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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 :
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 |
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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) :
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.