Undergraduate

Course Table and Requirement for Undergraduate Students in the Department of Marine Biotechnology, NKMU

Course class	Course name	Credit	Hour	Lecture hour
				1st Year		2st Year		3st Year		4st Year
				Y1S1	Y1S2	Y2S1	Y2S2	Y3S1	Y3S2	Y4S1	Y4S2
Common required courses	Mandarin	4	4	2	2
	Chinese Practical Writing	2	2	1	1
	English	6	8	2	2	2	2
	Courses of General Education	16	16	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Military Education	0	4	2	2
	Physical Education	0	8	2	2	2	2
	Service-learning	0	4	2	2
	Subtotal	28	46	13	13	6	6	2	2	2	2
Core basic courses	Calculus	4	4	2	2
	Chemistry	4	4	2	2
	Chemistry Lab	2	6	3	3
	Subtotal	10	14	7	7

 

Course class	Course name	Credit	Hour	Lecture hour
				1st Year		2st Year		3st Year		4st Year
				Y1S1	Y1S2	Y2S1	Y2S2	Y3S1	Y3S2	Y4S1	Y4S2
Core required courses	Introduction to Aquatics	2	2	2
	Biology	6	6	3	3
	Biology Lab	1	3	3
	Organic Chemistry	3	3			3
	Analytical Chemistry	3	3		3
	Analytical Chemistry Lab	1	3		3
	Marine Biology	3	3			3
	Microbiology	3	3			3
	Microbiology Lab	1	3			3
	Biochemistry	6	6				3	3
	Biochemistry Lab	2	6				3	3
	Instrumental Analysis	2	2				2
	Instrumental Analysis Lab	1	3				3
	Biostatistics	2	2				2
	Cell Biology	3	3				3
	Molecular Biology	6	6					3	3
	Molecular Biology Techniques	4	4					2	2
	Molecular Biology Techniques Lab	2	6					3	3
	Biotechnology	3	3							3
	Biotechnology Lab	1	3							3
	Seminar	4	4						2	2
	Marine Biotechnology	3	3								3
	Lab Practical	2	6						3	3
	Subtotal	64	86	8	9	12	16	14	13	11	3

 

Course class	Course name	Credit	Hour	Lecture hour
				1st Year		2st Year		3st Year		4st Year
				Y1S1	Y1S2	Y2S1	Y2S2	Y3S1	Y3S2	Y4S1	Y4S2
Core elective courses	Introduction to Life Science	3	3	3
	Scientific Research Method	2	2	2
	Ecology	3	3		3
	Physiology	3	3			3
	Bioorganic Chemistry	3	3				3
	Biotechnology Management	2	2				2
	Introduction to Biotechnology	3	3			3
	Genetics	3	3					3
	Aquatic Biotechnology	3	3							3
	Natural Product Chemistry	3	3						3
	Nucleic Acid Chemistry	3	3					3
	Recombinant DNA Technology	3	3					3
	Protein Chemistry	3	3					3
	Purification Techniques	3	3						3
	Immunology	3	3						3
	Biochemical Engineering	3	3						3
	Enzymology	3	3						3
	Bioethics	3	3						3
	Applied Microbiology	3	3						3
	Bioinformatics	3	3						3
	Breeding and Biotechnology	3	3							3
	Virology	3	3							3
	Transgenic Techniques	3	3							3
	Biotechnology Patent	3	3							3
	Fermentation	3	3							3
	Biopharmaceuticals	3	3								3
	Cell Culture Techniques	3	3								3
	Environmental Biotechnology	3	3								3
	Food Biotechnology	3	3								3
	Natural Product and Biotechnological Applications	3	3								3
	Biotechnological Diagnostic Techniques	3	3								3
	Subtotal	91	91	5	3	6	5	12	24	18	18

 

The bachelor degree in Marine Biotechnology requires completing a minimum of 136 credits, comprising 28 common required units, 10 core basic units, 64 core required units and 34 elective units. At least 24 elective units must be completed from the core elective courses.