BS Biotechnology

Details & Semester Outlines for BS Biotechnology

BS Biotechnology at SZABIST is a four-year program spread over eight semesters and consists of 135 credit hours of teaching (44 courses), an internship of at least six weeks, and a research project. The maximum time limit to complete the BS degree is six years.

First Year

Fall Semester

BTC 1105 Cell Biology
BTC 1106 English for General Purposes
BTC 1103 Mathematics – I (Pre-Calculus)
BTC 1101 Biosafety and Bioethics
BTC 1104 Organic Chemistry
BTC 1102 Islamic Studies / Ethics

Spring Semester

BTC 1204 Microbiology
BTC 1201 Biochemistry-I
BTC 1202 English for Academic Purposes
BTC 1206 Inorganic Chemistry
BTC 1205 Probability & Biostatistics
BTC 1203 Biomathematics

Second Year

Fall Semester

BTC 2303 English for Professional Purposes
BTC 2305 Microbial Biotechnology
BTC 2304 Introduction to Computer Science
BTC 2301 Biochemistry-II
BTC 2302 Ecology, Biodiversity & Evolution-I
BTC 2306 Physical Chemistry

Spring Semester

BTC 2402 Ecology, Biodiversity and Evolution -II
BTC 2404 Immunology
BTC 2405 Molecular Biology
BTC 2407 Pakistan Studies
BTC 2401 Classical Genetics
BTC 2406 Genomics and Proteomics

Third Year

Fall Semester

BTC 3508 Sociology
BTC 3504 Introduction to Biotechnology
BTC 3503 Enzymology
BTC 3507 Genetic Resources Conservation
BTC 3506 Psychology

Spring Semester

BTC 3603 Industrial Biotechnology
BTC 3601 Agriculture Biotechnology
BTC 3607 Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation
BTC 3606 Research Methodology
BTC 3604 Medical Biotechnology

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

BTC 4705 Research Report-I
BTC 4704 Methods in Molecular Biology
BTC 4702 Bioinformatics
BTC 4xxx Elective-I
BTC 4xxx Elective-II
BTC 3505 Principles of Biochemical Engineering

Spring Semester

BTC 4801 Biological Physics
BTC 4805 Research Report II
BTC 4802 Environmental Biotechnology
BTC 4803 Food Biotechnology
BTC 4xxx Elective-III
BTC 4xxx Elective-IV

ELECTIVES

BTC 4723 Medical Transcription
BTC 4823 Nanotechnology
BTC 4821 Advanced Molecular Techniques
BTC 4825 Virology
BTC 4824 Systems Biology
BTC 4721 Advance Biochemical Techniques
BTC 4724 Stem cell Research
BTC 4725 Telemedicine
BTC 4822 Marine Biotechnology
BTC 4722 Fungal Biotechnology