Life Sciences - NUS Biological Sciences

LIFE SCIENCES

College of Humanities and Sciences

Life Sciences at NUS provides comprehensive training on the essential concepts and the latest research techniques critical to the diverse spectrum of disciplines within and beyond biological and biomedical fields. From molecular and cellular worlds to organismal individuals, and from macro-level ecological views to underlying evolutionary concepts, different aspects of life sciences contribute to our understanding of how humans work, and how we interact with, and impact our environment.

Our flagship undergraduate programme is the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Life Sciences, with options of specialisation in Biomedical Science (BMS), and Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity (EEB). This is offered by Faculty of Science for students enrolled in the College of Humanities and Sciences.

Life Sciences Major, Second Major and Minor – Notices and Requirements

Cohorts AY2021/22 and after

Cohorts AY2020/21 and earlier

Cohorts AY2021/22 and after

Cohorts AY2020/21 and earlier

LSM Courses

LSM Courses – Information and Syllabus

List of LSM Courses AY2024/2025 (Updated 2 July 2024)

Please note:

Updated 8 July 2024 – The core courses meant for the fulfillment of Minor in Bioinformatics have been regularised to ZB-prefixed codes.

LSM2241 Introductory Bioinformatics -> Re-code to ZB2101.
LSM3241 Genomic Data Analysis -> Re-code to ZB3101.
LSM2302 Computational Thinking for Life Sciences -> Re-code to ZB2201.

The codes ZB2101 and ZB3101 do not serve as elective option for Life Sciences Major/Minor. ZB2201 does not serve as elective option for Life Sciences Major/Minor; it is an option for Digital Literacy for CHS Common Curriculum.

Students who have completed the courses as LSM2241 and/or LSM3241, these continues to serve as elective options for Life Sciences Major/Minor.

Students reading the Minor in Bioinformatics, please refer to website for details.

Updated 8 July 2024 – LSM2191 now comes in two variants LSM2191A and LSM2191B
The Life Sciences Major requirement to complete the essential course of LSM2191 can be fulfilled with either variant (mutually precluding):
– LSM2191A (offered by Department of Biological Sciences)
– LSM2191B (offered by Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Biochemistry)

Updated 8 July 2024 – LSM3210 now comes in two variant LSM3210A and LSM3210B
Both are regarded as options for Level 3000 LSM elective (mutually precluding).
– LSM3210A (offered by Department of Biochemistry)
– LSM3210B (offered by Department of Biological Sciences)

Updated 8 July 2024 – LSM courses relaunched/revised.
– LSM3218 Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology (relaunched; Semester 2)
– LSM3219 Neuropharmacology (prerequisite revised to LSM2106)
– LSM4211 Toxicology (relaunched; Semester 1)
– LSM4225 Genetic Medicine in Post-Genomic Era (prerequisite revised to LSM2105)

Research UROPS and Year-long Projects

List of eligible supervisors to host undergraduate research project for Life Sciences
Refer to the websites of the respective departments for the latest list of faculty staff and their research focus.

UROPS in Life Sciences (LSM228x/LSM328x)