Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology¶

Minimum Duration¶

No of years: 04
No of Semesters: 08

Core Courses¶

#	Code	Title	Credit Hours
1	BIO150	Fundamentals of Microbiology	3(2, 1)
2	BIO232	General Physiology	3(3, 0)
3	BIO240	Introductory Molecular Biology	3(3, 0)
4	BIO346	Introduction to Genomics and Proteomics	3(3, 0)
5	BSC208	Essentials of Genetics	3(3, 0)
6	BSC302	Fundamentals of Biotechnology	3(3, 0)
7	BSC401	Principles of Virology	3(3, 0)
8	BSC402	Bioethics and Safety	3(3, 0)
9	BTY100	Introductory Cell Biology	3(3, 0)
10	BTY110	Fundamentals of Biochemistry*	3(2, 1)
11	BTY111	Enzymology	3(2, 1)
12	BTY160	Cell and Tissue Culture	3(2, 1)
13	BTY210	Metabolism***	3(3, 0)
14	BTY211	Biochemistry II	3(3, 0)
15	BTY220	Introduction to Plant Physiology	3(3, 0)
16	BTY260	Introduction to Bioinformatics	3(2, 1)
17	BTY261	Bioprocess Technology	3(3, 0)
18	BTY303	Introduction to Immunology	3(2, 1)
19	BTY304	Fundamentals of Gene Expression and Regulation	3(3, 0)
20	BTY310	Cell Signaling	3(3, 0)
21	BTY320	Introduction to Nanobiotechnology	3(3, 0)
22	BTY322	Environmental Biotechnology	3(3, 0)
23	BTY323	Health Biotechnology	2(2, 0)
24	BTY421	Recombinant DNA Technology	3(2, 1)
25	BTY422	Industrial Biotechnology	3(2, 1)
26	BTY427	Animal Biotechnology	3(3, 0)
27	BTY460	Bioremediation	3(2, 1)
28	BTY464	Agricultural Biotechnology	3(3, 0)
29	BTY466	Research Methods and Scientific Writing	3(3, 0)
30	BTY470	Independent Research Project	6(0, 6)
31	CSC101	Introduction to Computing	3(2, 1)
32	HUM100	English Comprehension and Composition	3(3, 0)
33	HUM102	Report Writing Skills	3(3, 0)
34	HUM103	Communication Skills	3(3, 0)
35	HUM110	Islamic Studies	3(3, 0)
36	HUM111	Pakistan Studies	3(3, 0)
37	MTH100	Mathematics I	3(3, 0)
38	MTH161	Introduction to Statistics	3(3, 0)
39	MTH262	Statistics and Probability Theory	3(3, 0)

Institutional Elective Courses¶

#	Code	Title	Credit Hours	Pre-requisite(s)
1	MGT403	Entrepreneurship	3(3, 0)

List of Elective Courses¶

#	Code	Title	Credit Hours
1	BIO344	Molecular Genetics	3(3, 0)
2	BTY230	Genetic Resources and Conservation	3(3, 0)
3	BTY300	Microbial Genetics	3(3, 0)
4	BTY321	Food Biotechnology	3(2, 1)
5	BTY360	Renewable Resource Technology	3(3, 0)
6	BTY410	Introduction to Synthetic Biology	3(3, 0)
7	BTY423	Forensic Biotechnology	3(3, 0)
8	BTY425	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	3(3, 0)
9	BTY426	Microbial Biotechnology	3(3, 0)
10	BTY430	Population Genetics	3(3, 0)
11	BTY439	Basic Techniques in Biotechnology	3(3, 0)
12	CHM325	Analytical Techniques	3(2, 1)

List of Institutional Elective Courses¶

#	Code	Title	Credit Hours
1	HUM200	Business Communication Workshop	3(3, 0)
2	HUM202	Creative Thinking and Decision Making	3(3, 0)
3	HUM220	Introduction to Psychology	3(3, 0)
4	HUM221	International Relations	3(3, 0)
5	HUM223	Introduction to Philosophy	3(3, 0)
6	HUM310	Islamic History	3(3, 0)
7	HUM320	Introduction to Sociology	3(3, 0)
8	HUM430	French	3(3, 0)
9	HUM431	German	3(3, 0)
10	HUM432	Arabic	3(3, 0)
11	HUM433	Persian	3(3, 0)
12	HUM434	Chinese	3(3, 0)
13	MGT101	Introduction to Management	3(3, 0)
14	MGT403	Entrepreneurship	3(3, 0)