SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY

A University Established by SAARC Nations

SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY

A University established by SAARC Nations

FLSB

Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology

Course Structure

Semester I

Code Course Title

Credits

L T P

LSB501 Biochemistry 2 1 2
LSB502 Cell Biology 2 1 2
LSB503 Molecular Biology and Genetics 2 1 2
LSB504 Concepts in Microbiology 2 1 2
LSB505 Advanced Biostatistics 2 1 0
  Total Credits 23

Semester II

Code Course Title

Credits

L T P

LSB506 Advances in Immunology 2 1 2
LSB507 Plant Molecular Biology and Crop Improvement 2 1 2
LSB508 Genetic Engineering 2 1 2
LSB509 Fermentation Technology 2 1 2
  Introduction to South Asia 2 0 0
  Open Elective 2 0 0
  Total Credits 24

Semester III       *Choose any 5

Code Course Title

Credits

L T P

LSB601 Project-1 0 0 6
LSB603 AI and Machine Learning in Biology* 2 1 0
LSB604 Tissue Engineering* 2 1 0
LSB605 Advanced Plant Biotechnology* 2 1 0
LSB606 Biochemical Engineering* 2 1 0
LSB607 Virology* 2 1 0
LSB608 Chemical Biology* 2 1 0
LSB613 Protein Engineering* 2 1 0
  Total Credits 21

Semester IV       *Choose any 2

Code Course Title

Credits

L T P

LSB602 Project-2 0 0 6
LSB609 Neuroscience* 2 1 0
LSB610 Cancer Biology* 2 1 0
LSB611 Environmental Biotechnology* 2 1 0
LSB612 Advanced Bioinformatics* 2 0 1
LSB616 Downstream Processing* 2 1 0
LSB708 Research Methodology and Ethics* 4 0 0
  Total Credits 16

Grand Total Credits: 84

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