Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (PH)
Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core courses and electives requirements.
Core Courses for PhD Students (6 credits) for 2018 cohort or before:
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2023 - 2024 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 PhD Students (9 credits) for 2019 cohort and thereafter:
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2023 - 2024 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| PH5101 | Introduction to Health Economics | 3 | A |
| PH5102 | Introduction to Biostatistics in One Health | 3 | A |
| PH5103 | Principles of One Health and Epidemiology | 3 | A |
| PH6201 | Advanced Epidemiology | 3 | B |
| PH6204 | Public Health Surveillance | 3 | - |
| PH6205 | Intermediate Level Statistics for One Health | 3 | B |
| PH8001 | Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science | 3 | Summer |
| PH8002 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | 3 | B |
| PH8003 | Communication Skills-Conference Organisation | 3 | B |
| BMS8102 | Frontiers in Biomedical Research | 2 | A |
| BMS8103 | Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology # | 3 | A |
| BMS8105 | Biotheraphy 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 |
Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) for PhD Students (2 credits) for 2019 cohort and thereafter:
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2023 - 2024 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMS8001 | Research Ethics and Methodology | 2 | A |
Electives for PhD Students**(3 credits):
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2023 - 2024 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| PH5101 | Introduction to Health Economics | 3 | A |
| PH5102 | Introduction to Biostatistics in One Health | 3 | A |
| PH5103 | Principles of One Health and Epidemiology | 3 | A |
| PH6201 | Advanced Epidemiology | 3 | B |
| PH6204 | Public Health Surveillance | 3 | - |
| PH6205 | Intermediate Level Statistics for One Health | 3 | B |
| 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 |
* PH offers PhD programme and currently has no MPhil programme.
**A course can be taken as either a core course or an elective only. 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.