School of Life Sciences
How life begins.
M.Sc Botany
Vision of the Department: To create globally recognized competent scientists to work in multi oriented and challenging environment
Mission of the Department:
- To impart quality education, for enhancement of skills for progression in career and higher education according to their area of interest.
- To set up a student centered learning atmosphere and develop a research facility for graduate level to inculcate research attitude in students for innovations.
- To make collaboration with industries, distinguished research institution and to become a centre of excellence.
Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs):
PEO1: Design solutions to problems at the intersection of biology ranging from molecular to global issues
PEO2: Address societal and ecological needs in food and fiber production and processing, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, green chemicals, renewable energy, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
PEO3: Collaborate effectively as members of multidisciplinary teams and communicate effectively across a diversity of audiences.
PEO4: Advance professionally through mentoring and life-long learning.
Programme Outcomes(POS)
- Depth and Breadth of Knowledge
- Explain the chemical and physical underpinnings of life;
- Explain and integrate the key concepts of living systems such as biological diversity and its evolution, cellular organization, transmission of biological information, structure-function relationships, and functioning of ecological systems;
- Apply the scientific method including formulating a hypothesis, designing studies, and drawing
- Knowledge of methodologies
- Demonstrate a set of core field and laboratory-based observations, measurements and sampling techniques;
- Identify and depict patterns in biological data;
- Acquire, process and analyze data using appropriate bibliographic, mathematical and statistical
- Application of knowledge
- Acquire and collate the information and data relevant to a given biological question and objectively interpret them to draw an informed conclusion;
- Use key concepts and methodologies in applied situations ranging from advanced laboratory and field courses to work and research settings.
- Communication skills
- Develop and defend logical, coherent arguments;
- Disseminate biological information in written and oral format to scientific and non-scientific
- Awareness of limits of knowledge
- Evaluate recent advances in biological knowledge and recognize the limits of the scientific
- Autonomy and professional capacity
- Demonstrate professional work habits and ethical conduct when working individually or as part of a team
- Core biological concepts
- Recognize the relationship between structure and function at all levels
- Understand how interactions between organisms and their environments drive the dynamics of individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems
- Understand the processes and patterns of biological evolution, and the role of evolution as the central unifying concept in biology
- Understand the historical and social context of biological thought and research, and the contributions of biology to the resolution of medical, ethical, social, and environmental issues in human affairs
- General skills
- Demonstrate ethical conduct in all scientific and related activities
- Understand legislation governing biological research in Canada
- Integrate facts, concepts, and methods from multiple disciplines and apply to biological problems
- Use quantitative reasoning, observation, technical and analytical skills for scientific problem-solving and interpretation of biological data
- Work well independently and in small groups
- Show self-direction and motivation
- Learn cooperatively and work in teams
- Laboratory skills
- Work safely and productively in a Biocontainment Level 2 laboratory
- Use common basic and advanced techniques of biology, biotechnology and molecular genetics
- Research skills
- Maintain proper research records
- Conduct a literature search to determine current state of knowledge in a field
- Develop a grant proposal
- Use current laboratory and field instrumentation, computer applications and statistical techniques in the collection, organization, analysis and interpretation of data
- Design, conduct, report and defend a year-long independent laboratory or field-based research project
Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs):
PSO1:Emphasizes the diversity in form and function of plants and animals, create an awareness of the impact on the environment, society, appraise role of green chemistry in environment sustainability.
PSO2 : Students will be able to pursue higher education & focuses on scientific research, and apply this knowledge in both real life and in a laboratory setting.
PSO3: The fundamental skills within the field of Biology are understood and hence can function effectively as professionals in the Life Science based industries.
PSO4: This programme is vital to further increase their understanding of human health and environmental issues.
PSO5:Students will be able to understand the fundamental theories, concepts and applications in basic areas of research).
PSO6: Develop the ability to explore new areas of research in life sciences and allied field of Life science
Academic Programs
Postgraduate
M.Sc. Botany
Eligibility: B.Sc. Medical with 50% marks. (Botany as one of the subject)
Duration: 2 Years