Study Scheme

BS (Bioinformatics)
Semester No. 1
Course Code Title Type Pre Requisite Credit Hours Specialization
BIO201 Cell Biology Required 4 (Theory:3, Practical:1)
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)
VU001 Introduction to e-Learning Required 1 (Theory:1, Practical:0)
 
Semester No. 2
Course Code Title Type Pre Requisite Credit Hours Specialization
BIO202 Biochemistry-I Required 4 (Theory:3, Practical:1)
BIO301 Essentials of Genetics Required 3 (Theory:2, Practical:1)
CS201 Introduction to Programming Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
ENG201 Business and Technical English Writing Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
MTH101 Calculus And Analytical Geometry Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
CS201P Introduction to Programming (Practical) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)
 
Semester No. 3
Course Code Title Type Pre Requisite Credit Hours Specialization
BIO302 Molecular Biology Required 4 (Theory:3, Practical:1)
BIF401 Bioinformatics I Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
CS301 Data Structures Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
ENG301 Business Communication Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
MTH303 Mathematical Methods Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
BIF401P Bioinformatics I (Practical) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)
CS301P Data Structures (Practical) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)
 
Semester No. 4
Course Code Title Type Pre Requisite Credit Hours Specialization
BIO303 Biochemistry II Required 4 (Theory:3, Practical:1)
BIF501 Bioinformatics II Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
CS304 Object Oriented Programming 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) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)
CS304P Object Oriented Programming (Practical) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)
 
Semester No. 5
Course Code Title Type Pre Requisite Credit Hours Specialization
BIO203 Methods in Molecular Biology Required 3 (Theory:1, Practical:2)
BIO401 Biostatistics Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
CS403 Database Management Systems 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)
CS403P Database Management Systems (Practical) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)
 
Semester No. 6
Course Code Title Type Pre Requisite Credit Hours Specialization
BIF601 Bioinformatics Computing I Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
BIO502 Genomics Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
BT505 Biosensors Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
CS504 Software Engineering - I Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
BT511T Introduction to Biotechnology (Theory) Required 2 (Theory:2, Practical:0)
BIF601P Bioinformatics Computing I (Practical) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)
BT511P Introduction to Biotechnology (Practical) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)
 
Semester No. 7
Course Code Title Type Pre Requisite Credit Hours Specialization
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)
BIF499A Final Year Project Elective 3 (Theory:0, Practical:3)
BIF605 Clinical Bioinformatics Elective 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 Type Pre Requisite Credit Hours Specialization
BIF604 Special Topics in Bioinformatics Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
CS607 Artificial Intelligence Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
CS614 Data Warehousing Required 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
BIF499B Final Year Project Elective 3 (Theory:0, Practical:3)
BIF606 NGS Data Analysis Elective 3 (Theory:3, Practical:0)
CS607P Artificial Intelligence (Practical) Required 1 (Theory:0, Practical:1)