THE MASTER PROGRAMME
MAJOR: Hydrobiology
CODE: 8420101.08
(Issued under the Decision No. 4244/QĐ-ĐHQGHN, on October 29, 2015 by
the Rector of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi)
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
- Summary of programme curriculum requirements
Total credits for graduation: 64 credits
– General courses: 7 credits
– Specialised courses: 39 credits
+ Compulsory course: 18 credits
+ Elective courses: 21/42 credits
– Thesis: 18 credits
2. Programme curriculum
| No | Course code | Course name | Credits | Credit hours | Prerequisite courses | ||
| Lecture | Practice | Self-study | |||||
| I | General courses | 7 | |||||
| 1. | PHI5001 | Philosophy | 3 | 30 | 15 | ||
| 2. | ENG5001 | General English | 4 | 30 | 30 | ||
| II | Specialised courses | 39 | |||||
| II.1. | Compulsory course | 18 | |||||
| 3. | ENG6001 | English for Academic Purposes | 3 | ||||
| 4. | BIO6001 | Biosystematics | 3 | 30 | 15 | ||
| 5. | BIO6002 | Molecular Cell Biology | 3 | 30 | 15 | ||
| 6. | BIO6062 | Biodiversity and conservation | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 7. | BIO6035 | Freshwater Organisms | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 8. | BIO6036 | Marine Organisms | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| II.2. | Elective courses | 21/42 | |||||
| 9. | BIO6009 | Population Ecology | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001; BIO6002 | |
| 10. | BIO6008 | Forest Ecosystem | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001; BIO6002 | |
| 11. | BIO6010 | Agroecosystem | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001; BIO6002 | |
| 12. | BIO6011 | Aquatic Ecology | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001; BIO6002 | |
| 13. | BIO6075 | Biological indicators of environmental conditions | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 14. | BIO6076 | Wetlands | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 15. | BIO6077 | Ecophysiological basis of hydrobiology | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 16. | BIO6078 | Methods and Techniques in Hydrobiology | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 17. | BIO6025 | Ichthyology | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 18. | BIO6037 | Aquatic Invertebrate Fauna | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 19. | BIO6038 | Aquatic Plants | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 20. | BIO6039 | Biological Productivity of Waterbodies | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 21. | BIO6090 | Aquatic microorganisms | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| 22. | BIO6091 | Rational exploitation and protection of fishery resources | 3 | 30 | 15 | BIO6001, BIO6002 | |
| III | Thesis | 18 | |||||
| 23. | BIO7004 | Master’s Thesis | 18 | ||||
| Total: | 64 | ||||||