Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (NS)
Department of Neuroscience
PhD/MPhil students are required to fulfill the stipulated core courses and electives requirements.
Core Courses for PhD Students (9 credits) for 2022 cohort and thereafter:
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2024 - 2025 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| NS5004 | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience | 3 | A |
| NS8001 | Neuroscience Research Seminar | 3 | A & B |
| NS8002 | Advanced Neuroscience | 3 | A |
Core Courses for PhD Students (11 credits) for 2021 cohort or before:
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2024 - 2025 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| NS5004 | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience | 3 | A |
| NS8002 | Advanced Neuroscience | 3 | A |
| and any two of the following courses | |||
| BMS8102 | Frontiers in Biomedical Research | 2 | - |
| BMS8106 | Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine | 3 | A |
| BMS8107 | Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine | 3 | B |
| BMS8110 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | 3 | A |
| BMS8111 | Immunology and Infectious Diseases | 3 | B |
| PH8001 | Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science | 3 | Summer |
| PH8003 | Communication Skills-Conference Organisation | 3 | B |
Core Courses for MPhil Students (6 Credits):
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2024 - 2025 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| NS8001 | Neuroscience Research Seminar | 3 | A & B |
| NS8002 | Advanced Neuroscience | 3 | A |
Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) for PhD Students /MPhil Students (3 credits) for 2023 cohort and thereafter:
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2024 - 2025 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| NS5001 | Research Methodology and Ethics | 3 | A |
Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) for PhD Students (at least 2 credits) for 2022 cohort or before:
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2024 - 2025 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMS8001 | Research Ethics and Methodology | 2 | A |
| or | |||
| NS5001 | Research Methodology and Ethics | 3 | A |
Electives for PhD Students (3 credits) for 2022 cohort and thereafter / PhD Students (1 credit) for 2021 cohort or before:
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2024 - 2025 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| NS5005 | Sensory and Motor Neuroscience | 3 | B |
| NS5006 | Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 | B |
| NS5007 | Human and Artificial Intelligence | 3 | A |
| NS6002 | Advanced Computational Neuroscience | 3 | B |
| BMS8102 | Frontiers in Biomedical Research | 2 | - |
| BMS8106 | Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine | 3 | A |
| BMS8107 | Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine | 3 | B |
| BMS8110 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | 3 | A |
| BMS8111 | Immunology and Infectious Diseases | 3 | B |
| PH8001 | Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science | 3 | Summer |
| PH8003 | Communication Skills-Conference Organisation | 3 | B |
Electives for MPhil Students (0 credit):
| Code | Course Title | Credits | 2024 - 2025 Semester / Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| NS5005 | Sensory and Motor Neuroscience | 3 | B |
| NS5006 | Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 | B |
| NS5007 | Human and Artificial Intelligence | 3 | A |
| NS6002 | Advanced Computational Neuroscience | 3 | B |
| BMS8103 | Cell and Molecular Biology Research # | 3 | A |
| BMS8106 | Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine | 3 | A |
| BMS8107 | Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine | 3 | B |
| BMS8110 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | 3 | A |
| BMS8111 | Immunology and Infectious Diseases | 3 | B |
| PH8001 | Computational Biology, Experimental Design and Data Science | 3 | Summer |
| PH8003 | Communication Skills-Conference Organisation | 3 | B |
- Courses will be offered subject to sufficient enrolment.
- Students are normally not allowed to apply for credit transfer for core courses / NS5001 / BMS8001.
- Students who successfully complete BMS8103 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology before Semester A 2024/25 will be regarded as having completed NS5004 Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.
- A course can be taken as either a core course or an elective only.
- Students may also take postgraduate level courses offered by other academic units as electives upon approval from their supervisors and the course offering units. A list of approved courses is available on Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies (SGS) website.
# The number of credit units of BMS8103 is changed from 2 to 3 effective from Semester A 2020/2021. It is not applicable to students who took the course in Semester A 2019/2020 or before.