Scheme of Studies For BS BioChemistry

4-Year Program (8 Regular Semester of 18 weeks each) (122 Credit Hours)

		Semester - I
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours
1	BCH-301	Introductory Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
2	BCH-302	Organic Chemistry	3 (2-2)
3	BCH-303	Cell Biology	3 (2-2)
4	ENG-301	Functional English	3 (3-0)
5	SOS-301	Moral Foundation of Education	2 (2-0)
6	MATH-303	General Mathematics	3 (3-0)
		Total	17
		Semester - II
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours
1	BCH-304	Inorganic Chemistry	3 (2-2)
2	BCH-305	Molecular Biology	3 (2-2)
3	BCH-306	General Microbiology	3 (2-2)
4	BCH-307	Introduction to Bioenergetics	2 (2-0)
5	CS-301	Introduction to Computing	3 (2-2)
6	STAT-301	Statistics and Biometery	3 (3-0)
		Total	17
		Semester - III
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours
1	BCH-401	Nucleic Acid	2 (2-0)
2	BCH-402	Amino Acids and Protein	3 (2-2)
3	BCH-403	Carbohydrates	3 (2-2)
4	BCH-404	Lipids	3 (2-2)
5	ENG-302	Communication Skills	3 (3-0)
6	IS/ET-401	Islamic Studies/Ethics	2 (2-0)
		Total	16
		Semester - IV
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours
1	BCH-405	Principles of Genetics	3 (2-2)
2	BCH-406	Fundamentals of Enzymology	3 (2-2)
3	BCH-407	Physical Chemistry	3 (2-2)
4	BCH-408	Integrated Metabolism	2 (2-0)
5	SSH-301	Pakistan Studies	2 (2-0)
6	SOC-301	Introduction to Sociology	3 (3-0)
		Total	16
		Semester - V
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours
1	BCH-501	Genetic Engineering	3 (2-2)
2	BCH-502	Protein Chemistry	2 (2-0)
3	BOT-501	Plant Physiology	3 (2-2)
4	BCH-503	Biochemical Techniques	3 (1-4)
5	BCH-504	Biosafety and Ethics	2 (2-0)
6	BCH-505	Bioinformatics	3 (2-2)
		Total	16
		Semester - VI
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours
1	BCH-506	Tissue and Cell Culture	3 (2-2)
2	BCH-507	Biotechnology	3 (2-2)
3	ZOOL-402	Human Physiology	3 (3-0)
4	BCH-508	Cellular Signaling	3 (3-0)
5	BCH-509	Biomembrances	2 (2-0)
6	BCH-510	Plant Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
		Total	17
		Semester - VII
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours
1	BCH-601	Industrial Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
2	BCH-602	Good Laboratory Practice and Quality Control	2 (2-0)
3	BCH-604	Research Planning and Report Writing	3 (1-4)
4	BCH-605	Nutritional Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
5		Optional-I	3 (-)
6		Optional-II	3 (-)
		Total	17
		Semester - VIII
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours
1	BCH-606	Immunology and Immunochemistry	3 (3-0)
2	BCH-607	Current Trends in Biochemistry	3 (3-0)
3		Optional-III	3 (-)
4		Optional-IV	3 (-)
5	BCH-620	Seminar	1 (1-0)
6	BCH-621	Research Project/Internship	3 (0-6)
		Total	16
		Core Courses
Sr.	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1	BCH-301	Organic Chemistry	3 (2-2)
2	BCH-302	Introductory Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
3	BCH-303	Inorganic Chemistry	3 (2-2)
4	BCH-304	Carbohydrates	4 (3-2)
5	BCH-401	Amino Acids and Proteins	3 (2-2)
6	BCH-402	Principles of Genetics	3 (2-2)
7	BCH-403	Physical Chemistry	3 (2-2)
8	BCH-404	Lipids	3 (2-2)
9	BCH-405	Cell Biology	3 (2-2)
10	BCH-406	Tissues and Cell Culture	3 (2-2)
11	BCH-407	General Microbiology	3 (2-2)
12	BCH-408	Plant Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
13	BCH-409	Biomembranes	2 (2-0)
14	BCH-410	Biophysics	2 (2-0)
15	BCH-501	Fundamentals of Enzymology	3 (2-2)
16	BCH-502	Biochemical Techniques	3 (1-4)
17	BCH-503	Biosafety and Ethics	2 (2-0)
18	BCH-504	Molecular Biology	3 (2-2)
19	BCH-505	Nucleic Acids	2 (2-0)
20	BCH-506	Integrated Metabolism	2 (2-0)
21	BCH-507	Genetic Engineering	3 (2-2)
22	BCH-508	Protein Chemistry	2 (2-0)
23	BCH-509	Cellular Signaling	3 (3-0)
24	BCH-510	Introduction to Bioenergetics	2 (2-0)
25	BCH-511	Industrial Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
26	BCH-520	Seminar-1	1 (1-0)
27	BCH-601	Research Planning and Report Writing	3 (1-4)
28	BCH-602	Nutritional Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
29	BCH-603	Bioinformatics	3 (2-2)
30	BCH-604	Biotechnology	3 (2-2)
31	BCH-605	Immunology and Immunochemistry	3 (2-2)
32	BCH-606	Current Trends in Biochemistry	3 (3-0)
33	BCH-607	Good Laboratory Practices and Quality Control	2 (2-0)
34	BCH-619	Special Problem	1 (1-0)
35	BCH-620	Seminar-II	1 (1-0)
		Compulsory Courses
Sr.	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
36	ENG-301	Functional English	3 (3-0)
37	SSH-301	Pakistan Studies	2 (2-0)
38	MATH-303	General Mathematics	3 (3-0)
39	SOS-301	Introduction of Sociology	3 (3-0)
40	ENG-302	Communication Skills	3 (3-0)
41	STAT-301	Statsitics and Biometry	3 (3-0)
42	CS-301	Introduction of Computing	3 (2-2)
43	IS/ET-401	Islamic Studies/Ethics	2 (2-0)
44	ZOOL-402	Human Physiology	3 (3-0)
45	BOT-501	Plant Physiology	3 (2-2)
		Optional Courses
Sr. No	Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hour
46	BCH-608	Proteomics	3 (3-0)
47	BCH-609	Clinical Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
48	BCH-610	Medical Microbiology	3 (2-2)
49	BCH-611	Vitamins and Minerals	3 (2-2)
50	BCH-612	Environmental Biochemistry	3 (2-2)
51	BCH-613	Medical Nutrition Therapy	3 (3-0)
52	BCH-614	Cell Organelles	3 (3-0)
53	BCH-615	Nanobiotechnology	3 (3-0)
54	BCH-616	Agriculture Biochemistry	3 (3-0)
55	BCH-617	Nutrition and Deitatics	3 (2-2)

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