B.Sc Biology

Curriculum

Curriculum

B.Sc Biology

  • Course Name

    Credits

  • Foundation Course (FC)

    24

  • Department Core Courses (DC)

    32

  • Departmental Elective Courses (DE)

    32

  • Allied Department Course - 1 (AC - 1)

    8

  • Allied Department Course - 2 (AC - 2)

    8

  • Degree requirement (FC+DC+DE+AC1+AC2)

    104

  • Semester 1

    Credits

  • Foundation Course 1

    4

  • Foundation Course 2

    4

  • Microbiology

    4

Microbial diversity: cultural and culture independent methods, taxonomy, the functional anatomy of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial cells; microbial genetics and physiology: unique biochemical pathways; microbial growth kinetics, development and differentiation; Dictyostelium development, myxobacterial development, biofilms and signalling among microbial cells; disease and epidemiology: mechanisms of pathogenicity, host-parasite.

  • Cell Biology

    4

This course will focus on the basic structures inside cells and how they execute cellular functions. Topics include organelles, membrane trafficking, the cytoskeleton, cell division, and signal transduction. Classic and recent primary literature will be incorporated into lectures with an emphasis on state of the art experimental approaches.

  • 16

  • Semester 2

    Credits

  • Foundation Course 3

    4

  • Foundation Course 4

    4

  • Physiology

    4

Various organ systems, their functions, interactions, regulation and pathology: animal physiology; the nervous system and sensory processing; endocrine system and reproduction; neuroendocrine systems; reproductive physiology; circadian rhythms; feeding and digestion, energy metabolism; thermoregulation in warm and cold-blooded animals; muscular system and movement;respiratory system: physiology of breathing, transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide, oxygen and the evolution of animals; circulatory system in invertebrates and vertebrates; excretory system:managing water, salt and body fluids in animals; environment and physiological adaptation; animal navigation and migration; physiological diseases.

  • Molecular Biology

    4

Basic cell biology and molecular biology techniques such as microscopy, cell culture, cell fractionation, biochemical and physiological analysis to understand the structure and function of cells, and molecular biology tools such as cloning, PCR, RNA-interference, electrophoresis and isolation and quantification of DNA, RNA and proteins.

  • 16

  • Semester 3

    Credits

  • Foundation Course 5

    4

  • Biochemistry-1

    4

Introduction to quantum chemistry: the basic principles of wave mechanics, the harmonic oscillator, the rigid rotator, infrared and microwave spectroscopy, the hydrogen atom, atomic structure, molecular structure, valence theory.

  • Immunology

    4

Organization of the immune system (lymphoid tissues and organs); immune cell development (hematopoesis, T and B cell development); innate and adaptive immunity (including cellular and humoral responses); invertebrate vs. vertebrate immunity; antigens and antibodies (antibody classes, Ag/Ab structure and function); immune signalling (T cell receptor, TLRs, inflammatory and cytokine responses); MHC and Ag presentation and T cell development; immunity mechanisms in disease (allergies, autoimmunity, immuno-deficiency); immunotherapy (clinical use of monoclonal antibodies); tumour Immunology and the evolutionary ecology of immunity

  • AC 1- Allied Department Course - 1.a

    4

  • AC 1- Allied Department Course - 1.b

    4
  • 20

  • Semester 4

    Credits

  • Foundation Course 6

    4

  • Biochemistry -2

    4

  • Genetics

    4

This course covers the fundamentals of molecular genetics, including principles of how genes work, how gene expression is regulated in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and how signals are passed from cells to cells that are far away. We will also explore key advances in biotechnology, including cloning, sequencing, and next-generation sequencing, and discuss case studies involving cancer, Huntington¿s Disease, and more.

  • AC 2- Allied Department Course - 2

    4

  • AC 2- Allied Department Course - 2

    4
  • 20

  • Semester 5

    Credits

  • Applied Biotechnology

    4

Hypothesis testing, statistical significance, errors, experimental design; probability distributions, distribution of sample means, standards errors, analysis of variance, confidence intervals; T tests, Anova, factorial design, regression and correlation’ Non-parametric statistics; multivariate tools and elementary time-series
analysis; sampling design; case studies experimental data: phaseplane analysis of (nonlinear) ODEs; enzyme kinetics; elementary geometric singular perturbation theory; reduction strategies for larger- dimensional systems; modeling ecological and evolution systems; stochastic models of enzymes, channels and pumps, etc.

  • Nano-Biology

    4

  • Bio-remediation

    4

  • Bio-fuels Technology

    4
  • 16

  • Semester 6

    Credits

  • Soil Biology: An Overview

    4

  • Advanced Immunology

    4

  • Cancer Biology

    4

Topics covered may include cancer models, traditional and targeted cancer therapies, and the development of resistance to treatment.

  • Neurobiology

    4

Introduction to the nervous systems of humans and other animals, single neurons work to how complex information processing and calculation, electrical properties of nerve cells and voltage dependent membrane permeability; channels, transporters, neurotransmitters and their receptors; synaptic transmission; the brain and its development, plasticity and its properties of learning and information processing, complex brain functions and related disorders.

  • 16
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