Course Objectives

Course Objectives

B.Sc ZOOLOGY

SEMESTER I

S.No	Course	Objectives

1	Invertebrate I	To study the various forms of invertebrate animal present on earth. To learn about general characteristics of invertebrates. To discuss their classification, structural and functional aspects of invertebrates.
2	Invertebrate II	To understand the systemic and morphological features of invertebrate animals. Students can identify the relative importance of invertebrates. Student can acquire knowledge regarding the economic values and affinities of invertebrates.

SEMESTER II

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Chordate	Make the students to enlighten the concepts of diversity, adaptations, organization and taxonomic status of chordates. To understand systemic physiology of chordate. To discuss the affinities and adaptations of chordates to different modes of life.
2	Invertebrate and Chordate-Practical	Enable to acquire the practical knowledge of mounting. Learn practically for slide preparation and spotter identification .

SEMESTER III

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Anatomy	To explain the level of structural organization in the body. To understand the structure of various internal organs in the body. The students will understand about health diseases and its etiology .
2	Biophysics	To learn the biophysical techniques for the study of structural biology. To understand the basic principles and applications of thermodynamic laws for biological system.
3	Entomology	Students will understand the classification of insects. To learn methods to identify different insects. Students will understand the beneficial and harmful aspects of insects and their control measures.
4	Sericulture	To know about various techniques and processes in silk worm culture and silk production
5	Economic Zoology	Students will understand the economical importance of various invertebrates and vertebrates. To gain knowledge in the field of animal culture and its product marketing. To learn the process of honey bee culture, silk production and fish culture.

SEMESTER IV

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Microbiology	To understand various micro organisms , their beneficial and harmful effects. To learn microbial culture and their isolating mechanism. The students can gain the skill of microbial culture and application of this knowledge to well being of human health and environmental health.
2	Medical Laboratory Technology	To learn about various medical diagnostic methods used for analysis of body fields. Knowledge is gained in measuring the various biological parameters.
3	Animal behavior and chronobiology	To understand the natural behaviour of various animals. Students will understand the insect reproduction and host plant protection, leading to the discovery of non toxic pheromones for insect pest control.
4	Sericulture, Microbiology & Clinical Biology – Practical	Students are oriented in the practical knowledge and hands on training in the clinical biology and microbiology courses.
5	Apiculture	To study various methods and processes in honey bee rearing and honey production.
6	Vermiculture	To learn the various methods of Vermi composting and Vermiwash . Students can obtain skills for the production of organic manure for sustainable agriculture.

SEMESTER V

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Immunology	Student will learn the immunisation schedule . To learn about the function of the immune system. To study the structure and functions of immunoglobulin. To provide knowledge about auto immune diseases.
2	Developmental biology	To know various stages involved in the embryonic development. To learn the process and recent advancements of Reproductive biology. Students learn the embryo formation and development. To study the process of fertilization and the development of various organs.
3	Animal physiology	To study the structure and functions of various organs in our body. To learn about the digestive circulatory and other systems. Students can gain knowledge about the physiology of invertebrate and human organism.
4	Genetics	Student can gain knowledge about inheritance of characters and factor responsible for this. To study the basic concepts of genetic principles. To learn the principles of chromosome, syndromes and gene transformation.
5	Environmental Biology and Evolution	To learn about the interaction of biotic and abiotic factors in the environment. To teach the students about how the complex organisms have evolved from simple beings.
6	Biostatistics	To understand how mathematics is applied in research. To learn about how the experimental results are drawn from collected data and interpreted.
6	Cancer Biology	To teach the various types of cancers and their causes. To differentiate the malignant and benign tumours and their effects.
7	Ornamental Fish Culture (SBS)	To study the economic importance of ornamental fishes. To study the breeding methods. To learn their market potential.

SEMESTER VI

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Molecular Biology	To learn the internal structure and functions of cellular molecules such as DNA, RNA and Proteins.
2	Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering	To understand how the useful products are produced from bioresources . To study the techniques used in the mass production of medicines, enzymes and hormones.
3	Cell biology	To know about the cellular components energy utilization in cells and cell division. Study the structure and functions of cell organelles and its metabolic functions .
4	Biochemistry	The students will get an over all understanding of Biomolecules, their structure and classifications, vitamins, enzyme kinetics and metabolic reactions in a living system.
4	Bioinformatics	To learn how the biological informations are documented in Websites. To learn techniques to retrieve DNA/Protein data from web resources.
5	Poultry Science	To study various techniques and challenges in poultry science. To study the poultry nutrition and physiology. Students learn the process in poultry culture. To understand the poultry health and management.
6	Practical III (Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology, Animal Physiology, Genetics and Biostatistics)	To study the practical techniques in cell division, blood cells, blood groups, lymphoid organs, various physiological activities in animals, various techniques in genetics.
7	Practical IV ( Environmental Biology, Evolution, Biotechnology & Genetic engineering, Biochemistry)	To study various techniques in environmental assessment, evolutionary evidences, vectors used in genetic engineering, various biochemical techniques.

M.SC ZOOLOGY

SEMESTER I

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Animal Bio diversity-I	Students will be able to identify and understand the basics of animal biology with a comparative knowledge on the organization in various animal groups.
2	Animal Bio diversity-II	To understand the vertebrate diversity and their economical value. To learn about the origin and evolution of animals. Students can identify the functional characters of higher evolutionary group of animals .
3	Cell and Molecular Biology	Students can understand the structure and functions of cell organelles. To understand the basic structure and functioning of the genetic materials-DNA and RNA To learn about molecular mechanism of DNA replication, repair, transcription and protein synthesis.
4	Invertebrata & Chordata, Cell and Molecular Biology – Practicals	Students can learn and training on the technique of mounting and identification of different cells and feathers. Students understand the various types of animal cells and molecular structure with their characteristic features and detailed functions.
5	Entomology.	On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to classify the insects and will be able to identify them. To learn the Beneficial aspects of Insects and Hazards of pests and their control measures.
6	Wild life Biology	To acquaint and gain knowledge about wild life data, functional significance and protective measures.

SEMESTER II

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Biochemistry	The students will get an over all understanding of Biomolecules, their structure and classifications, vitamins, enzyme kinetics and metabolic reactions in a living system.
2	Microbiology and Immunology	Students will be able to know the history ,development of Microbiology and fundamental knowledge about microbes. Understand and explore the world of microorganisms in different spheres of life. Imparted knowledge about immunity and their significance in human life.
3	Molecular Genetics	Students will be able to understand the principles of genetics, inheritance, sex determination, chromosomal anomalies. To study the mechanism of heredity at molecular level.
4	Biochemistry,Microbiology& Immunology and Genetics – Lab	Students to learn the technique about identification of microorganism from biological samples. Students understand the various immune systems of human body.
5	Aquaculture	This will provide knowledge in the fish food, feeding habits, seed production , farm management and method of farming. Will be a platform for employment opportunities in aquaculture activities.
6	Pollution Ecology	Students will learn the cause and control mechanism of pollution. To learn the basic knowledge about its deleterious effects and preventive measures.

SEMESTER III

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Animal physiology	Students will be able to understand the structural organization of different systems within body with the functions of different organ systems in animals.
2	Developmental Biology & Evolution	Students will be able to understand the basis of development learn the stages of organ development.To comprehend the scientific concepts of animal evolution through an understanding of its evidences, its mechanics, process and products.
3	Environmental Biology and Evolution	Students will be able to understand the concepts and components of ecosystems Learn about biodiversity and different indices. To evaluate the pollution problems in different environment. To create awareness about the present scenario of the environment.
4	Animal Physiology, Developmental Biology and Environmental Biology – Practicals	Observation of physiological activities such as metabolism, enzyme and influence of factors on it. To trace the developmental pattern and changes in life cycle.
5	.Biotechnology and genetic engineering	To learn the fundamental steps in gene cloning, manipulation and know the popular techniques used in biotechnology. To understand the basic concepts in genetic engineering and DNA technology. To get knowledge about transgenic plants ,animals and genetically engineered microbes.
5	Bioinformatics	Students will be able to learn the basic approaches in structure prediction” –concept and familiarize in applying bioinformatics tools in Biomedical research.

SEMESTER IV

S.No	Course	Objectives
1	Research methodology	They can identify, design and execute research problems on their own search and collect relevant literature from various sources prepare research reports and thesis. Gain theoretical and practical knowledge about biology research articles . To develop the technical art of writing research report and presentations.
2	Biostatistics and Biophysics	To study the experimental design and data collection techniques. To develop knowledge in handling the instruments for biological research and interrupt the data. To acquire knowledge on the applications of statistics in research

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