NUS Pre-Medical Programme (PMP): Competency-Based Curriculum
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
(HHMI) have defined eight competencies which focus on the sciences basic to medicine and their
corresponding learning objectives for premedical science education.
The NUS Pre-Med Committee then identified the following list of modules which forms the
competency-based PMP curriculum for our NUS PMP students.
Competencies
Recommended modules which can meet the respective
competencies
Writing & Communications
EG1413/ES1513 Critical Thinking & Writing
ES1501X Academic Expository Writing
ES2331 Communicating Engineering
SP1202 Communicating with the Academy
ES2007S Profession Communication
Competency E1
Apply quantitative reasoning and
appropriate mathematics to
describe or explain phenomena in
the natural world.
BN2102 Bioengineering Data Analysis
CN3421 Process Modelling and Numerical Simulation
MA1505 Math 1
MA1506 Math 2
ST1232 Statistics for Life Sciences
Competency E2
Demonstrate understanding of the
process of scientific inquiry, and
explain how scientific knowledge is
discovered and validated.
BN3402 Bio-Analytical Methods in Bioengineering
CM1191 Experiments in Chemistry 1
CM1502 General and Physical Chemistry for Engineers
CM2142 Analytical Chemistry
EG1108 Electrical & Computer Engineering
EG1109 Statics & Mechanics of Materials
LSM1401 Fundamentals of Biochemistry
LSM2201A Experimental Biochemistry
LSM2202A Experimental Molecular & Cell Biology
LSM2203 Experimental Microbiology
LSM3231 Protein Structure and Function
PC1431 Physics IE
PC1432 Physics IIE
Competency E3
Demonstrate knowledge of basic
physical principles and their
applications to the understanding of
living systems.
BN2101 Principles of Bioengineering
BN2201 Quantitative Physiology for Bioengineers
BN2202 Introduction to Biotransport
BN2401 Biosignals Processing
BN2203 Introduction to Bioengrg Design
BN3101 Biomedical Engineering Design
BN3201 Introduction to Biomechanics
BN3501 Equilibrium & Kinetic Bioprocesses
BN4202 Biofluids Dynamics
BN4402 Electrophysiology
CN4241R Engineering Principles for Drug Delivery
LSM1104 General Physiology
LSM3243 Molecular Biophysics
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PC1421 Physics for Life Sciences
Competency E4
Demonstrate knowledge of basic
principles of chemistry and some of
their applications to the
understanding of living systems.
CM1401 Chemistry for Life Sciences
CM1501 Organic Chemistry for Engineers
Competency E5
Demonstrate knowledge of how
biomolecules contribute to the
structure and function of cells.
LSM1101 Biochemistry of Biomolecules
LSM1401 Fundamentals of Biochemistry
Competency E6
Apply understanding of principles of
how molecular and cell assemblies,
organs, and organisms develop
structure and carry out function.
BN4301 Principles of Tissue Engineering
BN4403 Cellular Bioengineering
LSM2103 Cell Biology
Competency E7
Explain how organisms sense and
control their internal environment
and how they respond to external
change.
BN2201 Quantitative Physiology for Bioengineers
BN2202 Introduction to Biotransport
LSM1104 General Physiology
LSM1202 Human Anatomy
Competency E8
Demonstrate an understanding of
how the organizing principle of
evolution by natural selection
explains the diversity of life on
earth.
LSM1102 Molecular Genetics
LSM3252 Evolution and Comparative Genomics
Reference
1. Report of the AAMC-HHMI Committee 2009
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