Introduction
BS in Bioinformatics is designed to gratify the demands of a multidisciplinary and rapidly evolving field. Bioinformatics, a combination of biology and computer science, is an emerging field that helps in collecting, linking and manipulating different types of biological information to discover new biological insight. Bioinformatics is playing a critical role in understanding biological data by providing quick information and making research fast and facilitating us to understand and improve life. BS in Bioinformatics is aimed to equip the students with the updated knowledge, software tools and different databases for better manipulation of biological data and designing of new drugs to treat various diseases. The students may pursue their career as Bioinformatics software developer, scientific curator, Protein analyst, Computational biologist, Phylogeneticist, Gene analyst, Research scientist, Database programmer, Structural analyst, Bio-statistician and Molecular modeller.
Eligibility Criteria
Intermediate with Pre-engineering / Pre-medical / Computer Sciences having at least 45% marks
Note
- Candidates having ‘A’ level or Deeni Asnad or foreign qualification are required to provide equivalence certificate from IBCC or HEC, Islamabad as applicable.
- Seats are available on an open merit basis, exclusively for eligible students within Pakistan.
- “Zero Semester ” is not applicable.
Award of Degree
To be eligible for the award of four-year BS in Bioinformatics, the students are required to complete at least 132 credit hours according to prescribed scheme of studies with at least CGPA 2.00 out of 4.
Scheme of Study
| Total Credit Hours | 134 |
| Total Semesters | 8 |
| Duration | 4 Years |
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| Semester No. 1 | |||||||||
| Course Code | Title | Category | Sub Category | Type | Pre Requisite | Credit Hours | Specialization | ||
| BIO5105 | Cell Biology | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| ENG101 | English Comprehension | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BIO101 | Basic I-Biology | Elective | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BIO102 | Basic II-Chemistry | Elective | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| CS101 | Introduction to Computing | Elective | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| MTH100 | General Mathematics | Elective | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| PAK301 | Pakistan Studies | Required | 2 (Theory:2, Practical:0) | ||||||
| ETH202 | Ethics (for Non-Muslims) | Elective | 2 (Theory:2, Practical:0) | ||||||
| ISL202 | Islamic Studies | Elective | 2 (Theory:2, Practical:0) | ||||||
| MB501P | Cell Biology (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| VU001 | Introduction to e-Learning | Required | 1 (Theory:1, Practical:0) | ||||||
| Semester No. 2 | |||||||||
| Course Code | Title | Category | Sub Category | Type | Pre Requisite | Credit Hours | Specialization | ||
| BIO504T | Biochemistry I (Theory) | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| BIO505T | Essentials of Genetics (Theory) | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| CS201 | Introduction to Programming | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| ENG201 | Business and Technical English Writing | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| MTH5101 | Calculus I | General Education | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| PAK522 | Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan | General Education | Required | 2 (Theory:2, Practical:0) | |||||
| BIO504P | Biochemistry I (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| BIO505P | Essentials of Genetics (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| CS201P | Introduction to Programming (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| Semester No. 3 | |||||||||
| Course Code | Title | Category | Sub Category | Type | Pre Requisite | Credit Hours | Specialization | ||
| BIF401 | Bioinformatics I | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| CS301 | Data Structures | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| ENG301 | Business Communication | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| MB502T | Molecular Biology (Theory) | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| MTH303 | Mathematical Methods | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BIF401P | Bioinformatics I (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| CS301P | Data Structures (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| MB502P | Molecular Biology (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| Semester No. 4 | |||||||||
| Course Code | Title | Category | Sub Category | Type | Pre Requisite | Credit Hours | Specialization | ||
| BIF501 | Bioinformatics II | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| BIO506T | Biochemistry II (Theory) | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| CS304 | Object Oriented Programming | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| MTH202 | Discrete Mathematics | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BIF498 | Research Project | Elective | 3 (Theory:0, Practical:3) | ||||||
| BT406 | Research Methodology & Skill Enhancement | Elective | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BIF501P | Bioinformatics II (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| BIO506P | Biochemistry II (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| CS304P | Object Oriented Programming (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| Semester No. 5 | |||||||||
| Course Code | Title | Category | Sub Category | Type | Pre Requisite | Credit Hours | Specialization | ||
| BIO401 | Biostatistics | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| CS403 | Database Management Systems | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| CS408 | Human Computer Interaction | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| CS502 | Fundamentals of Algorithms | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| MB504P | Methods in Molecular Biology (Practical) | Major | Required | 2 (Theory:0, Practical:2) | |||||
| CS403P | Database Management Systems (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| MB504T | Methods in Molecular Biology (Theory) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:1, Practical:0) | |||||
| Semester No. 6 | |||||||||
| Course Code | Title | Category | Sub Category | Type | Pre Requisite | Credit Hours | Specialization | ||
| BIF601 | Bioinformatics Computing I | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| BIO502 | Genomics | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BIO5101 | Introduction to Biotechnology | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| BT505 | Biosensors | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| CS504 | Software Engineering – I | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BIF601P | Bioinformatics Computing I (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| BT511P | Introduction to Biotechnology (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||
| Semester No. 7 | |||||||||
| Course Code | Title | Category | Sub Category | Type | Pre Requisite | Credit Hours | Specialization | ||
| BIF499A | Final Year Project | Required | 3 (Theory:0, Practical:3) | ||||||
| BIF602 | Bioinformatics Computing II | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BIO601 | Proteomics | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| CS602 | Computer Graphics | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| CS620 | Modelling and Simulation | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BT512T | Microbial Biotechnology (Theory) | Required | 2 (Theory:2, Practical:0) | ||||||
| BT512P | Microbial Biotechnology (Practical) | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | ||||||
| Semester No. 8 | |||||||||
| Course Code | Title | Category | Sub Category | Type | Pre Requisite | Credit Hours | Specialization | ||
| BIF499B | Final Year Project | Required | BIF499A | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| BIF604 | Special Topics in Bioinformatics | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| CS607 | Artificial Intelligence | Major | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | |||||
| CS614 | Data Warehousing | Required | 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0) | ||||||
| CS607P | Artificial Intelligence (Practical) | Major | Required | 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1) | |||||