B.Sc Biology is constructed from 6 semesters with a time span of 6 months each, collectively making 3 years.
In those 3 years, a student has to go through theory subjects as well as practical. There are class tests, practicals, assignments, seminars, projects, and theory lectures.
Biology is a diverse subject that covers many biological aspects of living organisms. Students have to study several important courses during B.Sc. program. Some of such important courses are listed below:
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Name of the course |
Topics Covered |
Description |
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Botany |
Biofuels, Biofertilizers, Biocides, Tissue Culture Techniques and Biotechnology Applications, Practices of Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources, Intellectual Property Rights, Restoration Ecology, Important Indigenous Medicinal Plants, Multipurpose Trees, Non-Timber Forest Produce Management, Industrial Botany. |
Understand the scientific study of the physiology, structure, distribution, classification, and importance of plants. |
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Bio-Chemistry |
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure, Lattice energy and solvation energy, Born-Haber cycle and its applications, Chemical Thermodynamics, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, Stereochemistry, Baeyer strain theory and its limitations, cyclohexane and its conformers. |
This topic covers the knowledge about chemical and physio-chemical, processes related to living organisms. |
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Biotechnology |
Types of restriction enzymes, methylation, cloning vectors, selection of recombinants, optimization of heterologous protein expression, Application of recombinant DNA technology, resistance, metabolic engineering, production of vaccines |
This course is studied to understand the biological processes for industries especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms. |
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Ecology |
The relevance of studying ecology, autecology, synecology, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere and Ecosphere, Population Growth regulation, Ecosystem and Community, diversity index, types of biodiversity species richness, food web, trophic levels. |
Understanding of relationships between different organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. |
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Environmental Science |
Public awareness of Environment issues, Role of Government, NGO’s, Environmental movements, Natural resources, Effect of human activities, Depletion of resources, Generation of waste, Threats to biodiversity, Extinction of species, Sustainable Development. |
It is the study of interactions between the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment. |
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Genetics |
Mendel’s work on transmission of traits, Genetic Variation, Molecular basis of Genetic Information, Mitosis and Meiosis, Mendelian Genetics and its Extension, Linkage, Crossing Over and Chromosomal Mapping, Extrachromosomal Inheritance, Mutations. |
Understand the heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. |
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Molecular Biology |
Nucleic Acids Convey Genetic Information, The Structures of DNA and RNA / Genetic Material, Genome Structure, Chromatin, and the Nucleosome, The Replication of DNA (Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes), Mutability and Repair of DNA. |
It includes knowledge of the structure and function of the macromolecules. |
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Physics |
Galilean invariance and Newton’s Laws of motion. Dynamics of a system of particles, Conservation of momentum and energy, work-energy theorem, Special Theory of Relativity, Waves and Oscillations, Membrane Systems and Membrane Physics. |
The study of mechanics, heat, light and other radiation and the structure of atoms. |
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Zoology |
Human Diseases, Reproductive health & human welfare, Implantation and placental physiology in pregnancy, placental secretions and their regulation, Animal Husbandry, Applied Entomology. |
The scientific study of the behavior, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals. |
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Sr. No. |
B.Sc Biology Subjects of Study
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1 |
Botany |
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2 |
Bio-chemistry |
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3 |
Biotechnology |
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4 |
Classification of Animal Kingdom
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5 |
Classification of Plant Kingdom
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6 |
Cytology |
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7 |
Ecology |
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8 |
Environmental Science
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9 |
Genetics |
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10 |
Molecular Biology
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11 |
Plant Diversity |
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12 |
Plant Physiology |
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13 |
Physics |
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14 |
Zoology |
