MSc Zoology
Eligibility Conditions (Graduates from recognized University)
- Bachelor degree with Zoology or Animal Sciences as major or minor, BVSc or relevant subject with Zoological background.
Duration: 2 Years
Scheme: Semester ( CBCS)
Credits: 82
Course Matrix
Sem | Course-Code | Title of the paper | Credits | Counseling/PCP Hours | Max. Marks | Exam Duration (Hrs) | ||
Internal Assessment | Term end exam | Total Marks | ||||||
I | MZDSC-1.1 | Biology of Non-Chordates | 4 | 12 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 |
MZDSC-1.2 | Cell Biology | 4 | 12 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |
MZDSC-1.5 | Practicals- I | 2 | 60 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |
MZDSC-1.4 | Practicals- II | 2 | 60 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |
MZDSE-1.5 | Biological Chemistry | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |
MZDSE-1.6 | Histology & Histochemistry | |||||||
MZDSE-1.7 | Bioinstrumentation & Techniques in Biology | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |
MZDSE-1.8 | Vectors & Communicable Diseases | |||||||
ELMZ –01 | Interdisciplinary Elective-1 | 2 | 06 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 11/2 | |
Total | 20 | 168 | 110 | 440 | 550 | |||
Sem | Course-Code | Title of the paper | Credits | Counseling/PCP Hours | Max. Marks | Exam Duration (Hrs) | ||||||||||
Internal Assessment | Term end exam | Total Marks | ||||||||||||||
II | MZDSC-2.1 | Biology of Chordates | 4 | 12 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | ||||||||
MZDSC-2.2 | Transmission Genetics | 4 | 12 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |||||||||
MZDSC-2.5 | Practicals- III | 2 | 60 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |||||||||
MZDSC-2.4 | Practicals- IV | 2 | 60 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |||||||||
MZDSE-2.5 | Molecular Biology | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |||||||||
MZDSE-2.6 | Evolutionary Biology & Ethology | |||||||||||||||
MZDSE-2.7 | Wildlife Biology & Biodiversity | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |||||||||
MZDSE-2.8 | Fundamentals of Microbiology | |||||||||||||||
ELMZ –02 | Interdisciplinary Elective-2 | 2 | 06 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 11/2 | |||||||||
Total | 20 | 168 | 110 | 440 | 550 | |||||||||||
Sem | Course-Code | Title of the paper | Credits | Counseling/ PCP Hours | Max. Marks | Exam Duration (Hrs) | ||||||||||
Internal Assessment | Term end exam | Total Marks | ||||||||||||||
III | MZDSC-3.1 | Animal Physiology | 4 | 12 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | ||||||||
MZDSC-3.2 | Environmental Biology | 4 | 12 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |||||||||
MZDSC-3.5 | Practicals- V | 2 | 60 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |||||||||
MZDSC-3.4 | Practicals- VI | 2 | 60 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |||||||||
MZDSE-3.5 | Advances in Genetic Engineering | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |||||||||
MZDSE-3.6 | Bioinformatics & Biostatistics | |||||||||||||||
MZDSE-3.7 | Toxicology | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |||||||||
MZDSE-3.8 | Animal Biotechnology | |||||||||||||||
MZSEC-1 | Crimps of Economic Zoology-1 *
| 2 | 06 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 11/2 | |||||||||
Total | 20 | 168 | 110 | 440 | 550 | |||||||||||
Sem | Course-Code | Title of the paper | Credits | Counseling/PCP Hours | Max. Marks | Exam Duration (Hrs) | ||
Internal Assessment | Term end exam | Total Marks | ||||||
IV | MZDSC-4.1 | Developmental Biology | 4 | 12 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 |
MZDSC-4.2 | Practicals- VII | 2 | 60 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |
MZDSC-4.3 | Practicals- VIII | 2 | 60 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |
MZDSC-4.4 | Dissertation | 6 | 180 | 50 | 150 | 200 | 3 | |
MZDSE-4.5 | Biology of Reproduction | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |
MZDSE-4.6 | Endocrinology | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |
MZDSE-4.7 | Research Methodology | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |
MZDSE-4.8 | Human Nutrition & Health | 3 | 09 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 3 | |
MZSEC-2 | Crimps of Economic Zoology-2 *
| 2 | 06 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 11/2 | |
Total | 22 | 168 | 110 | 440 | 550 | |||