Core Courses
Source: https://bibu.hkust.edu.hk/curriculum/core-courses Parent: https://bibu.hkust.edu.hk/
Sections
Text Area
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 |
Text Area
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 |