterial Genetics	3+0
20)	BT – 472	Biotechnology & Genetic Conservation	3+0
21)	BT – 474	Hospital Waste Management	2+1
22)	BT – 475	Cell & Tissue Culture	2+1
23)	BT – 476	Fermentation Biotechnology	2+1