KOREA UNIVERSITY School of Biosystem and Biomedical Science

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Program Description

Educational Objective

The School of Biosystem and Biomedical Science aims to educate students on the basics of life science, medical science, and the relevant applied sciences, and integrate one another in order to promote human health and prevent diseases. It also aims to cultivate the next generation of creative and integrated leaders who will drive the development of the cutting-edge medical/life science and bio-food industries.

Core Competencies

Core Competencies
Core Competencies Percentage
(%)
Description
1. Biomedical Science 50 Acquire fundamental scientific knowledge necessary to understand phenomena involved in the maintenance of life, including molecular cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, physiology, and human pathology; explore the causes and mechanisms of diseases based on fundamental scientific knowledge; acquire new knowledge in biomedicine in order to understand disease prevention and control.
2. Bio-food and Nutrition Science 50 Acquire knowledge in practical disease control and treatment by linking fundamental life science to physiological functioning and disease; explore applied science necessary to the development and use of health-oriented food materials and new biomaterials, analyze their safety and industrialize them based on knowledge on the physical/chemical characteristics and biological function of nutritional food materials and on the broad understanding of food culture, food science, and food nutrition.
  100%  



Autonomous Competencies

Autonomous Competencies
Autonomous Competencies Description
Biomedical Science
1. Disease mechanism and treatment:
Research into human anatomic structure and functional changes in order to identify the causes and mechanisms of diseases; explore basic knowledge of the growth and differentiation of various types of cells and acquire knowledge that can help diagnose and treat diseases.
2. Metabolism of diseases:
Research into substances that accelerate or restrain physiological activity involved in the maintenance of life; acquire knowledge in biological abnormalities caused by lack or excess of physiological substances in various biological tissues as well as science-based knowledge related to evaluation methods using molecular biology and protein chemistry methods that can help determine biological abnormalities.
3. Infection immunity:
Strengthen the knowledge and understanding of the occurrence of infectious diseases and the activation and enhancement of the immune system in the body; acquire basic knowledge in microorganisms necessary to diagnose infectious microbes on gene/genome levels as well as in-depth knowledge required to develop vaccines and medicines against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, new viruses, and pandemic pathogens.
4. Disease control and health promotion:
Study the fundamental concepts regarding prevention of, management of, and recovery from diseases. Furthermore, explore life scientific approach to diseases and treatments in order to find ways to maintain and promote health and acquire up-to-date knowledge required to mediate diseases.
Bio-food and Nutrition Science
1. Food and bio-safety:
For health promotion and disease prevention, acquire knowledge for ensuring product safety in food industry and bio industry. To do so, analyze biological, physical, and chemical hazards within the categories of toxicology, food chemistry, and risk assessment technology. Furthermore, propose ways to manage risks and acquire broad knowledge in risk management technology.
2. New biomaterial and cutting-edge biomedical industry:
Study the structural characteristics of various food components and their possible chemical transformations comprehensive; acquire knowledge necessary to research new food materials and apply them in industries.
3. Health ecology:
Acquire knowledge for adapting and using food and ecological environment with an aim to conduct scientific research into interactions among human, social environment, and culture; prepare to respond to the emergence of new materials, and build a system to transmit and create food culture.



Courses by Core Competencies

Courses by Core Competencies
Classification Course Titles Course Classification
1.
Common
Human Physiology Biochemistry Molecular Biology Introduction to Organic Chemistry Major Elective
Introduction to Biomedical Sciences Experiment Biomedical Sciences I Experiment Biomedical Sciences II Cell Biology
Genetics Microbiology Pathology Epigenetics
Anatomy Immunology Physiologically Active Substances Metabolomics
Enzyme Technology Bio-industrial Microbiology and Lab Biostatistics Ecology
Molecular Pathological Epidemiology Nutritional Genomics Industrial Bio-Technology  
2.
Specified Major Courses
Bio-food and Nutrition Science Nutritional Pathology and Metabolism Molecular Nutrition Food Microbiology Principles of Food Preparation
Culinary Science Food Chemistry I Food Chemistry II Product Development and Practice
Food Raw Material Food Instrumental Analysis and Laboratory Biological Material Preservation Meal Management
Food Safety and Toxicology Food Culture and Styling    
Biomedical Science Diseases Microbiology Oncology Human Development Bacteriology
Stem Cell Biology Antibody Engineering Neuroscience Virology
Tissue Regeneration Bioinformatics Molecular Phylogenetics Biophysics
Endocrinology Systems and Synthetic Biology    

*The minimum required credits for each specified major is 36.


List of Major Courses

List of Major Courses
Classification Course Classification Course Number Course Title Credit Hours Hour Semester Offered Lecture Type Lecture Conversion Prerequisites Others
Theory Experiment(Lab) Practice
Common Major Elective BSMS201 Introduction to Biomedical Sciences 3 3     2-1 1 100%    
BSMS202 Experiment Biomedical Sciences III 3 0 6   2-2 3 50%    
BSMS203 Experiment Biomedical Sciences I 3 0 6   2-1 3 50%    
BSMS204 Cell Biology 3 3     2-2 1 100%    
BSMS205 Genetics 3 3     2-1 1 100%    
BSMS206 Human Physiology 3 3     2-2 1 100%    
BSMS207 Microbiology 3 3     2-1 1 100%    
BSMS208 Biochemistry 3 3     2-2 1 100%    
BSMS209 Pathology 3 3     2-1 1 100%    
BSMS211 Molecular Biology 3 3     2-1 1 100%    
BSMS214 Epigenetics 3 3     2-2 1 100%    
BSMS216 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 3 3     2-2 1 100%    
BSMS218 Anatomy 3 3     2-2 1 100%    
BSMS301 Immunology 3 3     2-1 1 100%    
BSMS306 Physiologically Active Substances 3 3     3-2 1 100%    
BSMS308 Metabolomics 3 3     3-2 1 100%    
BSMS311 Enzyme Technology 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS314 Bio-industrial Microbiology and Lab 3 2 2   3-2 2 50%    
BSMS317 Biostatistics 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS401 Ecology 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS404 Molecular Pathological Epidemiology 3 3     4-2 1 100%    
BSMS411 Nutritional Genomics 3 3     4-1 1 100%    
BSMS414 Industrial Bio-Technology 3 3     4-2 1 100%    
Bio-food and Nutrition Science Major Elective BSMS307 Nutritional Pathology and Metabolism 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS312 Molecular Nutrition 3 3     3-2 1 100%    
BSMS313 Food Microbiology 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS315 Principles of food preparation 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS316 Culinary Science 3 3     3-2 1 100%    
BSMS319 Food Chemistry I 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS322 Food Chemistry II 3 3     3-2 1 100%    
BSMS406 Product development and practise 3 2 2   4-2 2 50%    
BSMS407 Food Raw Material 3 3     4-1 1 100%    
BSMS408 Food Instrumental Analysis and Laboratory 3 2 2   4-2 2 50%    
BSMS409 Biological Materal Preservation 3 3     4-1 1 100%    
BSMS412 Meal management 3 3     4-2 1 100%    
BSMS413 Food Safety and Toxicology 3 3     4-1 1 100%    
BSMS415 Food culture and Styling 3 2 2   4-1 2 50%    
Biomedical Science Major Elective BSMS212 Diseases Microbiology 3 3     2-2 1 100%    
BSMS219 Biophysics 3 3     2-1 1 100%    
BSMS302 Oncology 3 3     3-2 1 100%    
BSMS303 Human Development 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS304 Bacteriology 3 3     3-2 1 100%    
BSMS305 Stem Cell Biology 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS321 Endocrinology 3 3     3-1 1 100%    
BSMS324 Systems and Synthetic Biology 3 3     3-2 1 100%    
BSMS402 Antibody engineering 3 3     4-2 1 100%    
BSMS403 Neuroscience 3 3     4-1 1 100%    
BSMS405 Virology 3 3     4-1 1 100%    
BSMS416 Tissue Regeneration 3 3     4-2 1 100%    
BSMS419 Bioinformatics 3 3     4-1 1 100%    
BSMS418 Molecular phylogenetics 3 3     4-2 1 100%