M.Sc. Botany Program

Courses Offered in M.Sc. Botany

1st Semester

Code  Course Title Lec. Hrs  Lab. Hrs  Credit Hrs
BOT-5101 Plant Taxonomy 2 1 3
BOT-5102 Diversity in Non-Vascular Plants 2 1 3
BOT-5103 Mycology 2 1 3
BOT-5104 Plant Ecology-I 2 1 3
BOT-5105 Cell Biology 2 1 3
BOT-5106 Field Botany-I     1

2nd Semester

Code  Course Title Lec. Hrs  Lab. Hrs  Credit Hrs
BOT-5201 Plant Biochemistry-I 2 1 3
BOT-5202 Plant Pathology 2 1 3
BOT-5203 Genetics-I 2 1 3
BOT-5205 Plant and Cell Physiology-I 2 1 3
BOT-5206 Plant Anatomy 2 1 3
  Field Botany-II     1

3rd Semester

Code  Course Title Lec. Hrs  Lab. Hrs  Credit Hrs
BOT-6301 Molecular Biology 2 1 3
BOT-6302 Diversity of Vascular Plants 2 1 3
BOT-6303 Plant Biochemistry-II 2 1 3
BOT-6304 Plant Ecology-II 2 1 3
BOT-6305 Plant and Cell Physiology-II 2 1 3
BOT-6406 Thesis (Assigned in 3rd semester and assessed in 4th semester)      
*Optional Non Thesis Students     3

4th Semester

Code  Course Title Lec. Hrs  Lab. Hrs  Credit Hrs
BOT-6401 Genetics-II 2 1 3
BOT-6402 Conservation Biology 2 1 3
BOT-6403 Biostatistics 2 1 3
BOT-6404 Principles of Biotechnology 2 1 3
BOT-6405 Experimental Taxonomy 2 1 3
*BOT-6406 Thesis     6
Optional Non Thesis Students     3

 

Effective from academic session 2015-17 and onward
*: Non thesis students are required to opt two optional courses in lieu of Thesis from the following list.

 Elective Courses  

3rd Semester
Code  Course Title  Lec. Hrs  Lab. Hrs  Credit Hrs
BOT-6307 Aquatic Ecology 3 0 3
BOT-6308 Medicinal Plants 3 0 3
BOT-6309 Bioinformatics 3 0 3
BOT-6310 Plant Metabolism 3 0 3
BOT-6311 Plant Breeding 3 0 3
BOT-6312 Phytogeography 3 0 3
BOT-6313 Phytohormones 3 0 3
BOT-6314 Forensic Botany 3 0 3
BOT-6315 Cytogenetics 3 0 3
BOT-6316 Integrated Plant Disease Management 3 0 3
BOT-6317 Mushroom Cultivation 3 0 3
BOT-6318 Genomics 3 0 3
         
4th Semester
Code  Course Title  Lec. Hrs  Lab. Hrs  Credit Hrs
BOT-6406 Forest and Shade Tree Pathology 3 0 3
BOT-6407 Analytical Phytosociology 3 0 3
BOT-6408 Microbiology 3 0 3
BOT-6409 Edaphology 3 0 3
BOT-6410 Stress Physiology of Plant 3 0 3
BOT-6411 Plant Morphogenesis 3 0 3
BOT-6412 Embryology 3 0 3
BOT-6413 Environmental Pollution and Prevention 3 0 3
BOT-6415 Plant Ecophysiology 3 0 3
BOT-6416 Ethnobotany 3 0 3