SCHEME OF STUDIES
BS BIOTECHNOLOGY

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 From Social 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

1) Elective I 3+0
2) Elective II 3+0
3) Elective III 3+0
4) Elective IV 3+0

* 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