Core Courses

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Required Courses

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Life Science
Text Area
Course code Course Credit
LIFS 1901 General Biology I
[Remarks: Students with level 3 or above in HKDSE 1x Biology are exempted from taking LIFS 1901.]
0-3
LIFS 1902 General Biology II 3
LIFS 1904 Laboratory for General Biology II 1
LIFS 2040 Cell Biology 3
LIFS 2070 Introduction to Biotechnology 3
LIFS 2210 Biochemistry I 3
LIFS 3110 Biotechnological Application of Recombinant DNA Techniques 3
LIFS 4150 Plant Biotechnology Aquaculture Biotechnology 3
LIFS 4200 Concepts and Issues in Contemporary Biotechnology 3
Science Core
Text Area
Course code Course Credit
CHEM 1008 Introductory Chemistry
[Remarks: Students without Level 3 or above in HKDSE 1/2x or 1x Chemistry [or equivalent] are required to take CHEM 1008 before taking CHEM 1020.]
3
CHEM 1020 General Chemistry I 3
CHEM 1030 General Chemistry II 3
MATH 1003
MATH 1012
MATH 1013
MATH 1020
MATH 1023
Calculus and Linear Algebra or
Calculus IA or
Calculus IB or
Accelerated Calculus or
Honors Calculus I
3
4
3
4
3
PHYS 1001
PHYS 1111
PHYS 1112
PHYS 1312
Physics and the Modern Society or
General Physics I or
General Physics I with Calculus or
Honors General Physics I
3
3
3
3
Business Core
Text Area
Course code Course Credit
ACCT 2200 Principles of Accounting II [Remarks: Prerequisites will be waived for BIBU students.] 3
ECON 2103
ECON 2113
Principles of Microeconomics or
Microeconomics
3
3
ECON 2123 Macroeconomics 3
FINA 2203 Fundamentals of Business Finance 3
ISOM 2010 Introduction to Information Systems 3
ISOM 2500 Business Statistics 3
ISOM 2700 Operations Management 3
MARK 2120 Marketing Management 3
MGMT 2110 Organizational Behavior 3
MGMT 2130 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility 2
Interdisciplinary
Text Area
Course code Course Credit
BIBU 1010 Biotechnology and Business Seminar 1
BIBU 4820 Biotechnology Entrepreneurship and Business Operations 3
BIBU 4830 Biotechnology Management 3
BIBU 4840
BIBU 4850
Biotechnology and Business Capstone Project or
Biotechnology and Business Project Research
3
6
English for Science/Business
Text Area
Course code Course Credit
LABU 2060 Effective Communication in Business 3
LANG 2010 English for Science I 3
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Electives

Students are required to earn 9 credits from the following lists of courses, with at least 3 credits from each area.

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Biotechnology
Text Area
Course code Course Credit
LIFS 3060 Microbiology 3
LIFS 3140 General Genetics 4
LIFS 3260 Microbiology Laboratory 3
LIFS 3370 Human Genetics in Practice 3
LIFS 3580 Bioinformatics 3
LIFS 4140 Cancer Biology 3
LIFS 4320 Data Science for Biology and Medicine 3
LIFS 4370 Human Genetics and Personalized Medicine 3
LIFS 4380 Pharmacology and Toxicology 3
LIFS 4550 Biochemistry of Nutrition 3
LIFS 4630 Advanced Topics in Biotechnology   3
LIFS 4760 Biochemistry of Diseases 3
BTEC 5340 Biomarkers and Medical Devices 3
BTEC 5380 Drug Discovery and Development 3
CHEM 2110 Organic Chemistry I 3
CHEM 2155 Fundamental Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1
CHEM 2311 Analytical Chemistry 3
CHEM 2355 Fundamental Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 1
Business
Text Area
Course code Course Credit
ACCT 2020 Introduction to Accounting for Non-Business Majors (last offered in 2012-13) 3
ECON 3014 Managerial Microeconomics 4
ECON 3024 Managerial Macroeconomics 4
ECON 3334 Introduction to Econometrics 4
ECON 4124 Applied Game Theory 4
FINA 4103 Financial Markets Trading and Structure 3
ISOM 2020 Coding for Business 1
ISOM 3310 e-Business Management and Web Analytics 3
ISOM 3360 Data Mining for Business Analytics 3
ISOM 3710 Management Science 4
ISOM 4020 Innovation Management and Technology Entrepreneurship 3
ISOM 4750 Business Project Management 3
MARK 3320 Marketing Research 4
MARK 3410 Promotion and Advertising Management 4
MARK 3480 Pricing Strategy 4
MARK 4450 Brand Management 4
MGMT 3110 Human Resources Management 4
MGMT 3120 Managerial Leadership 4