Program Curriculum

COMPULSORY AND ELECTIVE COURSES

1. COMPULSORY COURSES

S. No.	Course Title	Code	Cr.hrs.
1.	Biostatistics	Biol 601	3
2.	Industrial Microbiology	Biol 610	2
3.	Fundamentals of Virology	Biol 611	2
4.	Microbial Physiology	Biol 612	3
5.	Food Microbiology	Biol 613	3
6.	Techniques in Microbiology	Biol 614	2
7.	Environmental Microbiology	Biol 615	3
8.	Biology of Pathogenic Microorganisms	Biol 616	3
9.	Applied Mycology	Biol 618	2
10.	Scientific Paper Writing	Biol 651	1
11.	Seminar	Biol 652	1
12.	DTTP	Biol 662	2
13.	Introduction to Biotechnology	Biol 741	2
14.	M.Sc. Thesis	Biol 757	6 (P/F)
	Total		35

• ELECTIVE COURSES

S. No.	Course Title	Code	Cr.Hrs.
1.	Principles of Plant Pathology	Biol 711	2
2.	Agricultural Microbiology	Biol 713	2
3.	Principles of Immunology	Biol 715	2
4	Microbial Ecology	Biol 717	2
	Total		8

                                                  COURSE SCHEDULE

Year I    Semester I

Course Title	Course No.	Cr. hrs
Biostatistics	Biol. 601	3
Fundamentals of Virology	Biol. 611	2
Food Microbiology	Biol. 613	3
Environmental Microbiology	Biol 615	3
Scientific Paper Writing	Biol. 651	1
Total	12

Year I    Semester II

Course Title	Course No	Cr. hrs
Industrial Microbiology	Biol.610	2
Microbial physiology	Biol 612	3
Techniques in Microbiology	Biol. 614	2
Biology of Pathogenic Microorganisms	Biol.616	3
Applied Mycology	Biol 618	2
Seminar	Biol.652	1
DTTP	Biol.662	2
Total	15

Year II    Semester I

Course Title	Course No.	Cr. hrs
Introduction to Biotechnology	Biol 741	2
Elective	Biol	2
M. Sc Thesis	Biol.757	6 (P/F)
TOTAL	10

Year II    Semester II

Course Title	Course No	Credit hr
M. Sc Thesis	Biol.757	6 (P/F)
TOTAL	6