B.Sc. BOTANY (2014 Admission on wards)
The department has adopted the Choice Based Credit Semester System (CBCSS) followed by the University of Calicut with effect from 2009 admission onwards. The duration of the programme shall be of six semesters spread across a period of three academic years. The odd semesters shall be from June to October and the even semesters shall be from November to March. The undergraduate programme in Botany includes four courses:
Core Course: Botany
Complementary Courses: Zoology, Chemistry
Elective: Advanced Plant Systematics
Open Course: Applied Botany
Titles of Core Course Papers offered in the Programme
Semester |
Title of the course |
I | Course 1 Angiosperm Anatomy |
II | Course 2 Research Methodology &Microtechnique |
III | Course3 Microbiology, Mycology, Lichenology & Plant pathology |
IV | Course 4 Phycology, Bryology & Pteridology |
V | Course 5 Gymnosperms, Paleobotany, Phytogeography & Evolution |
V | Course 6 Angiosperm Morphology & Systematics |
V | Course 7 Embryology, Palynology, Economic Botany, Ethnobotany & Horticulture |
V | Course 8 General & Bioinformatics,Introductory Biotechnology, Molecular Biology |
VI | Course 9 – Genetics & Plant Breeding |
VI | Course 10 Plant Physiology & Metabolism |
VI | Course 11Cell Biology & Biochemistry |
VI | Course 12 Environmental Science |
VI | Course 13 (Elective) Advanced Angiosperm Systematics |
Curriculum: http://www.universityofcalicut.info/syl/BSc_Botany_cucbcss_on29oct2015.pdf
Scheme and Syllabus of B.Sc Botany Programme under CBCSS UG Regulations 2019 with effect from 2019 Admission onwards
Curriculum: http://botany.mtcc.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2019/09/B.Sc-Botany-order.pdf