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 (9 credits) for 2025 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits
PH5101 Introduction to Health Economics and Outcomes Research 3
PH5105 Basic Biostatistics in Public Health 3
PH5106 Fundamentals of Epidemiology in Public Health 3
PH6201 Advanced Epidemiology 3
PH6204 Public Health Surveillance and Risk Analysis 3
PH6205 Intermediate Level Statistics for One Health 3
PH6208 Public Health Insights: Global Perspectives from Research and Practice 3
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3
PH8002 Infectious Disease Epidemiology 3
PH8003 Communication Skills - Conference Organisation 3
PH8005 Principles of Immunology 3
PH8006 Advanced Molecular Diagnostics and Imaging 3
PH8007 Medical Imaging Instrumentation for Research and Clinical Practice  3
PH8008 Multiplanar Anatomy 3
BMS8103 Cell and Molecular Biology Research # 3
BMS8105 Biotheraphy and Nanomedicine 3
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3
VCS8002 Grant Writing and Peer Review 2

Core Courses for PhD Students (9 credits) for 2024 cohort:

Code Course Title Credits
PH5101 Introduction to Health Economics and Outcomes Research 3
PH5102 Introduction to Biostatistics in One Health 3
PH5103 Principles of Epidemiology and One Health 3
PH6201 Advanced Epidemiology 3
PH6204 Public Health Surveillance 3
PH6205 Intermediate Level Statistics for One Health 3
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3
PH8002 Infectious Disease Epidemiology 3
PH8003 Communication Skills - Conference Organisation 3
PH6208 Public Health Insights: Global Perspectives from Research and Practice 3
PH8005 Principles of Immunology 3
PH8006 Advanced Molecular Diagnostics and Imaging 3
PH8007 Medical Imaging Instrumentation for Research and Clinical Practice  3
PH8008 Multiplanar Anatomy 3
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Research 2
BMS8103 Cell and Molecular Biology Research # 3
BMS8105 Biotheraphy and Nanomedicine 3
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3
VCS8002 Grant Writing and Peer Review 2

 

Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) for PhD Students (2 credits):

Code Course Title Credits
PH8004 Animal Welfare and Research Ethics 2

 

Electives for PhD Students*(3 credits) for 2025 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits
PH5101 Introduction to Health Economics and Outcomes Research 3
PH5105 Basic Biostatistics in Public Health 3
PH5106 Fundamentals of Epidemiology in Public Health 3
PH6201 Advanced Epidemiology 3
PH6204 Public Health Surveillance and Risk Analysis 3
PH6205 Intermediate Level Statistics for One Health 3
PH6208 Public Health Insights: Global Perspectives from Research and Practice 3
PH8005 Principles of Immunology 3
PH8006 Advanced Molecular Diagnostics and Imaging 3
PH8007 Medical Imaging Instrumentation for Research and Clinical Practice  3
PH8008 Multiplanar Anatomy 3
BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3
VCS8002 Grant Writing and Peer Review 2
VCS8003A# Frontiers in Veterinary Medical Research (A) 1
VCS8003B# Frontiers in Veterinary Medical Research (B) 1
VCS8003C# Frontiers in Veterinary Medical Research (C) 1
VCS8003D# Frontiers in Veterinary Medical Research (D) 1

*    A course can be taken as either a core course or an elective only. Electives will be offered subject to sufficient enrolment.
#  VCS8003 is separated into four components, namely VCS8003A, VCS8003B, VCS8003C and VCS8003D. Students who choose VCS8003 as the elective should take three out of the said four courses (VCS8003A, VCS8003B, VCS8003C and VCS8003D). However, VCS8003A, VCS8003B, VCS8003C and VCS8003D may not be taken simultaneously in the same academic year.  

Electives for PhD Students*(3 credits) for 2024 cohort:

Code Course Title Credits
PH5101 Introduction to Health Economics and Outcomes Research 3
PH5102 Introduction to Biostatistics in One Health 3
PH5103 Principles of Epidemiology and One Health 3
PH6201 Advanced Epidemiology 3
PH6204 Public Health Surveillance 3
PH6205 Intermediate Level Statistics for One Health 3
PH6208 Public Health Insights: Global Perspectives from Research and Practice 3
PH8005 Principles of Immunology 3
PH8006 Advanced Molecular Diagnostics and Imaging 3
PH8007 Medical Imaging Instrumentation for Research and Clinical Practice  3
PH8008 Multiplanar Anatomy 3
BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3
VCS8002 Grant Writing and Peer Review 2
VCS8003A# Frontiers in Veterinary Medical Research (A) 1
VCS8003B# Frontiers in Veterinary Medical Research (B) 1
VCS8003C# Frontiers in Veterinary Medical Research (C) 1
VCS8003D# Frontiers in Veterinary Medical Research (D) 1

*    A course can be taken as either a core course or an elective only. Electives will be offered subject to sufficient enrolment. 
#  VCS8003 is separated into four components, namely VCS8003A, VCS8003B, VCS8003C and VCS8003D. Students who choose VCS8003 as the elective should take three out of the said four courses (VCS8003A, VCS8003B, VCS8003C and VCS8003D). However, VCS8003A, VCS8003B, VCS8003C and VCS8003D may not be taken simultaneously in the same academic year.  

- PH offers PhD programme and currently has no MPhil programme.

- BMS8108 is only available for 2023 cohort or before.

* 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.