Department of Botany

Scheme of Studies

BS Botany Program

Eligibility Criteria

  • F. Sc. (Pre-Medical) or Equivalent

Duration:

 4 Years

Total Credit Hours

136 credit hours

Scheme of studies
YEAR-1
SEMESTER-I

Course No

Course Title

Credit Hours

CC/Eng-101

Language in Use

3(3+0)

CC/Isl-101

CC/Phil-101

Islamic Education/Ethics

2(2+0)

Maj/Bot-101

 Plants Systematics, Anatomy and Development

4(3+1)

Min/Zoo-101

Invertebrate Diversity

4(3+1)

Min/Chem-101

General Inorganic Chemistry

4(3+1)

 

Total Credits

17
SEMESTER-II

Course No

Course Title

Credit Hours

CC/Eng -102

Academic Reading & Writing

3(3+0)

CC/PS-101

Pakistan Studies

2(2+0)

Maj /Bot -102

Diversity of Plants

4(3+1)

Min/Zoo-102

Vertebrate Diversity

4(3+1)

Min/Chem-102

Physico-Organic Chemistry-I

4(3+1)

 

Total Credits

17
YEAR-2
SEMESTER-III

Course No

Course Title

Credit Hours

CC/Eng -201

Communication Skills

3 (3+0)

EC/Stat-201

Basic Statistics

2 (2+0)

Maj/Bot -201

Cell Biology, Genetics & Evolution

4(3+1)

Maj/Bot -202

Plant Physiology & Ecology

4(3+1)

Min/Zoo-201/ Min/Chem 201

Animal Form & Function/ Physico-Organic Chemistry-II

4(3+1)

 

Total Credits

17
 SEMESTER-IV

Course No

Course Title

Credit Hours

CC/Eng- 202

Advanced Academic Reading & Writing

3(3+0)

EC/CS-201

Introduction to Computer

3(2+1)

Maj/Bot -203

Microbiology

4(3+1)

Maj/Bot -204

Biodiversity and Conservation

4(3+1)

EC/Stat-201

Inferential Statistics

4(3+1)

 

Total Credits

18
 
YEAR-3
SEMESTER-V

Course No

Course Title

Credit Hours

Maj/Bot -301

Phycology and Bryology

4(3+1)

Maj/Bot -302

Mycology and Plant Pathology

4(3+1)

Maj/Bot -303

Diversity of Vascular Plants

4(3+1)

Maj/Bot -304

Plant Systematics

4(3+1)

Maj/Bot -305

Plant Biochemistry

3(2+1)

 

Total Credits

19
 
SEMESTER-VI

Course No

Course Title

Credit Hours

Maj/Bot -306

Plant Anatomy

4(3+1)

Maj/Bot -307

Plant  Metabolism

3(2+1)

Maj/Bot -308

Classical Genetics

3(2+1)

Maj/Bot -309

Plant Physiology

3(2+1)

Maj/Bot -310

Plant Ecology

3(2+1)

 

Total Credits

16
YEAR-4
SEMESTER-VII

Course No

Course Title

Credit Hours

Maj/Bot -401

Molecular Genetics

3(2+1)

Maj/Bot -402

Plant Hormones and Photomorphogenesis

3(2+1)

Maj/Bot -403

Community Ecology

3(2+1)

Maj/Bot -404

Research Methodology

2(2+0)

Maj/Bot -40*

Opted from Annexure –A

4(3+1)

 

Total Credits

15
 
SEMESTER-VIII

Course No

Course Title

Credit Hours

Maj/Bot -406

Environmental Biology

4(3+1)

Maj/Bot -407

Molecular Biology

3(2+1)

Maj/Bot -40*

Opted from Annexure –A

4(3+1)

Res/Bot -401**

 Research Thesis

6

 

Total Credits

17
 
Total Credit Hours:  17+17+17+18+19+16+15+17=136CR
 
*The course will be selected by the students from Annexure-A on the availability of faculty member expertise and number of students.
** Research Thesis/Special Course/Internship will be offered in 7th Semester.
The Special paper will be selected from Departmental Scheme of Studies on the availability of faculty member expertise and number of students.
Annexure A: Special Papers Offered
  • Maj/ Bot- 408 Basic Biochemical and Bioassay techniques
  • Maj/ Bot- 409 Common Fleshy Fungi of Pakistan
  • Maj/ Bot- 410  Ethnobotany
  • Maj/ Bot- 411 Ethnomycology
  • Maj/ Bot- 412 Microbiology
  • Maj/ Bot- 413 Paleopalynology
  • Maj/ Bot- 414 Photophysiology
  • Maj/ Bot- 415  Physiology of Fungi
  • Maj/ Bot- 416 Plant Biotechnology
  • Maj/ Bot- 417 Plant Tissue Culture and its Agricultural Application
  • Maj/ Bot- 418 Rust and Smut diseases of cereal crops in Pakistan
  • Maj/ Bot- 419 Seed Biology
  • Maj/ Bot- 420 Water Logging & Salinity
  • Maj/Bot-421 Soil Borne pathogen and their management techniques
  • Maj/Bot-422 Fundamentals of Phytochemistry
  • Maj/Bot-423 Fermentation Technology

MS BOTANY PROGRAM

Eligibility Criteria

  • BS Botany or Equivalent (16 Years education)
  • Duration: 2 Years

SEMESTER-I

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Bot-5*

Choose from Annexure A

3 (2+1)

Bot-5*

Choose from Annexure A

3 (2+1)

Bot-5*

Choose from Annexure A

3 (2+1)

Bot-5*

Choose from Annexure A

3 (2+1)

Total Credit Hours

12

SEMESTER-II

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Bot-5*

Research Reading-II

3 (2+1)

Bot-5*

Choose from Annexure A

3 (2+1)

Bot-5*

Choose from Annexure A

3 (2+1)

Bot-5*

Choose from Annexure A

3 (2+1)

Total Credit Hours

12

SEMESTER-III & IV

Course No

Course Title

Credits

Bot-601

Seminar

2

Bot-602

Research Thesis

10

Total Credit Hours

12

Total Credit Hours = 12+12+12=36CR

*Courses offered depend on availability of faculty members Courses selected from Annexure A.

**Courses offered depend on specialization. Courses selected from Annexure A.

Annexure A

List of Papers

Course Code

Title of courses

Credit Hours

BOT -501

Basic Concepts of Microbiology

3(2+1)

BOT -502

Basic concepts in Enzymology

3(3+0)

BOT -503

Bioassay Techniques used in Plant studies 

3(2+1)

BOT -504

Molecular Advances in Phytosystematics

3(2+1)

BOT-505

Biotechnological Phytoremediation

3(2+1)

BOT-506

Plant Tissue Culture

3(3+0)

BOT-507

Commercial application of plant tissue culture

3(2+1)

BOT -508

Recent Trends in Ethnobotany

3(2+1)

BOT-509

Biology of Halophytes

3(2+1)

BOT -510

Chemistry of Bio-Molecules

3(3+0)

BOT -511

Biotechnology

3(3+0)

BOT -512

Fermentation technology

3(2+1)

BOT -513

Medicinal Plants of Pakistan

3(2+1)

BOT -514

Environmental Biotechnology

3(3+0)

BOT -515

Protein Purification

3(3+0)

BOT -516

Forensic Biology

3(2+1)

BOT -517

Instrumental Botany

3(2+1)

BOT -518

Bioactive principles of Medicinal Plants

3(3+0)

BOT -519

Plant Proteomics

3(2+1)

BOT -520

Stress Physiology

3(2+1)

BOT -521

Fungal Biotechnology

3(2+1)

BOT -522

Phytomedicine

3(3+0)

BOT-523

Biostatistics

3(3+0)

BOT-524

Principle and techniques of Molecular biology

3(3+0)

BOT-525

Recombinant DNA Technology

3(3+0)

BOT-526

Plant Fungal Interaction

3(2+1)

BOT-527

Bioinformatics

3(2+1)

BOT-528

Integrated Plant Disease Management

3(2+1)

BOT-529

Research planning and report writing

3(2+1)

BOT-601

Seminar

02

BOT-602

Research Thesis

06
Ph.D BOTANY PROGRAM
Eligibility Criteria
  • MS Botany or Equivalent (18 Years education)
Course Work would be consisting of 02 Semesters. Research period/duration would be as prescribed by rules of LCWU/HEC. After completion of course work, the student will have to clear comprehensive examination before the submission of their synopses.

SEMESTER-I

Course No

Course Title

Credits

BOT-Ph.*

Paper 1*

3

BOT -Ph.*

Paper 2*

3

BOT -Ph-*

Paper 3*

3

Total Credits

9

SEMESTER-II 

Course No

Course Title

Credits

BOT-Ph -*

Paper 4*

3

BOT-Ph  *

Paper 5*

3

BOT-Ph -*

Paper 6*

3

Total Credits

9
Area of specialization
Total Credits= 9 + 9 = 18 CR
After completion of course work the student will have to clear Comprehensive Examination. 
*Courses offered depend on availability of faculty members Courses selected from Annexure A. /The committee recommended the courses for the course work for the pre-requisite for Ph.D. degree. HEC Criteria Should be followed.
 
Specializations offered
Area of Specialization
  • Molecular Genetics/Molecular Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Phyto-chemistry
  • Fungal Biotechnology
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Molecular Taxonomy
  • Plant Physiology
  • Plant Taxonomy
  • Plant Tissue Culture
  • Molecular Mycology
  • Plant Fungal Interactions
  • Biochemistry
  • Nanobiotechnology
  • Molecular Virology