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Major required courses (132 ECTS) 1.2.1. discipline core courses (96 ECTS) 1.2.2. major (Biological Sciences) required electives with at least three at course code level  400 (36 ECTS), 1.3. technical electives, any letter-grade (A-F) courses outside Biological Sciences with one at course code level 300 or higher (18 ECTS), and 1.4. unrestricted electives (12 ECTS).   NU UCCF courses enable students to broaden the academic experience, encourage the development of NU Graduate Attributes, and interdisciplinary thinking and skills through shared experiences. UCCF courses address communication in English and Kazakh languages, the history of Kazakhstan, knowledge of the natural and social sciences, numerical and digital literacy skills; business, design and entrepreneurial thinking, research skills and methods, as well as ethical and leadership issues. These courses are planned to be taken during the first, second and third academic year. Discipline core courses during the first three academic years comprise 20 courses in physics, chemistry, statistics, mathematics, and biological sciences that are essential for providing students an entry and knowledge base for future academic, research or professional specialization depending their career goals. The selection of biological sciences core courses considered curricula from leading universities abroad, variations in secondary education of students entering the program and country-specific needs towards One Health approaches that require not only medical doctors but also biologists able to cover molecular to environmental mechanistic aspect of of plant-animal-human-environment interactions.   General Biology, an introductory level biology course that covers the fundamental organizational and functional aspects of microbes, animals, plants and ecosystems serves both an equalizer of prior differences in biological knowledge and guarantor of basic biological knowledge expected from a biologist irrespective of the future area of specialization. Other mandatory biology courses provide the foundation of knowledge at molecular (Modern Biology I, Genetics), cellular (Modern Biology II, Molecular Cell Biology, Microbiology, Immunology) and organismal levels (Microbiology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Immunology) to prepare students for future specialization in subdisciplines in biological sciences that align also with three departmental research thrust areas: 1) molecular basis of human diseases including cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmunity and neurological diseases, 2) biophotonics applied in cell biology, cancer biology, and environmental systems and 3) biotechnology and bioinformatics including nanoparticle delivery, and biosensors. Electives are an important to offer students the opportunity gain experiences and knowledge in areas of their specialization interests as well as outside their field of study at sufficient depth and breadth. Therefore, the program offers starting from the third year six major electives, three technical electives with one technical elective at 300 course code level or higher, and two unrestricted electives. Three of the major electives must be taken at a 400 course code level to ensure each student gains a minimum of research-related experiences. The major electives can be chosen from a list of 32 courses. Unrestricted electives offered by the Department of Biology include Internship and Directed Studies in Biology. Both courses incentivize students to gain real-world research experience outside the university (including abroad) or with faculty members of the Department. In the current absence of a Honors degree (B.Sc. (Hons.) at NU, the program offers high-performing students wish to pursue a research career path the opportunity to conduct over a period of nine months research through two courses (Honors Thesis Research and Honors Thesis (18 ECTS) which would still qualify them to compete for entrance into a doctoral program abroad, or give them an advantage towards admission into a Master program. Once a Honors degree framework has been established at NU these two courses can be incorporated.   The list of courses for the B.Sc. in Biological Sciences is given below:   B.Sc. in Biological Sciences - Degree requirements NU Undergraduate Core Curriculum Framework required courses Course Abbr. Course Title ECTS HST 100 History of Kazakhstan 6 KAZ Kazakh language 12 WCS 150 Rhetoric and Composition 6 WCS 200-level Any 200-level writing course. 6 SOC, PLS, ANT, or ECON Any SOC, PLS, ANT, or ECON course. 6 MATH 161 Calculus I 8 PHYS 161 Physics I for Scientists and Engineers with Laboratory 8 CSCI Any CSCI course except CSCI 100 and CSCI 101 8 BIOL 355 BIOL 355 Critical Research Reasoning 6 Business Any business course. 6 BIOL 321 Bioethics 6 Subtotal credits	78
Major required courses	Discipline core courses	CHEM 101	General Chemistry I	6
		CHEM 102	General Chemistry II	6
		CHEM 102L	General Chemistry II Laboratory	2
		CHEM 211	Organic Chemistry I	6
		CHEM 211L	Organic Chemistry I Laboratory	2
		CHEM 212 and CHEM 212L, or PHYS 162, or MATH 162	Organic Chemistry II Laboratory and CHEM 212L Organic Chemistry II Laboratory, or Physics II for Scientist and Engineers with Laboratory, or Calculus II	8
		MATH 310	Applied Statistical Methods	6
		BIOL 105	General Biology	6
		BIOL 110	Modern Biology I	6
		BIOL 110L	Modern Biology I Laboratory	2
		BIOL 120	Modern Biology II	6
		BIOL 120L	Modern Biology II Laboratory	2
		BIOL 230	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	6
		BIOL 341 or CHEM 341	Biochemistry I	6
		BIOL 301	Molecular Cell Biology	6
		BIOL 305	Introduction to Microbiology	6
		BIOL 305L	Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory	2
		BIOL 310	Immunology	6
		BIOL 370	Genetics	6
	Subtotal credits			96
	Major electives	BIOL 300-/400-level	Any 300- and 400-level BIOL courses except BIOL 399 Biology Internship and BIOL 492 Directed Study in Biology. At least three courses must be taken at 400-level.	36
	Subtotal credits			132
Technical electives		Non-BIOL courses	Any letter-grade (A-F) courses outside Biological Sciences with one course at 300-level or higher.	18
Unrestricted electives		Any NU courses	Any NU 100- to 400-level courses.	12
Total credits				240

 

Major Electives

The list represents a sampling of currently available courses that may change or expand in the future depending on the stakeholders’ needs.

No.	Course code	Course title	Requisites	ECTS
1	BIOL 331	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	BIOL 230	6
2	BIOL 331L	Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II	BIOL 331	2
3	BIOL 301L	Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory	BIOL 301	2
4	BIOL 320	Developmental Biology	BIOL 230	6
5	BIOL 333	Environmental Biology	BIOL 120	6
6	BIOL 340	Bioinformatics with Laboratory	BIOL 120, MATH 310	8
	BIOL 341L or CHEM 341L	Biochemistry I Lab	BIOL 341 or CHEM 341	2
7	BIOL 352	Biology of Cancer	BIOL 301	6
8	BIOL 363	Structural Bioinformatics with Laboratory	BIOL 341 or CHEM 341 or CSCI 235	8
9	BIOL 378	Molecular Evolution	BIOL 370	6
10	BIOL 380	The Biology of Behavior	BIOL 230	6
11	BIOL 385	Cell Signaling: principles and mechanisms	BIOL 120	6
12	BIOL 418	Molecular Biology of the Gene	BIOL 301	6
13	BIOL 440	Neuroscience	BIOL 230	6
14	BIOL 456	Biology Research Design	BIOL 355	6
16	BIOL 425	Biomedical Research Methods	BIOL 110, BIOL 301, BIOL 341	6
18	BIOL 430	Histology with Laboratory	BIOL 230	8
19	BIOL 444	Stem Cell Biology and Applications	BIOL 301	6
20	BIOL 445	Medical Microbiology	BIOL 305	6
21	BIOL 450	Food Microbiology	BIOL 305	6
22	BIOL 450L	Food Microbiology Laboratory	BIOL 305	2
23	BIOL 455	Biotechnology	BIOL 301	6
24	BIOL 468	Integrated Cell Biology	BIOL 120	6
25	BIOL 470	Advanced Cell Biology	BIOL 301, (BIOL 341 OR CHEM 341)	6
26	BIOL 471	Light and Electron Microscopy Concepts and Techniques	BIOL 120 or CHEM 101 or PHYS 161	6
27	BIOL 471L	Light and Electron Microscopy Concepts and Techniques Laboratory	BIOL 471	2
28	BIOL 480	Molecular Immunology	(BIOL 341 or CHEM 341), BIOL 410	6
29	BIOL 481	Neuroimmunology	BIOL 410	6
30	BIOL 488	The Biology of Aging	BIOL 301	6
31	BIOL 490	Honors Thesis Research	BIOL 456	0
32	BIOL 491	Honors Thesis	BIOL 490	18

 

Honors Thesis Research (0 ECTS, in-progress-satisfactory/in-progress-unsatisfactory) and Honor Thesis (18 ECTS) courses train students to perform independent research in biological sciences over a period of 11 months. Starting in the Summer term of the third academic year the students will develop under the guidance of their thesis supervisor a research plan and conduct research. In the Spring semester of the fourth academic year the student will complete an original research thesis (Honors Thesis 18 ECTS) to be recommended by the thesis supervisor and a NU faculty member of the supervisory committee for thesis defense in form of a formal, public oral seminar or poster presentation.

Students with a CGPA of at least 3.25 at the end of the sixth semester of the third academic year and a B or above in BIOL 456 Biology Research Design and who have secured a project and supervisor are eligible to enroll by permission of the course coordinator.

 

Technical Electives

Technical electives are any letter-grade (A-F) undergraduate courses outside Biological Sciences (BIOL). One technical electives must be taken at course code level of 300 or higher. At total of three technical electives (minimum 18 ECTS) are required. For illustration purposes how the technical elective requirement can be fulfilled three examples for courses offered by Mathematics, Economy, and Chemistry Departments are given below. Any other combinations of courses offered for example by the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology or Computer Science can be built using NU’s public course catalog and consultation with the course instructor or Vice Dean of Academic Affairs to find out registration priorities.

Example 1.

No.	Course code	Course title	Requisites	ECTS
1	MATH 273	Linear Algebra with Applications	MATH 161, MATH 162	8
2	MATH 274	Introduction to Differential Equations	MATH 162 MATH 273	6
3	MATH 371 Or	Introduction to Mathematical Biology	MATH 273, MATH 274	6
	ROBT 310	Image Processing	MATH 162 MATH 273

Example 2.

No.	Course code	Course title	Requisites	ECTS
1	ECON 201	Intermediate Microeconomics	ECON 101, MATH 161 or MATH 162	6
2	ECON 211	Economic Statistics	ECON 101 or ECON 102	6
3	ECON 302	Game Theory and Economic Analysis	ECON 201	6

Example 3.

No.	Course code	Course title	Requisites	ECTS
1	CHEM 220	Quantitative Chemical Analysis	CHEM 102	6
2	CHEM 320	Instrumental Analysis	CHEM 220,	6
3	CHEM 447	Environmental Chemistry	CHEM 320, CHEM 212	6
	CHEM 442	Biochemistry II with Lab-Metabolic Biochemistry	CHEM 212, CHEM 341	6

 

Unrestricted Electives

Any undergraduate courses offered by NU can be taken by students to fulfill the distribution requirement for unrestricted electives. The Department of Biology offers Biology Internship and Directed Studies in Biology as unrestricted electives. Other available courses are listed in the NU’s public course catalog.

No.	Course code	Course title	Requisites	ECTS
1	BIOL 399	Biology Internship	1*	6
2	BIOL 492	Directed Study in Biology	1*	6

*1120 ECTS earned by the end of the fourth semester of the second academic year, no outstanding

incompletes, and being in good academic standing.