Department of Botany

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The course of study for M.Sc. degree in Botany will be taught and the examinations will be taken over one academic year separated into two semesters namely 1st semester (July – December) and 2nd semester (January – June). The course of study will be guided and assessed by the credit system. Duration of each semester will be six months. Time distribution of each semester will be as follows.

Class room teaching : 13 weeks.

Preparatory leave for semester final examination : 2 weeks

Duration of semester final examination : 4 weeks

Result preparation : 7 weeks

There will be 12 courses (8 theoretical, 2 practical cources /2 Research proposal preparation and Dissertation/Thesis, 1 paper presentation and 1 viva-voce), carrying a total of 36 credits (8 credits for practical), 630 credit hours and 1100 marks will be compulsory for each student. Semester wise distribution of the total courses, marks and credits will be as follows.

1st Semester		2nd Semester
Type and no. of course	credit	Type and no. of course	credit
Four Theoretical Courses	4×3= 12	Four Theoretical Courses	4×3= 12
One Practical Course (General Grop) or	04	One Practical/Dissertation Course	04
Research proposal preparation (For Thesis Group)		Scientific Paper Presentation	02
		Viva-voce	02
Total: 05 courses, 16 credits		Total: 07 courses, 20 credits

There will be two groups in the M.Sc. class viz. General Group and Thesis Group. Thesis discipline will be distributed to the students by the academic committee.

In 1st semester there will be Four theoretical and One practical course (for General group), or Research proposal preparation (for Thesis group) carrying 16 credits (1100 marks). Duration of final examination of each theoretical course will be 3 hours and of each practical course will be 6 hours. Course wise credits and marks distribution are shown below:

Course code	Course title	Credits	Credit hours	Marks	Remarks
BOT 5101	Angiosperm Systematics	3	45	100
BOT 5102	Advanced Plant Physiology	3	45	100
BOT 5103	Ecology and Environment	3	45	100
BOT 5104	Molecular Genetics	3	45	100
BOTL 5105	Practical-I (for General group)	4	120	100
Or, BOTL 5106	Research proposal preparation (for Thesis group)	-	-	-
Total:	5 Courses	16	300	500

In 2^nd semester, there will be two branches viz. Branch-I and Branch-II. The academic committee will distribute the total students into each branch considering their merit position of the last published result and their choices.

For the students of each branch there will be 4 theoretical courses, 1 paper presentation, 1 practical (for General Group)/dissertation (for Thesis Group) and 1 viva-voce courses. Total credits will be 20.

Course wise credits and marks distribution for 2^nd semester General and Thesis group, Branch-I:

Course code	Course title	Credits	Credit hours	Marks	Remarks
BOT 5201	Applied Mycology	3	45	100
BOT 5202	Applied Limnology	3	45	100
BOT 5203	Advanced Plant Pathology and Crop Protection	3	45	100
BOT 5204	Microbial Biotechnology	3	45	100
BOTP 5209	Paper presentation	2	30	50
BOTL 5210 OR BOTD 5211	Practical-II (for General Group) Dissertation (for Thesis Group)	4	120	100
BOTL 5210 OR BOTD 5211		4	120	100
BOTV 5212	Viva-voce	2	-	50
Total:	7 Courses	20	330	600

Link for curriculum in detail:

https://dept.jnu.ac.bd/assets/notice/652.pdf