M. Sc. Biochemistry
(Students admitted from 2018–19)
Scheme of Study
I Semester (21 Credits)

Course Code Course Name No. of Contact Hours / Week Credits
L T P
BIS415 Biological macromolecules 4 0 0 4
BIS416 Advanced Cell biology 4 0 0 4
BIS417 Classical & Molecular Genetics 4 0 0 4
BIS418 Advanced Human Physiology 4 0 0 4
CHY437 Analytical & Instrumentation Techniques 4 0 0 4
BIS419 Biochemical analysis Laboratory 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 20 0 2 21

II Semester (27 Credits)

Course Code Course Name No. of Contact Hours / Week Credits
L T P
BIS420 Bioenergetics & Metabolic Regulation 4 0 0 4
BIS518 Immunobiology 4 0 0 4
BIS421 Enzymes & Enzyme Technology 4 0 0 4
BIS501 Genetic Engineering & Genome Editing Technologies 3 1 0 4
MAT435 Biostatistics  &  its applications 3 1 0 4
BISxxx Elective – I 4 0 0 4
BIS520 Molecular Genetics & Genetic Engineering Laboratory 0 0 4 2
BIS422 Immunology & Enzymes Laboratory 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 22 2 6 27

III Semester (26 Credits)

Course Code Course Name No. of Contact Hours / Week Credits
L T P
BIS519 Cancer Biology & Therapeutics 4 0 0 4
BIS521 Hormonal Biochemistry 4 0 0 4
BIS522 Advanced Clinical Biochemistry 4 0 0 4
BIS423 Microbial Technology 4 0 0 4
BISxxx Elective – II 3 0 0 3
BIS523 Advanced Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory 0 0 2 1
BIS425 Microbial Techniques Laboratory 0 0 2 1
BIS399 Seminar 0 0 2 1
BIS499 Project Phase – I 0 0 4 2
MAN106 Research methodology & IPR 2 0 0 2
TOTAL 21 0 10 26

IV Semester (16 Credits)

Course Code Course Name No of Contact Hours / Week Credits
L T P
BIS500 Project work & viva voce 0 0 32 16
TOTAL 0 0 32 16

LIST OF ELECTIVES


Elective – I
BIS426 Plant Biochemistry 4 0 0 4
BIN518 Applied Bioinformatics
BIS509 Stem cell biology &Technology 
BIS428 Computational Drug Discovery
 
Elective – II
BIS429 Medical Laboratory Technology 3 0 0 3
BIS430 Tissue Culture Techniques
BIS427 Food processing technology
BIS424 Pharmacology
 
Semester No. of Theory No. of Laboratory Credits Earned
I 5 1 21
II 6 2 27
III 6 3 + Project Phase - I 26
IV None Project work 16
Total Credits 90

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