1. Model-I, Model-II & Model-III

METHODOLOGY AND PERSPECTIVES OF SCIENCE

&

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF PLANT DIVERSITY

Core Course Choice Based

 Open Course

COMPLEMENTARY COURSE –I  

Vocational Subject - ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT

B.Sc. BOTANY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (DOUBLE CORE)

B. Sc Zoology (Vocational) Degree - COMPLEMENTARY COURSE BOTANY   

MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY

PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM – 686 560

CHOICE BASED COURSE CREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM AND GRADING

SCHEME & SYLLABI

For

Under Graduate Course

IN

BOTANY

                   B. Sc Botany Programme

            1.   Model I

                                                               2.   Model II (Vocational) &

                                                               3.  Model III (Double core)

BOARD OF STUDIES IN BOTANY (U G)

2009

CONTENTS

1.                           List of Board of Studies Members

2.                           Acknowledgement

3.                           Aims and objectives of the B. Sc Botany Programme

4.                           Open course and Core choice based courses

5.                           Scheme of distribution of instructional hours

6.                           Course Structure and course coding.

7.                           Core courses

8.                           Scheme of  the  programme.

9.                           Examinations

10.                       Scheme of examinations

a.     Theory

b.     Practical

11.                       Total Credit Allotment

12.                       Records

13.                        Projects

14.                       Scheme of Complementary Course

15.                       Common courses

a.     English

b.     Second language

16.                       Zero Credit Courses

17.                       Scheme of Model II (Vocational)

a.     Objectives

b.     Course structure

18.                       Scheme of  Botany - Biotechnology ( Double core) Programme

19.                        Detailed Syllabus Content

1.      B .Sc Botany programme                                              (Model I)

a.     Core course

b.     Core choice based course

c.     Open course

d.     Complementary course

2.      Model 2 (Vocational)                                            (Model II)

3.      Botany –Biotechnology (Double Core )programme  ( Model III)

4.      Zoology (Vocational) Complementary

MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, KOTTAYAM

            Board of Studies in Botany (U G)

1.               Dr. K. Danielkutty,   Reader &   Head of the Department ,Department of Botany,        

     St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry   (Chairman).

2.                    Smt. P. Sreekumari, LSG,   Dept. of Botany,   D.B. College, Thalayolapparambu.

3.                      Dr. P. K. Padmakumar,   Reader, Dept. of Botany,  NSS Hindu College,        

     Changanacherry.

4.                    Smt. R. Rajalekshmi, LSG, Dept. of Botany,   SVRNSS College, Vazhoor.

5.                       Dr. Johnson Joseph,   LSG, Dept.  of Botany, Deva Matha College, Kuruvilangad.

6.                           Mr. C. M. Sreejith,   LSG, Dept. of Botany, SNM College, Maliankara.

7.                           Dr. P. Thomas Mathew,   LSG, Dept . of Botany,  UC College, Aluva.

8.                           Dr. N. Valsalakumar,   LSG, Dept. of Botany, Govt. College, Kottayam.

9.                           Dr. Elizabeth Thomas,   LSG, Dept.  of Botany, St. Thomas College,      
      Kozhencherry.

10.                       Dr. Abiss V. Cherrussery,   LSG, Dept. of Botany, St. Joseph’s College,

     Devagiri, Calicut

11.                       Dr. Ashlatha S. Nair, Professor, Dept. of Botany, University of Kerala,

     Thiruvananthapuram.

          ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

           THE BOARD OF STUDIES IN BOTANY (U G) ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE WORKSHOP HELD ON 14,15,20,21 AND 22 OF MAY 2009 FOR PROPOSALS ON RESTRUCTURING UNDER GRADUATE EDUCATION IN BOTANY. THE ABUNDANT SUPPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SUB-GROUPS FOR DESIGNING DIFFERENT COURSES HAS SHAPED THIS CURRICULUM TO THIS PRESENT NATURE.

       WE THANK ALL THE ESTEEMED

MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY KOTTAYAM

B. Sc.  BOTANY PROGRAMME

UNDER COURSE –CREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

                   The Board of Studies in Botany (UG) recognizes that curriculum, course content and assessment of scholastic achievement play complementary roles in shaping education. The restructured Curriculum for Undergraduate Programme of Botany envisages Undergraduate Education as a combination of general and specialized education, simultaneously introducing the concepts of breadth and depth in learning .It also stresses learning to learn rather than learning of specific lessons. The attempt is to prepare the students for life long learning by drawing attention to the vast world of knowledge of plants and introducing him/her to the methodology of systematic academic enquiry. With this in mind, we aim to provide a firm foundation in every aspect of Botany and to explain a broad spectrum of modern trends in Botany and to develop experimental, observational, computational skills also which lead him as an ambassador of sustainable development of our country.

1. Know the importance and scope of the discipline

2. Inculcate interest in and love of nature with its myriad living forms

3. Impart knowledge of Science as the basic objective of Education

4. Develop a scientific attitude to make students open minded, critical and curious

5. Develop an ability to work on their own and to make them fit for the society

6. Expose themselves to the diversity amongst life forms

7. To develop skill in practical work, experiments, equipments and laboratory use along with  collection and interpretation of biological materials and data

8. Make aware of natural resources and environment and the importance of

     conserving it.

9. Develop ability for the application of the acquired knowledge in the fields of life so as to make our country self reliant and self sufficient

10. Appreciate and apply ethical principles to biological science research and studies

COURSE STRUCTURE

The U .G. Programme in Botany must include (a) Common courses, (b) Core courses,               (c) Complementary Courses, (d) Open Courses and (e) Project. No course shall carry more than 4 credits. The student shall select any Choice based course offered by the department which offers the core courses, depending on the availability of teachers and infrastructure facilities of in the institution. Open course shall be offered in any subject and the student shall have the option to do courses offered by other departments.

The number of Courses for the restructured Programme should contain 12 core courses and 1 choice based course from the frontier area of the core courses, 8 complementary courses, or otherwise specified, from the relevant subjects for complementing the core of study. There should be 10 common courses, or otherwise specified, which includes the first and second language of study.

Course coding:

Every course in the programme is coded according to the following criteria.

1.           The first two letter from the  Programme i.e., BO

  2.      One digit to indicate the semester, i.e., BO1 (Botany, 1^st semester)

  3.      One letter from the type of courses such as common course A, core courses B, Complementary courses C, Open courses D,   BO1B ( Botany , 1^st semester Core course)

  4.      Two digits to indicate the course number of that semester, i.e.., BO1B01 (Botany, 1^st semester, Core course, courses number is 01)

5.       The letter U to indicate for Under Graduate Programme . i.e.., BO1B01U (Botany ,  1^st                                                                                                                                                                                                             

          semester, Core course, courses number is 01, U for UG Programme)

OPEN COURSES FOR OTHER STREAMS    5^TH SEMESTER

Botany Department can offer any of the Five Open courses to other streams

                     Horticulture and Nursery Management/

                   Agribased Microenterprises/

                    Ecotourism /

                   Biotechnology /

                   Bioinformatics.

CORE CHOICE BASED COURSE       6^TH SEMESTER

The students of Botany Programme of each College can select any of the three in consultation with the Faculty of the Department

            Plant Genetic Resources Management/

             Phytochemistry/

            Agribusiness

B. Sc BOTANY PROGRAMME

CORE COURSE

SCHEME OF DISTRIBUTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS

B. Sc  Programme in Botany (Core courses):

The following table shows the structure of the programme which indicate Code of the courses, Title of the courses, Instructional hours Credits, university examination time and the components for internal and external evaluation

RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR B. Sc DEGREE IN

BOTANY PROGRAMME

COURSE STRUCTURE

Total Credits                           120

Total instructional hours        150

Semester l

Semester 2

Semester 3

Semester 4

Semester 5

Semester 6

Examinations :

The evaluation of the course shall contain two part such as Internal or In Semester Assessment (IA) and External or End –Semester Assessment (EA). The ratio between internal and external examination shall be 1:3.  The internal and external examination shall be evaluated using Direct Grading system based on 5- point scale

Internal or  In Semester Assessment (IA):

               Internal evaluation is to be done by continuous assessments on the following components.   The components of the internal evalution for theory and their weights are as below.

 Theory                                                 *Attendance

 **Assignment Components    *** Seminar Components

 The student has to take a minimum of 1 assignment 1 seminar  per course. A minimum of  2 class testes are to be attended  and the grade of  best 2 tests are to be taken.

Pratical : Internal           *Attendance & **Laboratory Involvement

              The evaluation of all components is to be published and is to be acknowledged by the candidate.  All documents of internal assessment are to be kept in the institution for 2 years and shall be made available for verification by the University. The responsibility of evaluating the internal assessment is vested in the teacher(s) who teach the course.

External or End - Semester Assessment (EA):

The external examination of  all semesters shall be conducted by the University on the  close of each semester. There will be no supplementary exams. For reappearance / improvement, students can appear along with the next batch.

Examinations (Practical):

         The practical examinations for the core courses at the end of semester 1, semester 2, semester 3 and semester 4 should be conducted by the University with a common time-table and questions set by the University, of two hours duration. The one of the  examiners shall be selected from a panel of examiners published by the University and the other shall be internal . The external examiner may provide the specimens for examinations. The same external examiner should not be selected consecutively.  The graded score sheet, duly certified by the head of the institution, should be sent to the University before the commencement of the end semester University examinations on theory courses. The practical examinations for the core courses at the end of semester 5 and semester 6 should be conducted as the other semesters and by arranging two practical examinations in a session of  three  hours duration.   The setting of question paper and scheme of examination and valuation of the practicals  shall be decided by a Board of examination constituted for the purpose.                                                                 

 The   practical examinations for the complementary courses at the end of semester 1, semester 2 and  semester 3 and semester 4  should  be conducted by the university with a common time-table and questions set by the University.  The one of the  examiners shall be selected from a panel of examiners published by the University and the other one internal. The graded score sheet, duly certified by the head of the institution, should be sent to the university before the commencement of the end semester university examinations on theory courses.

Pattern of Questions (Theory):

         Questions shall be set to assess knowledge acquired, standard application of knowledge, application of knowledge in new situations, critical evaluation of knowledge and the ability to synthesize knowledge.  The question setter shall ensure that questions covering all skills are set.  He/She shall also submit a detailed scheme of evaluation along with the question paper.

          A question paper shall be a judicious mix of objective type, short answer type, short essay type /problem solving type and long essay type questions. Different types of questions shall be given different weights to quantify their range.

For all semesters:

1. The examination has duration of 3 hours
2. Each question paper has four parts A, B, C & D.
3. Part A contains 16 objective type questions of which the candidate has to answer all. Each bunch of 4 questions carries a weightage of 1
4. Part B contains 8 short answer type questions spanning the entire syllabus and the candidate has to answer 5 questions. Each question carries a weightage of 1.
5. Part C contains 4 compulsory short essay/ problem type questions with internal choice. Each question carries a weightage of 2.
6. Part D contains 2 compulsory essay type questions with internal choice. Each question carries a weightage of 4.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS

Theory Examinations will be conducted by the University at the end of the respective semester in which the course is conducted. Duration      3 hrs                           

Of the total weightage,   25% is for internal evalution and 75% for external evaluation

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION                   THEORY   (CORE COURSE)

SCHEME OF PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS

The Practical examinations for the core courses at the end of semester 1,2,3 and 4 shouldbe conducted by the university with a common time table and questions set by University.                                                                                                                 Weightage                                                                                                                

The Practical Examination for the Core courses at the end of semesters 5 & 6 should be conducted in two days by arranging two practical examinations in a session.

TOTAL CREDIT

Theory

Core                                       32

Core Choice based              3

Open Course                        4

Total                                       39

Practical

Semester   I                            1

Semester   II                           1

Semester   III                          1

Semester       IV                     1

Semester   V                          5

Semester   VI                         5

Project                                       1

Total                                        15

Total                                                 54

RECORDS -  7

1.       Methodology and Perspectives of Science and  Introduction to   
   the World of Plant Diversity

2.      General Informatics and Methodologies in Plant Sciences

3.      Anatomy and Reproductive Botany of Angiosperms

4.      Microbiology and Phycology

5.      Mycology, Lichenology and Pathology  & Bryology, Pteridology,
 Gymnosperms and Paleobotany

6.        Angiosperm Morphology, Taxonomy and Economic Botany &   
 Cell and Molecular Biology and Evolution

7.      Physiology and Biochemistry, Environmental Studies and Ecotourism,

 Genetics, Plant Breeding and Horticulture &   Biotechnology and    Bioinformatics

 Each Record will be having external and internal evaluation. Of the   total weightage, 25%  for internal and 75% for external

PROJECT

Each student must do a project. The project can be done individually or as a group of maximum three students. However the viva on the project will be conducted individually. The project is to be identified during the second semester of the programme, with the help of the supervising teacher. The lab work / fieldwork / data collection regarding the project should be done during the fifth and sixth semester. The report of the project in duplicate is to be submitted to the department and are to be produced before external the examiners appointed by the university for valuation at the sixth semester.

Evaluation of Projects:

The internal to external component of the project is on the ratio of 1: 3.  The different weightages for assessment of different components is shown below.

Internal :                                                                                     External:

COMPLEMENTARY COURSES FOR B. Sc ZOOLOGY OFFERED BY

 BOTANY DEPARTMENT

(Common for B. Sc Botany programme and model 2- vocational)

 SCHEME   OF EXAMINATION FOR COMPLEMENTRY COURSE

                                                                   Theory                 

Theory Examinations will be conducted by the University at the end of the respective semester in which the course is conducted. Duration      3 hrs                           

Of the total weightage,  25% is  for internal evolution and 75% for external evaluation

SCHEME   OF EXAMINATION FOR COMPLEMENTRY COURSE

Practical

The practical examination for the complementary courses at the end of semester 1,2,3 and 4 should be conducted by the University with a common time table  and questions set by University.

Common Course -ENGLISH:

Common Course -SECOND LANGUAGE: