Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (VCS)

Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

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

Core Courses for PhD Students (9 credits) for 2025 cohort and thereafter :

Code Course Title Credits
Students must earn three credits from VCS8003 (A-D)
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
and any of the following courses:
VCS8001 Introduction to Food Animal Medicine 3
VCS8002 Grant Writing and Peer Review 2
BMS8103 Cell and Molecular Biology Research # 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
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
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3
PH8002 Infectious Disease Epidemiology 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

Remarks:
Courses will be offered subject to enrolment of at least 5 students.
Students are normally not allowed to apply for credit transfer for core courses.
VCS8003A, B, C, or D cannot be taken simultaneously in the same academic year

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

Code Course Title Credits
BMS8103 Cell and Molecular Biology Research # 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
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
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3
PH8002 Infectious Disease Epidemiology 3

Core Courses for PhD Students (11 credits) for 2023 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Research 2
BMS8103 Cell and Molecular Biology Research # 3

and any two of the following courses

BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience 3
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3
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
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3
PH8002 Infectious Disease Epidemiology 3

Core Courses for MPhil Students (2 Credits) for 2025 cohort and thereafter :

Code Course Title Credits
VCS8001 Introduction to Food Animal Medicine 3

Core Courses for MPhil Students (2 Credits) for 2024 cohort or before :

Code Course Title Credits
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
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3
PH8003 Communication Skills-Conference Organisation 3


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

Code Course Title Credits
PH8004 Animal Welfare and Research Ethics 2

Remarks:
Students are normally not allowed to apply for credit transfer for PH8004

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

Code Course Title Credits
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
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
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
VCS8001 Introduction to Food Animal Medicine 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

Remarks:
•    Courses will be offered subject to enrolment of at least 5 students.
•    A course can be taken as either a core course or an elective only.
•    VCS8003A, B, C, or D may not be taken simultaneously in the same academic year
•    Students may also take postgraduate level courses offered by other academic units as electives upon approval from their supervisors and the course offering units. A list of approved courses is available on Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies (SGS) website.

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

Code Course Title Credits
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 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

Remarks:
•    Courses will be offered subject to enrolment of at least 5 students.
•    Students may also take postgraduate level courses offered by other academic units as electives upon approval from their supervisors and the course offering units. A list of approved courses is available on Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies (SGS) website.

Electives for PhD Students for 2023 cohort or before (at least 1 credit) / PhD Students for 2024 cohort (3 credits) /  MPhil Students for 2024 cohort or before (3 credits) :

Code Course Title Credits
BMS8105 Biotherapy and Nanomedicine 3
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience @ 3
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3
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
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3
PH8002 Infectious Disease Epidemiology ^ 3
PH8003 Communication Skills-Conference Organisation 3

^An elective course for PhD students only.

@BMS8108 is only for the 2023 cohort or before.

- Courses will be offered subject to sufficient enrolment.

- Students are normally not allowed to apply for credit transfer for core courses and BMS8001.

- A course can be taken as either a core course or an elective only.

- Students may also take postgraduate level courses offered by other academic units as electives upon approval from their supervisors and the course offering units. A list of approved courses is available on Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies (SGS) website.

# 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.