Programe ยป International Standard Program in Biology

The International Standard Program in Biology started in 2009 with the collaboration from Tufts University (U.S.A). The total minimum required number of credits is 162.

- General education knowledge (not including physical education, military defense education, and soft skills)

 38 credits

- Basic courses:

6 credits

- Fundamental courses:

28 credits

- Core courses:

41 credits

+ Required:

 

29 credits

+ Elective:

 

12/21 credits

- Advanced courses

49 credits

+ Required:

 

27 credits

+ Elective:

 

      9 credits

  + Practice and Undergraduate thesis:

13 credits

 

Available curriculum

No

 

Code

Subjects

Credits

Credit hours

Prerequisite

Lecture

Practice

Self-study

I

 

General education knowledge

(Not including subjects 12-14)

38

 

 

 

 

  1.  

PHI1004

Fundamental Principles of Marxism - Leninism 1

2

24

6

 

 

  1.  

PHI1005

Fundamental Principles of Marxism - Leninism 1

3

36

9

 

PHI1004

  1.  

POL1001

Ho Chi Minh Ideology

2

20

10

 

PHI1005

  1.  

HIS1002

The Revolutionary Line of the Communist Party of Vietnam

3

42

3

 

PHI1005

  1.  

INT1003

Introduction to Informatics 1

2

10

20

 

 

  1.  

INT1005

Introduction to Informatics 1

2

12

18

 

INT1003

  1.  

FLF2101

General English 1

4

16

40

4

 

  1.  

FLF2102

General English 2

5

20

50

5

FLF2101

  1.  

FLF2103

General English 3

5

20

50

5

FLF2102

  1.  

FLF2104

General English 4

5

20

50

5

FLF2103

  1.  

FLF2105

General English 5

5

20

50

5

FLF2104

  1.  

 

Physical Education

4

 

 

 

 

  1.  

 

National Defense Education

8

 

 

 

 

  1.  

 

Soft Skills

3

 

 

 

 

II

 

Basic courses

6

 

 

 

 

  1.  

HIS1056

Fundamentals of Vietnamese Culture

3

42

3

 

 

  1.  

GEO1050

Earth and Life Sciences

3

30

10

5

 

III

 

Fundamental courses

28

 

 

 

 

  1.  

MAT1090

Linear Algebra

3

30

15

 

 

  1.  

MAT1091

Calculus 1

3

30

15

 

 

  1.  

MAT1192

Calculus 2

2

20

10

 

MAT1091

  1.  

MAT1101

Probability and Statistics

3

27

18

 

MAT1091

  1.  

PHY1100

Mechanics - Thermodynamics

3

30

15

 

MAT1091

  1.  

PHY1103

Electromagnetism - Optics

3

30

15

 

MAT1091

  1.  

CHE1080

General chemistry

3

42

 

3

 

  1.  

CHE1081

Organic chemistry

3

42

 

3

CHE1080

  1.  

CHE1057

Analytical chemistry

3

42

 

3

CHE1080

  1.  

CHE1069

General chemistry Lab

2

 

30

 

CHE1080

IV

 

Core courses

41

 

 

 

 

IV.1

 

Required

29

 

 

 

 

  1.  

BIO2390

English in Biology

3

15

10

5

FLF2105

  1.  

BIO2401

Cell Biology

3

40

 

5

 

  1.  

BIO2400

Biochemistry

3

40

 

5

CHE1080

  1.  

BIO2402

Molecular Biology

3

30

10

5

BIO2400

BIO2401

  1.  

BIO2403

Microbiology

3

30

10

5

BIO3402

  1.  

BIO2404

Developmental Biology

3

30

10

5

BIO2401

  1.  

BIO2405

Human and Animal Physiology

3

40

 

5

BIO2401

BIO3401

  1.  

BIO2412

Human Biology

3

30

15

5

BIO2402

BIO2405

  1.  

BIO2406

Biostatistics

3

30

10

5

MAT1192

MAT1101

  1.  

BIO2407

Scientific research I

2

25

 

5

 

IV.2

 

Elective

12/21

 

 

 

 

  1.  

BIO2408

Immunology

3

40

 

5

BIO2400

  1.  

BIO2409

Introduction to Biotechnology

3

40

 

5

BIO2402

  1.  

BIO2410

Biophysics

3

30

10

5

BIO2401

PHY1100

PHY1103

  1.  

BIO2413

Population and Community Ecology 

3

40

 

5

BIO3401 BIO3406

  1.  

BIO2414

Principles of Conservation Biology

3

40

 

5

BIO3403

BIO3405

  1.  

BIO2415

Marine Biology

3

40

 

5

BIO3406

  1.  

BIO2416

Introduction to Environmental Ecology

3

40

 

5

BIO3406

V

 

Advanced courses

49

 

 

 

 

V.1

 

Required

27

 

 

 

 

  1.  

BIO3400

Cells and Organisms

4

40

15

5

MAT1101

CHE1080

  1.  

BIO3401

Organisms and Population

4

40

15

5

BIO3400

  1.  

BIO3402

General Genetics

3

30

10

5

BIO2400,

BIO2401

  1.  

BIO3403

Botany w/lab

4

40

15

5

 

  1.  

BIO2411

Plant Physiology

3

40

 

5

BIO2401,

BIO3401

  1.  

BIO3404

Invertebrate Zoology w/lab

3

30

10

5

 

  1.  

BIO3405

Vertebrate Zoology w/lab

3

30

10

5

BIO3404

  1.  

BIO3406

Basic Ecology

3

30

10

5

BIO3403,   BIO3405,

V.2

 

Elective

9

 

 

 

 

V.2.1

 

Specialized courses

(Students choose one of the available specialized groups)

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group A: Biology of cells

6/33

 

 

 

 

  1.  

BIO3407

Human Genetics

3

40

 

5

BIO2412,

BIO3402

  1.  

BIO3408

Biochemistry & Cellular Metabolism

3

40

 

5

BIO2400

  1.  

BIO3409

Medical Microbiology

3

40

 

5

BIO2403,

BIO2408

  1.  

BIO3411

Histology

3

40

 

5

BIO2404

  1.  

BIO3412

Experiments in Genetics

3

10

30

5

BIO3402

  1.  

BIO3413

Experiments in Molecular Biology

3

10

30

5

BIO2401

  1.  

BIO3414

Recombinant DNA Technique

3

10

30

5

BIO2402

  1.  

BIO3415

Experiments in Biochemistry

3

10

30

5

BIO2400

  1.  

BIO3416

Biotechnology Processing projects Laboratory

3

10

30

5

BIO2402,

BIO2403

  1.  

BIO3417

Experiments in Microbiology

3

10

35

 

BIO2401

BIO2403

  1.  

BIO3418

Experiments in Cell Biology

3

10

35

 

BIO2401

 

 

Group B: Biology of organisms

6/27

 

 

 

 

  1.  

BIO3419

Plant Development

3

40

 

5

BIO2411

  1.  

BIO3220

Basic Endocrinology

3

40

 

5

BIO2405

  1.  

BIO3221

Reproductive physiology

3

40

 

5

BIO2405

  1.  

BIO3422

Neurobiology

3

40

 

5

BIO2405

  1.  

BIO3423

Experiments in Plant Physiology

3

10

30

5

BIO2411

  1.  

BIO3424

Experiments in Animal Physiology

3

10

30

5

BIO2405

  1.  

BIO3247

Experiments in Human Biology

3

10

30

5

BIO2412, BIO3402

  1.  

BIO3222

Human Molecular Biology

3

10

30

5

BIO2402, BIO2412

  1.  

BIO3425

Scientific Research: Lab-based Research or Biological Field Studies

3

10

30

5

 

 

 

Group C: Biology of populations

6/21

 

 

 

 

  1.  

BIO3426

Plants and Humanity

3

40

 

5

BIO3403

  1.  

BIO3427

Evolutionary Ecology

3

40

 

5

BIO3401,

BIO3406

  1.  

BIO3428

General Entomology

3

40

 

5

BIO3404

  1.  

BIO3429

General Hydrobiology

3

40

 

5

BIO3404

  1.  

BIO3430

Fisheries Biology

3

40

 

5

BIO2415, BIO3405

  1.  

BIO3432

Experiments in Ecology

3

10

35

5

BIO3406

  1.  

BIO3433

Scientific Research: Lab-based Research or Biological Field Studies

3

10

35

5

 

V.2.2

 

Supplemental

3/12

 

 

 

 

  1.  

BIO3434

Bioinformatics

3

40

 

5

BIO2402

  1.  

BIO3435

Proteomics and Structural Biology

3

40

 

5

BIO2402

  1.  

BIO3436

Basic virology

3

40

 

5

BIO2402,

BIO2403

  1.  

BIO3237

Evolutionary Biology

3

40

 

5

BIO2203, BIO3406

V.3

 

Practice and Undergraduate thesis

13

 

 

 

 

  1.  

BIO4074

Tropical Ecology and Conservation

3

45

 

 

BIO3406

  1.  

BIO4075

Graduation thesis or final examination

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

162