BS Computational Biology

The BS Computational Biology program at SZABIST is a four-year degree spread over eight semesters, comprising 142 credit hours of coursework (47 courses). It includes an internship of at least six weeks (3 credit hours) and a capstone project (3 credit hours). The maximum time allowed to complete the BS degree is six years.

First Year

Fall Semester

CB 1102 English for General Purposes
CB 1105 Islamic Studies / Ethics
CB 1106 The Science of Global Challenges
CB 1104 General Chemistry
CB 1101 Basics of Cell Biology
CB 1103 Fundamentals of Mathematics

Spring Semester

CB 1203 English for Academic Purposes
CB1209 Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan
CB 1206 Probability & Biostatistics
CB 1204 Introduction to Computer
CB 1202 Biochemistry
CB 1201 Basic Calculus

Second Year

Fall Semester

CB 2305 Sociology
CB 2301 Community Services
CB 2306 Tools for Quantitative Reasoning
CB 1205 Pakistan Studies
CB 2303 Essentials of Genetics
CB 2304 Molecular Biology

Spring Semester

CB 2402 Humanities
CB 2404 Microbiology
CB 2405 Recombinant DNA technology
CB 2401 Genomics and Proteomics
CB 2403 Linear Algebra
CB 2406 Structural Bioinformatics

Third Year

Fall Semester

CB 3504 Genome Editing and CRISPR
CB 3502 Discrete Structures
CB 3501 Big Data Analytics in Bioinformatics
CB 3503 Drug Discovery and Computational Biology
CB 3505 Systems Bioinformatics
CB 2302 Entrepreneurship

Spring Semester

CB 3605 Research Methodology
CB 3606 Systems Biology
CB 3601 Cloud Computing for Bioinformatics
CB 3602 Computer Graphics and Visualization
CB 3604 Modeling and Simulation
CB 3603 Ethical and Legal Issues in Bioinformatics

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

CB 4702 Artificial Intelligence
CB 4704 Database Management Systems
CB 4703 Bioinformatics Software Development
CB 4701 Advanced Bioinformatics
CB 4xxx Elective I
CB 4xxx Elective II

Spring Semester

CB 4803 Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
CB 4802 Computational Genomics
CB 4804 Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Bioinformatics
CB 4xxx Elective III
CB 4xxx Elective IV
CB 4801 Capstone Project

ELECTIVES

  • CB 4211 Advanced Statistics
  • CB 4112 Bioinformatics Scripting and Automation
  • CB 4115 Machine Learning for Bioinformatics
  • CB 4212 Data Ethics and Privacy in Bioinformatics
  • CB 4213 Evolutionary Bioinformatics
  • CB 4214 High-Performance Computing (HPC) in Bioinformatics
  • CB 4111 Advanced Biostatistics for Bioinformatics

Support Electives

  • CB 4114 Functional Genomics
  • CB 4113 Drug Designing
  • CB 4215 Protein structure Modeling