Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (NS)

Department of Neuroscience

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

Core Courses for PhD Students*(9 credits) for 2022 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits 2023 - 2024
Semester / Term
BMS8103 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology # 3 A
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience 3 A
NS8001 Neuroscience Research Seminar 3 A & B

Core Courses for MPhil Students (3 Credits) for 2022 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits 2023 - 2024
Semester / Term
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience 3 A
NS8001 Neuroscience Research Seminar 3 A & B

Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) for PhD Students (3 credits) /MPhil Students (3 credits) for 2023 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits 2023 - 2024
Semester / Term
NS5001 Research Methodology and Ethics 3 A

Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) for PhD Students (at least 2 credits) /MPhil Students (at least 2 credits) for 2022 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits 2023 - 2024
Semester / Term
BMS8001 Research Ethics and Methodology 2 A
or
NS5001 Research Methodology and Ethics 3 A

Electives for PhD Students*(3 credits) / MPhil Students*(0 credit) for 2022 cohort and thereafter:

Core Courses for PhD Students*(11 credits) for 2021 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits 2023 - 2024
Semester / Term
BMS8103 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology # 3 A
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience 3 A
and any two of the following courses
BMS8102 Frontiers in Biomedical Research 2 A
BMS8106 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 3 -
BMS8107 Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine 3 B
BMS8110 Genomics and Bioinformatics 3 A
BMS8111 Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3 B
PH8001 Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science 3 Summer
PH8003 Communication Skills-Conference Organisation 3 B

Core Courses for MPhil Students (3 Credits) for 2021 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits 2023 - 2024
Semester / Term
BMS8108 Advanced Neuroscience 3 A
Electives for PhD Students*(1 credit) / MPhil Students*(2 credits) for 2021 cohort or before:

^BMS8103 is a core course for PhD students and an electives for MPhil students

*Courses 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.