Degree Program Offered
Honours Degree Programmes
- B.Sc. Hons in Plant Biotechnology
- B.Sc. Hons in Plant Biology
- B.Sc. Hons in Microbiology
Extended Degree Programmes
- B.Sc. Hons in Applied Sciences (Plant Biotechnology)
- B.Sc. Hons in Applied Sciences (Plant Biology)
- B.Sc. Hons in Applies Sciences (Microbiology)
PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOS)
- To provide students with a broad knowledge of plant biology and its importance in our ecosystem.
- To develop critical thinking, analytical, and research skills in the field of botany.
- To prepare students for careers in various fields related to plant biology such as agriculture, biotechnology, forestry, and horticulture.
- To promote an appreciation for the diversity and beauty of plants and their role in the natural world.
- To develop students’ communication skills, enabling them to effectively communicate scientific information to a variety of audiences.
- To encourage life-long learning and professional development in the field of Botany.
Main focus areas of the Curriculum
Basic Botany, Biotechnology, Basic Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Plant Pathology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Basics in Nanobiology, Subjects targeting industrial exposure.
Curriculum Outline
B.Sc. Degree Course Units
Each student should take course units having a minimum cumulative credit value of 27.0
| Course Type | |
| -a- | Compulsory |
| -c- | Core |
| -o- | Optional for all those doing Plant Biotechnology |
| -s- | Optional for all student in the faculty (Students should get the approval of the Head of the Department before commencement of lectures) |
| -ǂ- | A student may register for only one Internship Training/ Industrial Training course unit offered by any one Department |
Microbiology
| FIRST YEAR | ||
| Semester I | ||
| PLB/PBT/MBL 121 2.0 | Cell Biology and Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 122 2.0 | Plant Diversity | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 131 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester II | ||
| PBL/PBT/MBL 123 1.0 | Principles of Ecology | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 124 1.0 | Plant Development and Propagation | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 125 1.0 | Plant Structure and Function | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 126 1.0 | Classical Genetics | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 132 1.0 | Practical Module II | a |
| SECOND YEAR | ||
| Semester I | ||
| PBL/PBT/MBL 221 2.0 | Bioenergetics and Plant Metabolism | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 233 2.0 | Microbial Life | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 231 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester II | ||
| MBL 223 1.0 | Microbial Genetics | c |
| MBL 224 1.0 | Fundamentals of Genetic Manipulation of Microorganisms | c |
| MBL 228 1.0 | Phytopathogenic Microorganisms I | c |
| MBL 229 1.0 | Phytopathogenic Microorganisms II | c |
| MBL 232 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| THIRD YEAR | ||
| Semester I | ||
| MBL 321 1.0 | Soil and Agricultural Microbiology | c |
| MBL 333 2.0 | Industrial Microbiology | c |
| MBL 328 1.0 | Extremophiles | c |
| MBL 331 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester II | ||
| MBL 323 1.0 | Food and Dairy Microbiology | c |
| MBL 324 1.0 | Medical Microbiology | o |
| MBL 326 1.0 | Industrial Management | c |
| MBL 327 1.0 | Bioinformatics and Molecular Modeling | c |
| MBL 332 1.0 | Practical Module II | a |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 334 1.0 | Internship Training | oǂ |
| THIRD YEAR (Honours Part I) | ||
| Semester I | ||
| MBL 380 2.0 | Microbial Ecology | c |
| MBL 381 2.0 | Microbial Systematics | c |
| MBL 385 4.0 | Seminar | c |
| MBL 388 1.0 | lmmunology | c |
| MBL 389 2.0 | Advanced Industrial Microbiology | c |
| MBL 392 1.0 | Genome Mapping | c |
| Semester II | ||
| MBL 382 2.0 | Microbes in Pest Management | c |
| MBL 383 1.0 | Microbial Biochemistry | c |
| MBL 385 4.0 | Seminar | c |
| MBL 386 1.0 | Laboratory Techniques | c |
| MBL 387 2.0 | Biostatistics and Computer Applications | c |
| MBL 393 1.0 | Advanced Mycology | c |
| MBL 394 1.0 | Applications in Nanobiology | c |
| FOURTH YEAR (Honours Part II) | ||
| Semester I | ||
| MBL 480 1.0 | Bioprospecting | c |
| MBL 481 8.0 | Research Project on Microbiology | c |
| MBL 482 2.0 | Organization & Dynamics of Genomes | c |
| MBL 492 2.0 | Advanced Plant Virology | c |
| MBL 486 1.0 | Modern Genetics | c |
| MBL 489 1.0 | Bioethics & Biosafety | c |
| MBL 488 2.0 | Optical Microscopy | c |
| MBL 491 2.0 | Standardization & Quality Management | c |
| MBL 495 2.0 | Posthravest Pathology | c |
| Semester II | ||
| MBL 481 8.0 | Research Project on Microbiology | c |
| MBL 483 2.0 | Advanced Plant Pathology | c |
| MBL 485 1.0 | Microbial Enzymes in Biotechnology | c |
| MBL 493 2.0 | Environmental Microbiology | c |
| MBL 494 1.0 | Product Development & Marketing Management | c |
| MBL 496 2.0 | Plant Quarantine | c |
| MBL 497 1.0 | Laboratory Management for Microbiologist | c |
| MBL 499 2.0 | Molecular Diagnosis of Plant Diseases | c |
Plant Biotechnology
| FIRST YEAR | ||
| Semester I | ||
| PBL/PBT/MBL 121 2.0 | Cell Biology and Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 122 2.0 | Plant Diversity | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 131 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester | ||
| PBL/PBT/MBL 123 1.0 | Principles of Ecology | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 124 1.0 | Plant Development and Propagation | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 125 1.0 | Plant Structure and Function | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 126 1.0 | Classical Genetics | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 132 1.0 | Practical Module II | a |
| SECOND YEAR | ||
| Semester I | ||
| PBL/PBT/MBL 221 2.0 | Bioenergetics and Plant Metabolism | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 226 1.0 | Microbial Life I | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 227 1.0 | Microbial Life II | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL 231 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester II | ||
| PBT 224 2.0 | Gene Technology | c |
| PBT 228 1.0 | Genes & Gene Action | c |
| PBT 229 1.0 | Systematics of Flowering Plants | c |
| PBT 232 1.0 | Practical Module II | a |
| THIRD YEAR | ||
| Semester I | ||
| PBT 321 1.0 | Crop Biotechnology | c |
| PBT 322 1.0 | Plant Tissue Culture | c |
| PBT 335 2.0 | Plant Pathology | c |
| PBT 331 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester II | ||
| PBT 324 1.0 | Medical Biotechnology | o |
| PBT 325 2.0 | Industrial Biotechnology | o |
| PBT 327 1.0 | Bioinformatics and Molecular Modeling | c |
| PBT 332 1.0 | Practical Module II | a |
| THIRD YEAR (Honours Part I) | ||
| Semester I | ||
| PBT 380 1.0 | Plant Genetic Resources Management | c |
| PBT 383 2.0 | Genome Mapping | c |
| PBT 384 2.0 | Plant Cell Culture | c |
| PBT 385 4.0 | Seminar | c |
| PBT 392 1.0 | Biotechnology in Floriculture | c |
| PBT 399 2.0 | Plant Biochemistry | c |
| Semester II | ||
| PBT 385 4.0 | Seminar | c |
| PBT 386 1.0 | Advanced Microbial Genetics | c |
| PBT 387 2.0 | Biostatistics and Computer Applications | c |
| PBT 389 1.0 | Marine Biotechnology | c |
| PBT 390 2.0 | Advanced Phytotaxonomy | c |
| PBT 393 1.0 | Synthetic Biology | o |
| PBT 394 1.0 | Applications in Nanobiology | c |
| FOURTH YEAR (Honours Part II) | ||
| Semester l | ||
| PBT 481 8.0 | Research Project on Plant Biotechnology | c |
| PBT 492 2.0 | Organization & Dynamics of Genomes | c |
| PBT 483 2.0 | Cellular Molecular Biology | c |
| PBT 485 2.0 | Advanced Plant Tissue Culture | c |
| PBT 488 2.0 | Plant Breeding | c |
| PBT 489 1.0 | Bioethics and Biosafety | c |
| PBT 491 2.0 | Standardization and Quality Management | c |
| Semester 11 | ||
| PBT 480 1.0 | Applications of Nuclear Techniques | c |
| PBT 481 8.0 | Research Project on Plant Biotechnology | c |
| PBT 484 2.0 | Palynology | c |
| PBT 486 1.0 | Cell Signaling | c |
| PBT 490 1.0 | Plant Developmental Genetics | c |
| PBT 494 1.0 | Product Development and Marketing Management | c |
| PBT 495 1.0 | Viral Genetics | c |
| PBT 496 2.0 | Plant Quarantine | c |
| PBT 499 2.0 | Molecular Diagnosis of Plant Diseases | c |
Plant Biology
| FIRST YEAR | |||
| Semester I | |||
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 121 2.0 | Cell Biology and Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 122 2.0 | Plant Diversity and Systematics | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 131 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester II | |||
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 123 1.0 | Principles of Ecology | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 124 1.0 | Plant Development and Propagation | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 125 1.0 | Plant Structure and Function | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 126 1.0 | Classical Genetics | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 132 1.0 | Practical Module II | a |
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| Semester I | |||
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 221 2.0 | Bioenergetics and Plant Metabolism | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 226 1.0 | Microbial Life I | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 227 1.0 | Microbial Life II | c |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 231 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester II | |||
| PBL | 224 1.0 | Plant Physiology | c |
| PBL | 228 1.0 | Genes & Gene Action | c |
| PBL | 229 1.0 | Systematics of Flowering Plants | c |
| PBL | 225 1.0 | Fundamentals of Recombinant DNA Technology | c |
| PBL | 232 1.0 | Practical Module II (including Angiosperm Taxonomy) | a |
| THIRD YEAR | |||
| Semester I | |||
| PBL | 322 1.0 | Plant Tissue Culture | c |
| PBL | 324 2.0 | Horticulture and Landscaping | c |
| PBL | 335 2.0 | Plant Pathology | c |
| PBL | 331 1.0 | Practical Module I | a |
| Semester II | |||
| PBL | 321 1.0 | Economic Botany | c |
| PBL | 325 1.0 | Plant Resources | o |
| PBL | 326 1.0 | Applied Microbiology | o |
| PBL | 332 1.0 | Practical Module II | a |
| PBL/PBT/MBL | 334 1.0 | Internship Training | oǂ |
| THIRD YEAR (Honours Part I) | |||||
| Semester I | |||||
| PBL | 380 2.0 | Plant Biochemistry | c | ||
| PBL | 381 2.0 | Molecular Systematics | c | ||
| PBL | 382 1.0 | Soil and Soil Fertility | c | ||
| PBL | 383 2.0 | Genome Mapping | c | ||
| PBL | 385 4.0 | Seminar | c | ||
| PBL | 392 1.0 | Palaeobotany and Plant Evolution | c | ||
| Semester II | |||||
| PBL | 384 1.0 | Fundamentals of GIS | c | ||
| PBL | 385 4.0 | Seminar | c | ||
| PBL | 386 1.0 | Advanced Genetics | c | ||
| PBL | 387 2.0 | Biostatistics and Computer Applications | c | ||
| PBL | 388 1.0 | Wood Science and Technology | o | ||
| PBL | 390 2.0 | Advanced Phytotaxonomy | c | ||
| PBL | 391 1.0 | Literature Survey and Assignment | c | ||
| PBL | 393 1.0 | Environmental Toxicology | o | ||
| FOURTH YEAR (Honours Part II) | |||||
| Semester I | |||||
| PBL | 481 8.0 | Research Project on Plant Biology | c | ||
| PBL | 483 1.0 | Recent Trends in Ethnobotany | c | ||
| PBL | 484 2.0 | Advanced Plant Virology | c | ||
| PBL | 485 2.0 | Advanced Plant Tissue Culture | c | ||
| PBL | 486 1.0 | Plant Genetic Resources Management | c | ||
| PBL | 488 2.0 | Plant Breeding | c | ||
| PBL | 489 1.0 | Bioethics and Biosafety | c | ||
| PBL | 491 2.0 | Standardization and Quality Management | c | ||
| Semester II | |||||
| PBL | 480 2.0 | Crop Protection | c | ||
| PBL | 481 8.0 | Research Project on Plant Biology | c | ||
| PBL | 482 2.0 | Advanced Plant Pathology | c | ||
| PBL | 490 2.0 | Postharvest Technology | c | ||
| PBL | 492 2.0 | Advanced Applied Microbiology | c | ||
| PBL | 494 1.0 | Product Development & Marketing Management | c | ||
| PBL | 496 2.0 | Plant Quarantine | c | ||