BS Biosciences

Details & Semester Outlines for BS Biosciences

BS Biosciences at SZABIST is a four-year program spread over eight semesters and consists of 135 credit hours of teaching (43 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

BIO 1111 English for General Purposes
BIO 1115 Islamic Studies / Ethics
BIO 1108 The Science of Global Challenges
BIO 1101 Cell Biology
BIO 1107 Fundamental Mathematics /
BIO 1112 Fundamental Biology*
BIO 1106 Biosafety & Bioethics

Spring Semester

BIO 1211 English for Academic Purposes
BIO 1219 Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan
BIO 1216 Probability & Biostatistics
BIO 1109 Chemistry
BIO 1113 Microbiology I
BIO 1104 Introduction to Computing

Summer Semester

BIO 1210 Teachings of the Holy Quran (1.5)

Second Year

Fall Semester

BIO 1214 Sociology
BIO 2311 Community Services
BIO 2313 Tools for Quantitative Reasoning
BIO 2301 Biochemistry I
BIO 1213 Microbiology II
BIO 2312 Entrepreneurship

Spring Semester

BIO 2409 Humanities
BIO 2306 Psychology
BIO 4803 Molecular Biology
BIO 2401 Biochemistry II
BIO 1206 Physiology I
BIO 3503 Genetics

Third Year

Fall Semester

BIO 2305 Physiology II
BIO 3504 Immunology
BIO 2406 Genetic Engineering
BIO 2304 Nutrition & Dietetics
BIO 3512 Introduction to Biotechnology

Spring Semester

BIO 2407 Basic Endocrinology
BIO 3601 Agriculture Science
BIO 4703 Research Methodology
BIO 2402 Bioinformatics
BIO 3614 Pharmacology & Pharmaceutics
BIO 3613 Nanotechnology

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

BIO 4707 Genomics & Proteomics
BIO 2309 Animal & Plant Tissue Culture
BIO 4802 Biophysics
BIO 4706 Food Biotechnology
BIO 4xxx Elective I
BIO 4xxx Elective II

Spring Semester

BIO 3611 Computer Aided Drug Design
BIO 2403 Environmental Science
BIO 4807 Marketing and Agricultural Business
BIO 4xxx Elective III
BIO 4xxx Elective IV
BIO 4809 Capstone Project
BIO 4710 Internship (After six Semesters)
* (For Pre-Engineering background students)

ELECTIVES

BIO 4721 Advanced Biochemical Techniques
BIO 4725 Advanced Molecular Techniques
BIO 4726 Applied Enzymology
BIO 4829 Infectious Diseases
BIO 4724 Telemedicine
BIO 4729 Bioprocess Engineering
BIO 4727 Food Biotechnology
BIO 4825 Fermentation Biotechnology
BIO 4723 Virology
BIO 4826 Medical Biotechnology
BIO 4823 Stem Cell Research
BIO 4728 Techniques in Biotechnology
BIO 4731 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
BIO 4831 Phytochemistry and Natural Medicine
BIO 4xxx Molecular Neurochemistry
BIO 4801 Bioethics
BIO 3509 Epidemiology