Major: Applied Biology

Offered by School of Biotechnology

Credits to graduate: 128 (includes thesis)

English language requirement

  • To start: TOEFL PBT 500 / TOEFL iBT 61 / IELTS 5.0
  • To graduate: TOEFL PBT 600 / TOEFL iBT 100 / IELTS 7.0

Applied Biology major – required courses

Ministry of Education and Training courses (0 credits)

  1. MACL102 Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism
  2. MACL103 Revolutionary way of Vietnam Communist Party
  3. MACL104 Ho Chi Minh Thought
  4. MACL105 Physical Education: Athletics
  5. MACL105 (T1) Physical Education:Tennis 1
  6. MACL105 (T2) Physical Education:Tennis 2
  7. MACL106 National Defense & Security Education

Tan Tao University core courses (30 credits)

  1. HUM101 Writing and Ideas
  2. HUM102 Culture and Literature
  3. HIS101 Civilizations
  4. HIS102 Modern Times
  5. MATH101 Calculus I
  6. ECON101 Microeconomics
  7. ECON102 Macroeconomics
  8. MGT101 Introduction to Management
  9. MGT102 Leadership and Communications
  10. CHEM101 Core Concepts in Chemistry {or} PHYS101 Introductory Mechanics

School of Biotechnology courses (49 credits)

  1. BT_AB 101 Introduction to Biotechnology
  2. BT_AB 102 Cell Biology
  3. BT_AB 103 Biostatistics and Practice
  4. BT_AB 104 Organic Chemistry
  5. BT_AB 105 Student Seminar in Biotechnology
  6. BT_AB 106 Lab Practices 1
  7. BT_AB 201 Genetics
  8. BT_AB 202 Basic Bioinformatics
  9. BT_AB 203 Biochemistry
  10. BT_AB 204 Human & Animal Physiology
  11. BT_AB 205 Molecular & Cellular Biology 1
  12. BT_AB 206 Animal Bioscience Experiment 1
  13. BT_AB 301 Lab Practices 2
  14. BT_AB 302 Protein Engineering & Proteomics
  15. BT_AB 303 Immunology & Immunogenetics
  16. BT_AB 304 Scientific Research Methodologies and Scientific Writing Workshop)
  17. BT_AB 305 Embryonic Stem cell and Therapeutic Applications
  18. BT_AB 306 Animal Bioscience Experiment 2

Major-specific courses (15 credits)

  1. AB 301 Microbiology and Biotechnology
  2. AB 302 Biopharmaceuticals
  3. AB 303 Gene & Cell Therapy
  4. AB 304 Nanobiotechnology Applied for Biomedicine
  5. AB 305 Cancer & Personalized Cancer Therapy

Thesis

Research paper on a pre-approved topic (10 credits)

Elective courses

Choose from these or any other elective course at Tan Tao University (24 credits)

  1. SBT 101 Advances in Stem cells and Applications
  2. SBT 102 Molecular & Cellular Biology 2
  3. SBT 103 Human & Animal Physiology of Reproduction
  4. SBT 104 Developmental Biology
  5. SBT 105 Biotechnology Product Development: Concepts, Biosafety and Regulatory Issues
  6. SBT 106 Biotechnology Start-up
  7. SBT 107 Biomaterials
  8. SBT 108 Bio-Energy
  9. SBT 109 Biophysics
  10. SBT 110 Forensic Biology and Criminalistics
  11. BT 301 Animal Biotechnology
  12. BT 302 Plant Biotechnology
  13. BT 303 Aquaculture Biotechnology
  14. BT 304 Genome Biology
  15. BT 305 Animal Cell and Drug Development