The Department of Zoology offers following programs.
| YEAR – 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| SEMESTER I | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Z – 3110 | Animal Diversity (Invertebrates) | 3 |
| Z –3110P | Animal Diversity (Invertebrates) | 1 |
| SEMESTER II | ||
| Z – 3111 | Animal Diversity (Chordates) | 3 |
| Z –3111P | Animal Diversity (Chordates) | 1 |
| YEAR – 2 | ||
| SEMESTER III | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Z – 3104 | Animal Form & Function-I | 3 |
| Z – 3104P | Animal Form & Function-I | 1 |
| Z – 3106 | Biological Techniques | 1 |
| Z – 3106P | Biological Techniques | 2 |
| SEMESTER IV | ||
| Z – 3205 | Animal Form & Function-II | 3 |
| Z – 3205P | Animal Form & Function-II | 1 |
| Z – 2202 | Wild life | 2 |
| Z – 2202P | Wild life | 1 |
| YEAR – 3 | ||
| SEMESTER V | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Z-2203 | Biochemistry-I | 2 |
| Z-2203P | Biochemistry-I | 1 |
| Z- | Physiology-I (Animal Physiology) | 2 |
| Z- | Physiology-I (Animal Physiology) | 1 |
| Z-2101 | Cell Biology | 2 |
| Z-2101P | Cell Biology | 1 |
| Z-4101 | Ecology | 2 |
| Z-4101P | Ecology | 1 |
| Z-3210 | Evolution | 2 |
| Z-3210P | Evolution | 1 |
| Z – 4209 | Animal Handling | 2 |
| Z – 4209P | Animal Handling | 1 |
| SEMESTER VI | ||
| Z – 3112 | Molecular Biology | 2 |
| Z – 3112P | Molecular Biology | 1 |
| Z – 3209 | Principles of Systematics | 2 |
| Z – 3209P | Principles of Systematics | 1 |
| Z – 3201 | Genetics | 3 |
| Z – 3201P | Genetics | 1 |
| Z – 4219 | Biochemistry-II | 2 |
| Z – 4219P | Biochemistry-II | 1 |
| Z – 2203 | Economic Zoology | 2 |
| Z – 2203P | Economic Zoology | 1 |
| Z – | Physiology-I (Systemic Physiology) | 2 |
| Z – | Physiology-I (Systemic Physiology) | 1 |
| YEAR – 4 | ||
| SEMESTER VII | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Z – 3101 | Biostatistics | 2 |
| Z – 3101P | Biostatistics | 1 |
| Z – 3102 | Developmental Biology | 3 |
| Z – 3102P | Developmental Biology | 1 |
| Z – 2103 | Zoogeography & Paleontology | 2 |
| Z – 2103P | Zoogeography & Paleontology | 1 |
| Elective I | 3 | |
| Z – 4299 | Research Project/Internship | 3 |
| SEMESTER VIII | ||
| Z – 3206 | Bioinformatics | 1 |
| Z – 3206P | Bioinformatics | 2 |
| Elective II | 3 | |
| Elective III | 3 | |
| Z – 4299 | Research Project/Internship | 3 |
| List of Elective Courses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Z – 4105 | Biology of vectors | 2 |
| Z - 4105P | Biology of vectors | 1 |
| Z – 4203 | General Microbiology | 2 |
| Z – 4203P | General Microbiology | 1 |
| Z – 4207 | Aquaculture and Fisheries | 2 |
| Z – 4207P | Aquaculture and Fisheries | 1 |
| Z – 4210 | Immunology | 2 |
| Z – 4210P | Immunology | 1 |
| Z – 4211 | Biomedical Technology | 2 |
| Z – 4211P | Biomedical Technology | 1 |
| Z – 4212 | Radiation Biology | 3 |
| Z – 4213 | Mammalogy | 3 |
| Z – 4214 | Human Genetics | 3 |
| Z – 4215 | Fish nutrition and feed technology | 3 |
| Z – 4216 | Fish Endocrinology | 3 |
| Z – 4217 | Basic Principles of Biotechnology | 3 |
| Z – 4218 | Economic Zoology and Animal Taxonomy | 2 |
| Z – 4218P | Economic Zoology and Animal Taxonomy | 1 |
| ZOOLOGY AS AN ALLIED SUBJECT | ||
|---|---|---|
| YEAR – 1 | ||
| SEMESTER I | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Z – 3110 | Animal Diversity (Invertebrates) | 3 |
| Z –3110P | Animal Diversity (Invertebrates) | 1 |
| SEMESTER II | ||
| Z – 3111 | Animal Diversity (Chordates) | 3 |
| Z –3111P | Animal Diversity (Chordates) | 1 |
| YEAR – 2 | ||
| SEMESTER III | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Z – 3104 | Animal Form & Function-I | 3 |
| Z – 3104P | Animal Form & Function-I | 1 |
| Z – 3106 | Biological Techniques | 1 |
| Z – 3106P | Biological Techniques | 2 |
| SEMESTER IV | ||
| Z – 3205 | Animal Form & Function-II | 3 |
| Z – 3205P | Animal Form & Function-II | 1 |
| Z – 2202 | Wild life | 2 |
| Z – 2202P | Wild life | 1 |
| Year – 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Semester |
| Z - 7238 | Applied Biostatistics | 3 | I |
| Z - 7236 | Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Zoology | 3 | II |
| Code of elective selected from the list | Elective I | 3 | I/II |
| Code of elective selected from the list | Elective II | 3 | I/II |
| Code of elective selected from the list | Elective III | 3 | I/II |
| Code of elective selected from the list | Elective IV | 3 | I/II |
| Elective Courses (Five courses from the list will be taught depending upon the research topic of student and availability of the faculty members) | |||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Semester |
| Z – 7101 | Advanced Physiology: Regulation of Body Functions | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7102 | Biodiversity and phylogenetic relations | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7103 | Advanced Molecular Cell Biology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7104 | Advanced Environmental Science | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7105 | Animal Cell and Tissue Culture | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7204 | Physiology of reproduction | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7205 | Immunology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7206 | Hematology | 3 | I/II |
| Z –7207 | General Microbiology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7208 | Applied Microbiology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7209 | Medical Microbiology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7210 | General and Comparative Immunology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7211 | Toxicology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7212 | Aquaculture | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7213 | Applied Fisheries | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7214 | Fish Marketing | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7215 | Systematic Ichthyology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7216 | Pollution Ecology of Water Bodies | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7217 | Dental Morphology of ancient and recent Artiodactyles | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7218 | Dental Morphology of ancient and recent Perissodactyles | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7219 | Protozoology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7220 | Helminthology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7221 | Limnology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7222 | Generation and storage of metabolic energy | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7223 | Evolution of Reptiles and extinction of Dinosaurs | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7224 | Genetic of DNA Enzymes | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7225 | Recombinant DNA Technology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7226 | Cancer Biology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7227 | Geological Time Scale and Evolution of Life | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7228 | Renal and Hepatic Biology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7229 | Mammalian Paleontology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7230 | Advanced Biotechnology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7231 | Animal Behavior | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7232 | Medical Entomology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7233 | Pathogenic Microbiology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7234 | Advanced Steroid Endocrinology | 3 | I/II |
| Z – 7235 | Advanced Metabolic Biochemistry | 3 | I/II |
| Z - 7239 | Applied Insect Pest Management | 3 | I/II |
| Year 2 | |||
| Z - 7499 | Thesis | 12 | III/IV |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| FBFA-7101 | Experimental Biostatistics | 3 |
| FBFA-xxxx | Course-II (Elective) | 3 |
| FBFA-xxxx | Course-III (Elective) | 3 |
| FBFA-xxxx | Course-IV (Elective) | 3 |
| 12 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| FBFA-7201 | Research Methodology in Fisheries and Aquaculture | 3 |
| FBFA-xxxx | Course-VI (Elective) | 3 |
| FBFA-xxxx | Course-VI (Elective) | 3 |
| FBFA-xxxx | Course-VII (Elective) | 3 |
| 12 |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| FBFA-7299 | Research thesis and seminar | 12 |
| 12 | ||
| TOTAL CREDITS | 36 |
| Course Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| FBFA-7102 | Advanced Planktology | 3 |
| FBFA-7103 | Fisheries Regulations and Administration | 3 |
| FBFA-7104 | Fish Processing and Quality Assurance | 3 |
| FBFA-7105 | Fish Breeding and Conservation | 3 |
| FBFA-7106 | Fish Biotechnology | 3 |
| FBFA-7107 | Fish Immunology | 3 |
| FBFA-7108 | Global Climate Changes and Impact on Aquatic Life | 3 |
| FBFA-7109 | Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics | 3 |
| FBFA-7110 | Fisheries Extension | 3 |
| FBFA-7111 | Molecular Systematics of Fish | 3 |
| FBFA-7112 | Project Management | 3 |
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester I & II | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| Z – 8119 | Bioinformatics and Data Analysis | 3 |
| Elective Courses (Three courses from the list will be taught depending upon the students research field and availability of the faculty member) | ||
| Z – 8101 | Research Methods in Zoology | 3 |
| Z – 8102 | Molecular Biology (Applied) | 3 |
| Z – 8103 | Micro-Biology (Applied) | 3 |
| Z – 8104 | Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology of Insects | 3 |
| Z – 8105 | Medical and Veterinary Entomology | 3 |
| Z – 8106 | Cellular Immunology | 3 |
| Z – 8107 | Haematology | 3 |
| Z – 8108 | Humoral Immunology | 3 |
| Z – 8109 | Clinical Haematology | 3 |
| Z – 8110 | Haemostasis | 3 |
| Z – 8111 | Invertebrate Paleonotology | 3 |
| Z – 8112 | Vertebrate Paleonotology | 3 |
| Z – 8113 | Advanced Limnology | 3 |
| Z – 8114 | Advanced Protozoology | 3 |
| Z – 8115 | Parasitology | 3 |
| Z – 8116 | Advanced Recombinant DNA Technology | 3 |
| Z – 8117 | Applied Fisheries and Aquaculture | 3 |
| Z – 8118 | Molecular Systematics | 3 |
| Z - 8119 | Bioinformatics and Data Analysis | 3 |
| Z - 8120 | Cell Signaling | 3 |
| Year 2, 3 | ||
| Thesis | ||
