BS Biotechnology

Details & Semester Outlines for BS Biotechnology

BS Biotechnology at SZABIST is a four-year program spread over eight semesters and consists of 141
credit hours of teaching (49 courses), an internship of at least six weeks (3 credits), and a capstone
project of 3 credit hours. The maximum time limit to complete the BS degree is six years.

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First Year

Fall Semester

BTC 1111 Biosafety & Bioethics
BTC 1106 English for General Purposes
BTC 1102 Islamic Studies / Ethics
BTC 1108 The Science of Global Challenges
BTC 1105 Cell Biology
BTC 1107 Fundamental Mathematics /
BTC 1109 Fundamental Biology*
BTC 1120 Understanding of Holy Quran-I

Spring Semester

BTC 1202 English for Academic Purposes
BTC 1209 Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan
BTC 1205 Probability & Biostatistics
BTC 1208 Chemistry
BTC 1204 Microbiology
BTC 1207 Introduction to Computing
BTC 1220 Understanding of Holy Quran-II

Second Year

Fall Semester

BTC 2307 Community Services
BTC 2311 Tools for Quantitative Reasoning
BTC 2305 Microbial Biotechnology
BTC 1201 Biochemistry I
BTC 2308 Enterpreneurship
BTC 2405 Molecular Biology

Spring Semester

BTC 2407 Pakistan Studies
BTC 2301 Biochemistry II
BTC 3607 Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation
BTC 3506 Psychology
BTC 4704 Methods in Molecular Biology
BTC 2401 Classical Genetics

Third Year

Fall Semester

BTC 3501 Ecology and Biodiversity
BTC 2404 Immunology
BTC 3512 Recombinant DNA Technology
BTC 3504 Introduction to Biotechnology
BTC 3511 Nutrition & Dietetics
BTC 3502 Industrial Biotechnology Applications

Spring Semester

BTC 3609 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
BTC 3605 Scientific Inquiry and Research Methods
BTC 3608 Nanobiotechnology
BTC 3602 Health Biotechnology
BTC 3601 Agriculture Biotechnology
BTC 4702 Bioinformatics

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

BTC 4701 Animal & Plant Tissue Culture
BTC 2406 Genomics & Proteomics
BTC 4801 Biological Physics
BTC 4803 Food Biotechnology
BTC 4809 Capstone Project
BTC 4xxx Elective I

Spring Semester

BTC 3505 Principles of Biochemical Engineering
BTC 4802 Environmental Biotechnology
BTC 4804 Artificial Intelligence in Biotechnology
BTC 4710 Internship (After six Semesters)
BTC xxxx Elective II
BTC 4xxx Elective III
BTC 4xxx Elective IV

*((For Pre-Engineering background students)
BTC1218 Ethics and Morality for non-muslim students in place of Understanding of Holy Quran I and II