3522 - Bachelor of Science (Medical Bioscience)

The course provides specialist training in medical bioscience with a particular emphasis on techniques in tropical medicine with a focus on biotechnology. The program offers a Malaysian perspective, and several units have been specifically designed for the Malaysian context, ensuring that students gain an understanding of medical bioscience in a tropical environment. Students study a wide range of topics including anatomy, biochemistry, cellular metabolism, immunology, medical microbiology, human physiology, pharmacology and pathology.

An applied research project is offered as an elective to qualified students to undertake meaningful research and further develop the skills they have learnt.

Students must complete industrial training via a professional attachment to a clinical or medical laboratory in order to complete the requirements for this course.

Upon completion of this course, students will have knowledge of science across a range of disciplines, with a high level of understanding and appreciation in a broad spectrum of areas relating to medical bioscience. Students will have developed quantitative and qualitative research skills and will have an understanding of the importance of an ethical base for scientific research and development activity particularly in the context of areas such as bioengineering and human health.

Students must complete 114 points of core units plus 30 points of elective studies, with no more than 60 points of level one units overall. Elective units may be chosen from any faculty at Sunway, including units offered for other science courses.

Students must complete all of the following:

Stage one

• BIO1011 Biology I
• BIO1022 Biology II
• BTH1802 Fundamentals of biotechnology
• CHM1011 Chemistry
• CHM1022 Chemistry
• SCI1020 Introduction to statistical reasoning
• two 6-point elective units

Stage two

• ANT2331 Introduction to anatomy and medical terminology
• BTH2732 Recombinant DNA technology
• BTH2741 Biochemistry
• BTH2752 Cellular metabolism
• MIC2011 Introduction to microbiology and microbial biotechnology
• PHY2021 Body systems physiology
• PHY2032 Physiology of human health
• SCI2010 The practice and application of science

Stage three

• BTH3752 Molecular biology and biotechnology
• HUP3801 Essentials of pathology
• IMM3802 Essentials of applied immunology
• MIC3802 Principles of medical microbiology
• PHA3801 Principles of pharmacology
• three 6-point elective units

Bachelor of Science (Medical Bioscience)

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.