M.S I year
Semester I:
1. Biochemistry
2. Molecular Cellular biology
3. Advanced Molecular biology
4. Molecular Cellular Immunology
5. Molecular Epidemiology & Biostatistics
6. Introduction to computers, functional and comparative genomics
7. Optional 1*: Career in Industry/Bio-technology company: How to be an industrialist/entrepreneur; & NCP/ICP
Semester II:
1. General concepts in Genome Biology
2. Bioinformatics & Telemedicine
3. Computational biology and Proteomics
4. Genome/Personalized Medicine
5. Current methods in Genome Research
6. Science communication in writing
7. Optional 2*: Career in Teaching: How to be an effective teacher; & NCP/ICP
•Note: Based on the assessment made in the I year, teachers/HOD can recommend additional courses for students, depending on their shortcomings.
M.S II year
Semester III:
1. Advanced Genome Biology
2. Pathway Biology/Medicine
3. Human Genome and its applications in Biopharmaceutical Industry
4. Biology of small RNAs & RNA therapeutics
5. Network Biology/Modelling/Engineering & its applications in Biopharmaceutical Industry/
6. Lecture/Oral presentation skills development
7. Optional 3*: Career in Science: How to be a Scientist/Researcher; & NCP/ICP
Add-on courses: Nutrigenomics
M.S Project commences
Semester IV:
1. Systems biology & Programming
2. Biological Databases, Bio-data curation, & Bio-chipTechnologies
3. Drug discovery, Experimental Therapeutics and Translational Research
4. Current Methods in Genome Research
5. Management, Intellectual property rights law, and ethics for biologists.
6. Seminar- Current topics in Genome Biology
7. Optional 4*: Career in bio-medical diagnosis: How to manage a clinical chemistry laboratory; & NCP/ICP
*NCP: National Career Path
*ICP: International Career Path
