Offered by the Department of Plant Sciences
The Honours Degree Programme in Bioinformatics is offered for the first time in the country and provides training in analysis and management of biological data using information technology.
Coordinator
Entry Requirements
A minimum GPA of 3.00 for BT core courses taken within the first two years and combined GPA of 3.00 for CS 1101, CS 1102, and CS 2001 and at least a C grade for AM 1008 are required to be eligible for this programme.
Course Modules
(L – No. of Lecture hours, P – No. of Practical hours)
Level 3
| Course Code | Title | No. of Credits | No. of Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| BT 3003 | Plant Molecular Biology | 2 | 30L |
| BT 3053 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 2 | 15L 30P |
| CS 3101 | Rapid Application Development & Visual Programming Technologies | 3 | 30L 30P |
| CS 3120 | Machine Learning and Neural Computing | 3 | 30L 30P |
| CS 3008 | Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms | 3 | 30L 30P |
| IT 3003 | Advanced Programming Techniques | 3 | 30L 30P |
| BT 3063 | Techniques in Molecular Biology | 2 | 15L 30P |
| BT 3167 | Phylogenetic Analysis | 1 | 10L 10P |
| BT 3071 | Experimental Design and Data Analysis | 2 | 15L 30P |
| BT 3172 | Special Topics in Bioinformatics | 3 | 90P |
| ZL 3006 | Molecular Biological and Immunological Applications | 2 | 30L |
| IT 3002 | Database Systems | 3 | 30L 30P |
| BT 3074 | Mathematics for Bioinformatics | 1 | 15L |
Level 4
| Course Code | Title | No. of Credits | No. of Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| BT 4107 | Trends in Plant Molecular Biology | 3 | 45L |
| BT 4019 | Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics | 1 | 10L 10P |
| CS 4104 | Data Analytics | 3 | 30L 30P |
| CS 4128 | Advanced Database management | 3 | 30L 30P |
| MB 4003 | Molecular Evolution, Modeling and Computer Based Drug Design | 3 | 30L 30P |
| BT 4030 | Literature Review and Seminar I | 2 | 60P |
| BT 4032 | Seminar II and Viva-voce | 1 | 30P |
| BT 4033 | Research Project in Bioinformatics | 8 | 240P |
| CS 4115 | Computational Biology | 3 | 30L 30P |
| CS 4125 | Logic Programming | 3 | 30L 30P |