Undergraduate Study Scheme

4-Year Curriculum

In order to graduate from the CMB Programme, students should:

1. first enroll in Science Broad-based admission scheme at JS4601 as JUPAS code;

2. officially declare CMB as the major programme in the first two years of study;

3. take and pass all the major compulsory courses (see Study Scheme for students admitted in 2020-21 or before here & admitted in 2021-22 here);

First Year of Attendance
1st Term
CHEM1280 Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biomolecules (3 Units)
LSCI1002 Introduction to Biological Sciences (3 Units)
6 Units
2nd Term
A course in PHYS/MATH/STAT from Faculty Package
3 Units
Second Year of Attendance
1st Term
BCHE2030 Fundamentals of Biochemistry (3 Units)
BIOL2120 Cell Biology (3 Units) 
LSCI2002 Basic Laboratory Techniques in Life Sciences (2 Units)
8 Units
2nd Term
BIOL2410 General Genetics (2 Units)
BIOL2313 Genetics Laboratory (1 Unit)
CMBI2200 Literature Survey in CMB and Scientific Communication (2 Units)
BCHE3050 Molecular Biology (2 Units)
BCHE3070 Recombinant DNA Techniques (1 Unit)
8 Units
Third Year of Attendance
1st Term
CMBI3010 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory I (3 Units)
CMBI3030 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory III (1 Unit)
CMBI3100 Methodology of Critical Thinking in CMB (2 Units)
6 Units
2nd Term
CMBI3020 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory II (3 Units)
CMBI3040 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory IV (1 Unit)
CMBI3101 Biology of Model Organisms for CMB Research (3 Units)
CMBI3200 Proposal Formulation and Creative Scientific Writing in CMB (2 Units)
9 Units
Fourth Year of Attendance
1st Term
CMBI4001 Protein Trafficking (1 Unit)
CMBI4002 Protein Folding (1 Unit)
CMBI4003 Signal Transduction (1 Unit)
CMBI4201 Genomics and Transcriptomics (1 Unit)
CMBI4202 Proteomics (1 Unit)
CMBI4203 Metabolomics (1 Unit)
6 Units
2nd Term
CMBI4101 Cancer Cell Biology (1 Unit)
CMBI4102 Stem Cell Biology (1 Unit)
CMBI4103 Neuronal Cell Biology (1 Unit)
CMBI4301 Current Topics in Cell Biology (1 Unit)
CMBI4302 Current Topics in Molecular Biology (1 Unit)
CMBI4303 Current Topics in Biotechniques (1 Unit)
6 Units

 

4. select and pass a minimum of 6 or 8 units (see Study Scheme) of major elective courses; and

Offer in 1st Term

BCHE3040 Proteins and Enzymes (3 units)
BCHE4040 Aspects of Neuroscience (3 units)
BCHE4060 Basic and Applied Immunology (3 units)
BCHE4130 Molecular Endocrinology (3 units)
BIOL3410 General Microbiology (3 units)
BIOL3420 Advanced Genetics and Epigenetics (3 units)
BIOL3630 Animal Physiology (3 units)
BIOL4120 Developmental Biology (3 units)
BIOL4520 Plant metabolism and metabolic engineering (2 units)
BMEG2001 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (1 unit)
CMBI2500 Research Internship (2 units)
CMBI4901* Senior Experimental Project I (2 units)
CMBI4902 Senior Experimental Project II (2 units)
MBTE4320 Genetic Engineering (3 units)
MBTE4510 Plant Biotechnology (3 units)
STAT3210 Statistical Techniques in Life Sciences (3 units)

Offer in 2nd Term

LSCI1012 Introduction to Life Forms in the Biosphere (3 units)
LSCI2003 Scientific Conduct and Ethics (2 units)
BCHE3030 Methods in Biochemistry (3 units)

BCHE4030 Clinical Biochemistry (3 units)
BIOL3530 Plant Physiology (3 units)
BIOL4010 Evolutionary Biology (3 units)
BMEG2011 Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (2 unit)
BMEG3102 Bioinformatics (3 units)

CMBI2500 Research Internship (2 units)
CMBI4903 Senior Experimental Project III (2 units)
MBTE4520 Animal Biotechnology (3 units)
MBTE4530 Microbial Biotechnology (3 units)

*should be taken in summer term.

 

5. fulfill other University Core Requirements, including the courses for languages, physical education, IT, and general education.