BIOTECHNOLOGY

• TTU core

• General knowledge

• Required foundational knowledge in Biotechnology.

• Required knowledge for each major

Choose one of four options:

1. Graduation thesis

2. Capstone Project + Internship

experiment

3. Practical training + Excellent essay

Career + Substitute Course

4. Graduation Internship

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The course on Marxist-Leninist Philosophy provides students with the most general worldview and methodology of scientific and practical knowledge based on the study of the principles, laws, and categories of dialectical materialism, as well as the laws and fundamental issues of historical materialism and the philosophy of human nature.

The course on Marxist-Leninist Political Economy provides students with fundamental knowledge of market economies and socialist-oriented market economies; economic interest relations in a socialist-oriented market economy; and Vietnam’s process of industrialization, modernization, and international economic integration.

The course on Scientific Socialism provides students with the most general laws governing the process of socialist revolution and the historical role and mission of the working class in it.

The course on Ho Chi Minh Thought provides students with knowledge about the concept, origin, formation, and development of Ho Chi Minh Thought; the basic contents of Ho Chi Minh Thought, including: the national question and the national liberation revolution; Ho Chi Minh Thought on socialism and the political party of the working class; thought on the state; on unity, morality, culture; and the application of Ho Chi Minh Thought by the Communist Party of Vietnam in the national democratic revolution and the socialist revolution.

This course provides systematic and fundamental knowledge about the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1920-1930), the Party’s leadership of the Vietnamese revolution during the power struggle (1930-1945), the two wars of resistance against French colonialism and American imperialism (1945-1975), and the cause of building and defending the Fatherland during the period of national transition to socialism and the implementation of the Doi Moi (Renovation) process (1975-2018).

The Fundamentals of Law course provides students with legal documents that regulate the rights and obligations of Vietnamese citizens and strengthen the socialist legal system.

This course equips students with the necessary skills.

Students will acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively use digital technology in their studies, work, and daily lives. They will learn how to operate equipment and software, extract information and data, communicate and collaborate in a digital environment, protect personal information, and create content.

Soft Skills

This course equips students with fundamental knowledge and the ability to apply important life skills such as communication, negotiation, creative thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, planning, and organizing work, thereby developing their thinking abilities and their interactions with society, the community, and groups, and enhancing their skills.

They demonstrate a high level of work acumen and fully utilize their professional knowledge and skills acquired through training.

This module covers essential skills, including presentation, time management and planning, teamwork, CV design, interview, how to impress recruiters, leadership, and negotiation, to gain an advantage.

This course provides foundational knowledge about entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of the digital economy and globalization. Students will learn about the process of generating startup ideas, developing business models, raising investment capital, building brands, and managing startup businesses. The course also emphasizes creative thinking, problem-solving skills, teamwork, and adaptability in a volatile business environment. Furthermore, students will have the opportunity to access practical startup models through case studies, group discussions, and networking with entrepreneurs and experts in the startup field.

This module aims to improve general English skills to meet the requirements for studying and communicating in English. Lessons are skill-oriented (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing) and are presented through practical topics with images, stories, and video clips.

This module follows on from English 1, aiming to improve overall English skills to meet the requirements of English learning and communication. Lessons are skill-based (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing) and are presented through practical topics with images, stories, and video clips.

Students are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills (Listening and Reading).

This module is designed for the TOEIC exam. Upon completion, students will achieve a TOEIC score of 350-400.

This module provides learners with fundamental knowledge of Physical Education, formations and drills, and general developmental exercises. Through this, learners will learn how to organize and manage groups and develop the ability to create general developmental exercise routines.

This course equips students with fundamental knowledge of the history and development of table tennis, as well as basic technical principles. This knowledge enables students to independently organize table tennis training sessions and develop their general and specialized physical fitness.

This course equips students with fundamental knowledge of the history and development of table tennis, as well as basic technical principles. This knowledge enables students to independently organize table tennis training sessions and develop their general and specialized physical fitness.

This course provides students with fundamental and systematic knowledge about the history of formation, development, and some outstanding achievements in culture, science, and technology of prominent ancient and medieval civilizations in the East, such as Egypt, India, and China, and in the West, such as Greece, Rome, and Western European countries. This helps students gain a foundational understanding of the history of human development and progress.

The course provides an overview of world history from the discovery of the New World and the American Revolution to the end of the 20th century. Significant changes throughout history have resulted from the catalysts of trade, militarism, and democracy. These events include the Industrial Revolution, European imperialism, trade and globalization, the world wars, the rise of superpowers like the Soviet Union, and the Asian market.

This course provides students with fundamental theories of cultural studies, including basic conceptual systems of culture, methods for identifying culture, specific cultural issues (yin-yang philosophy, symbolic culture, maritime culture, water culture, etc.), general aspects of Vietnamese and world culture, and applied culture.

This course provides students with a fundamental understanding of art from its beginnings to the present day. Contemporary art is situated in a world of global influence, cultural diversity, and technological advancement. The dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and themes continues to challenge well-established 20th-century boundaries. Contemporary art is part of a cultural dialogue that engages with broader contextual frameworks, such as individual and cultural identity, family, community, and nationality.

This course provides students with a basic understanding of Vietnamese culture (identity, value system, regional cultures, culinary culture, etc.) and selected world cultures (Korea, Japan, China, etc.), helping learners gain a fundamental understanding of Vietnamese culture and these representative world cultures.

A selection of literary works from diverse cultures and historical periods.

Essay Writing and Ideas has been developed to enhance learners’ ability to effectively explore, evaluate, and respond to information in the public domain. It goes beyond written structure and verbal communication by focusing on argument structure and how to avoid pitfalls in logic and reasoning. The information to be evaluated in this course can come from news sources, public records, films, slides, copies, and any other media.

This course is designed to enable students to identify historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives on leadership and communication, and to apply these perspectives to real-world problems. Throughout the course, students’ leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills will be developed through participation in leadership discussions, study of supplementary resources such as videos and case analyses, course readings, team-building activities, and community service learning projects.

This course provides students with a basic understanding of language in general (origin, nature, function, etc.) and of Vietnamese, including its fundamental characteristics: phonetics, vocabulary, semantics, grammar, and pragmatics.

This course provides students with fundamental knowledge to develop a correct attitude in understanding the organic relationship between the development needs of human society and the exploitation and use of natural resources, aiming to educate people to be conscious of protecting the living environment and combating pollution problems; global environmental issues and solutions.

This course provides students with a fundamental understanding of the Earth’s climate patterns, the causes of climate change, the challenges and opportunities of climate change, the impacts of climate change on resources and the environment, and how humans respond to climate change; the process by which global, national, and regional organizations develop climate change response plans; and how countries educate students about climate change.

This course covers differential and integral calculus of a single variable, with a focus on applications across various settings. It serves as a foundation for subsequent courses in mathematics, engineering, and social sciences.

This course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of Programming and Data Science, an interdisciplinary field encompassing methods, processes, and systems for learning and discovering knowledge from data. The methods and models in Data Science help humans and machines make better decisions and judgments in real-world situations.

This course will help students understand and apply the key steps in data analysis, including hypothesis formulation, data collection, preprocessing, analysis, quality assessment, and decision-making. Methods/models from Machine Learning, Data Mining, and Statistics will be introduced at a basic level. Students will practice on real-world datasets using Python.

Engineering design is the process of solving problems in fundamental engineering fields, including ideation and development, implementation, evaluation, prototype selection, and project construction. The course is conducted through practical projects, in which students work in teams to create a useful product based on their proposed ideas.

of Economics

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students will learn how individuals, businesses, and governments make decisions in the face of scarcity, and how these decisions interact in markets and throughout the economy. Topics include supply and demand, consumer behavior, producer behavior, market structure, externalities, public goods, national income, unemployment, inflation, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and international trade. The course emphasizes the application of economic principles to real-world business situations and policy issues.

Office Management is a course module.

This course equips students with the knowledge and skills to effectively organize, manage, and control administrative activities in a modern business environment. The focus is on task management, information processing, record keeping, and meeting organization.

and utilize technological tools such as

Google Workspace and Microsoft Office help students master the digital office environment and improve their professional performance.

The Personal Financial Management course provides students with knowledge of personal financial planning, money management, banking services, consumer credit management, life insurance, retirement plans, and other investments to optimize personal finances. In addition, the course equips students with knowledge of investing in financial assets and financial markets, how to research the investment environment, and the ability to consider the two fundamental aspects of investing—return and risk—as well as to control and plan their personal financial future.

This course is designed to provide students with a foundation in analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry. Through this course, students will gain a general understanding of issues related to chemical bonding, chemical energy, reaction processes, and the quantity of substances in samples. In addition, this course will also provide learners with a foundation in the tools used in analytical chemistry.

Physics for Life Sciences is an introductory course that introduces physics concepts to the life sciences and living systems. The course covers all areas of physics, with applications in the sciences and biology, including thermodynamics, fluids, waves, light, and optics.

The goal of this course is to introduce students to fields ranging from zoology, botany, aquaculture, forensic science, environmental bioremediation, medicine, molecular biology, cell biology, genomics, proteomics, and even the applications of AI in biotechnology. History, along with classic and modern examples, will be briefly introduced to students. The course will also cover fundamental applications of advanced biotechnology in stem cells, DNA & animal cloning, transgenic animals, cell reprogramming, assisted reproductive technology (ART), and their applications in therapy, medicine, agriculture, marine biotechnology, and forensic science. Finally, ethics and regulatory issues in biotechnology will be highly emphasized in this course.

This course is designed to provide students with a foundational understanding of cell biology. After the class, students should understand basic biological concepts such as nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids; how cells organize and transport substances across cell membranes; how cells produce and use energy to function; how cells communicate with each other and with the surrounding extracellular matrix; stem cells; immunology; cancer; and so on.

This course is designed to provide students with a foundational understanding of biosafety. Upon completion, students should understand the basic principles and practices of biosafety, including identifying, assessing, and controlling various biological hazards, and be familiar with general policies and procedures applicable across different work environments to ensure the safety of individuals and the community.

This course covers data analysis and statistical methods that are fundamental to biology, medical science, and business and economics. Key topics include: an introduction to probability: distributions, expectation, variance, and portfolio management; the centroid limit theorem; statistical inference for univariate data: confidence intervals and hypothesis testing; statistical inference for two-variable data: inference for simple linear regression models; and an introduction to statistical calculators.

The course provides a foundational understanding of organic chemistry and organic biology. Furthermore, students will gain an understanding of basic organic mechanisms and reactions.

For the practical sections, this course will introduce students to basic molecular biology techniques, including DNA extraction, purification, and visualization, as well as PCR.

The course lectures focus on the structure, function, and operation of plant compartments at different levels: organelles, cells, tissues, organs, whole plants, and plant communities. Throughout the course, we will also see how these plant compartments interact and how plants respond to their environment. We will examine how plants absorb food and water, how plant biomass is produced and stored, how energy is generated, and how plants regenerate. Furthermore, we will discuss how to improve crops to meet human needs and how plants can be exploited for this purpose in modern society.

The workshop is expected to help students develop their acting skills within a given subject. The workshops will also develop teamwork, selective reading, and problem-solving skills. Students will gather information and prepare a short lecture on a specific topic in plant physiology. Finally, each student will have to present their prepared presentation to the class and answer questions from classmates and the instructor.

Exercises will also be assigned regularly to help students remember key points throughout the lecture.

To help students become essay writers, they will prepare several research papers based on completed laboratory studies. Our research papers are not typical.

“Laboratory report.” In a laboratory lecture, a laboratory report might answer a set of questions.

Through exercises and small projects, learners practice writing structured code, testing and debugging programs, and presenting results in accordance with technical standards.