NEHU

M.Sc Programme

Department of Biochemistry

M.Sc. Biochemistry Syllabus -2022 under NEP
North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya (After 109th AC)

FIRST SEMESTER
Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Maximum marks
BCH-CC-500	Enzymology	4	100
BCH-CC-501	Practical-I	4	100
BCH-DSEC-502	Intermediary Metabolism/MOOC 1	4	100
BCH-DSEC-503	Techniques in Biochemistry/MOOC 2	4	100
BCH-GEC-504	Nutritional Biochemistry	4	100
	Total	20	500
SECOND SEMESTER
Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Maximum marks
BCH-CC-505	Bioenergetics	4	100
BCH-CC-506	Practical-II	4	100
BCH-DSEC-507	Immunology/MOOC 3	4	100
BCH-DSEC-508	Genetics/ MOOC 4	4	100
BCH-RM-509	Research Methodology and Proposal Writing	4	100
BCH-SEC-510	Advanced Biochemistry and Data Processing	4	100
	Total	24	600
THIRD SEMESTER
Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Maximum marks
BCH-CC-600	Medical and Clinical Biochemistry	4	100
BCH-CC-601	Practical-III	4	100
BCH-CC-602	Molecular Biology	4	100
BCH-DSEC-603	Physiological Chemistry/ MOOC 5	4	100
BCH-DSEC-604	Advanced Analytical Techniques/ MOOC 6	4	100
BCH-DSEC-605	Microbiology/ MOOC 7	4	100
	Total	24	600
FOURTH SEMESTER
Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Maximum marks
BCH-DSEC-606	Dissertation	20	500
	Problem identification, review of literature, proposal writing and presentation.	5	125
	Dissertation: experiments, data collection, analysis, interpretation and discussion	10	250
	Dissertation presentation and viva-voce	5	125
	Total	20	500

1 Credit Hour is equivalent to 15 hours of teaching for theory papers and 30 hours of practical activities for Practical Papers.
A total of 12 Credits has been assigned for Practical Papers excluding Paper 606.
General Elective Course (GEC) is open to all students.
MOOC 1/MOOC 2/MOOC 3/MOOC 4/ MOOC 5/ MOOC 6/ MOOC 7: Massive Online Open Courses that can be opted in lieu of DSEC to a maximum of 8 Credits per semester.
Paper code pattern for the subject Biochemistry: BCH – Biochemistry; BCH (CC) - Core Course; BCH (DSEC)-Discipline-Specific Elective Course; BCH (GEC)-Generic Elective Course (Multidisciplinary); BCH (RM) - Research Methodologies and Proposal Writing; BCH (SEC) - Skill Enhancement Course.