Approved Courses for Research Degree Students

Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

MPhil/PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core course and electives requirements.

Core Courses for PhD Students*(11 credits) :

Code Course Title Credits 2020 - 2021
Semester / Term
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences 2 B
BMS8103 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology # 3 A

and any two of the following courses
BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3 A
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3 A
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3 B
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience  3 A
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3 A
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3 -
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3 Summer
PH8002 Infectiuos Disease Epidemiology 2 Summer

 

Core Courses for MPhil Students (2 Credits):

Code Course Title Credits 2020-21
Semester / Term
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences 2 B

 

Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) for PhD Students (2 credits) /MPhil Students (2 credits):

Code Course Title Credits 2020 - 2021
Semester / Term
BMS8001 Research Ethics and Methodology 2 A

 

Electives for PhD Students*(1 credit) / MPhil Students*(3 credits):

Code Course Title Credits 2020 - 2021
Semester / Term
BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3 A
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3 A
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3 B
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience  3 A
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3 A
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3 -
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3 Summer
PH8002 Infectiuos Disease Epidemiology 2 Summer
PH8003 Communication Skills-Conference Organisation 3 -

Remark: PH8002 is an elective course for PhD students only

*Courses will be offered subject to sufficient enrolment.

# The number of credit units of BMS8103 is changed from 2 to 3 effective from Semester A 2020/2021. It is not applicable to students who took the course in Semester A 2019/2020 or before.