Discipline	Life Sciences
Program Level	Post Graduate (PG)
Qualification	MSc Botany
Total Seats	43
Program Duration(in Months)	24
Classroom Hours	7
Examination/Course Pattern	semester
Program Description	The M.Sc. (Botany) programme of the University comprises of four semesters spread over a period of two years. Students would be required to earn 72 credits for the award of M.Sc. (Botany) degree. The credits earned shall have a minimum of 60 credits by way of core courses offered by the Department and 12 credits by way of open courses offered by the Department and other Departments of the University. They would be required to earn 6 open credits each in third and fourth semesters respectively. The Department shall announce the open courses available for. Students shall convey in writing to the Department at the start of the session, the list of open courses they would be registering for. The M.Sc. degree programme in Botany shall comprise 9 core courses through regular classroom teaching spread over four semesters. Each core course shall comprise of one theory paper worth 4 credits (100 marks) and one practical paper worth 2 credits (50 marks). Students shall be evaluated by way of continuous assessment comprising 25% of credit value (25 marks for theory and 12.5 marks for practical papers respectively) and end semester examination comprising 75% of credit value (75 marks Theory and 37.5 marks practical). The duration of end semester examination for theory papers shall be 3 hours and practical papers 4 hours. In addition to this, as part of core curriculum, students will be required to opt in the third semester for specialization through project work worth 6 credits (150 marks) in one of the nine broad areas listed below. Project work will be allotted in third semester and project report will have to be submitted and evaluated in fourth semester. CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS) The M.Sc. (Plant Molecular Biology) programme under the Department of Botany of the University comprises of four semesters spread over a period of two years. Students would be required to earn 72 credits for the award of M.Sc. (Plant Molecular Biology) degree. The course shall have a minimum of 60 credits by way of core courses offered by the Department and 12 credits by way of open courses offered by the Department/other Departments of the University. Each semester shall comprise of theory papers of 4 credits (100 marks) each and lab work/ practical paper of 2-6 credits (150 marks) each. Students shall be evaluated by way of continuous assessment comprising 25% of credit value and end semester examination comprising 75% of credit value. In addition to this, as part of core curriculum, students will be required to undertake project work in the IIIrd and IVth semesters and submit a dissertation at the end of IVth semester encompassing the project work carried out by the student. The project shall carry 12 credits.
Admission & entry requirements	(a) Candidates with a 3-year Bachelor’s degree (Majors or Pass) course (10+2+3) or its equivalence in the relevant subject shall ordinarily be considered for admission to the Master’s Degree Course. However, subject to availability of seats, up to 10% of seats may be offered to students from other allied/cognate disciplines. (b)Students seeking admission under EWS category need to submit at the time of physical verification of document a valid income and asset certificate in prescribed format duly issued by the competent authority in this regard.