Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (BMS)

Department of Biomedical Sciences

MPhil/PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core course and electives requirements.

Core Courses for PhD Students (11 credits^) for 2019 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits 2023-24
Semester / Term
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Research 2 A
BMS8103 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology # 3 A
  and any two of the following courses    
BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3 A
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3 -
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3 B
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience 3 A
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3 A
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3 B

Core Courses for MPhil Students (2 Credits) for 2019 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits 2023-24
Semester / Term
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Research 2 A

Research Methodology and Ethics Courses for PhD Students (2 Credits)/MPhil Students (2 Credits) for 2019 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits 2023-24
Semester / Term
BMS8001 Research Ethics and Methodology 2 A

Electives for PhD Students (At least 1 Credit^)/MPhil Students (3 Credits) for 2019 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits 2023-24
Semester / Term
BMS8103 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology #@ 3 A
BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3 A
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3 -
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3 B
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience 3 A
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3 A
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3 B

 

Core Courses for PhD Students (7 credits^) for 2018 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits 2023-24
Semester / Term
BMS8001 Research Ethics and Methodology 2 A
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Research 2 A
BMS8103 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology # 3 A
 

Core Courses for MPhil Students (4 Credits) for 2018 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits 2023-24
Semester / Term
BMS8001 Research Ethics and Methodology 2 A
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Research 2 A

Electives for PhD Students (7 Credits^)/MPhil Students (3 Credits) for 2018 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits 2023-24
Semester / Term
BMS8103 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology #@ 3 A
BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3 A
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3 -
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3 B
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience 3 A
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3 A
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3 B
@ BMS8103 is a core course for PhD students and an electives for MPhil students
 
* Students not enrolled in BMS8002 Seminars on Biomedical Sciences 1 or BMS8003 Seminars on Biomedical Sciences 2 are required to take BMS8102 or BMS8103 as core courses instead. For students completed BMS8002 and/or BMS8003 as core course(s) before Semester B 2016/2017, they may take BMS8102 and/or BMS8103 as electives.
 
** Electives will be offered subject to sufficient enrolment.
 
# The number of credit units of BMS8103 is changed from 2 to 3 effective from Semester A 2020/2021. It is not applicable to students who took the course in Semester A 2019/2020 or before.
 
^ For PhD students admitted in 2019 cohort, the core course requirement is 10 credits and the electives requirement is 2 credits; for PhD students admitted in 2018 cohort or before, the core course requirement is 6 credits and the electives requirement is 8 credits.