This is a three year course of intensive lectures, writing course works and considerable field practical exercises. The programme structure is as follows. Year 1 Semester I Code Course Name LH PH CH CU NUBBS31101 Origin and Diversity of Organisms 30 20 45 03 NUBBS31102 Cell Structure, Function, Reproduction and Microscopy 30 10 45 03 NUBBS31103 Computer Applications 30 20 45 03 NUBBS31104 Molecular Cell Biology and Continuity of Life 30 20 45 03 NUBBS31105 Chemical and Cellular nature of life 30 20 45 03 NUBBS31106 Development and Chemical Control In Plants and Animals 30 20 45 03 All the above course units have 05 Tutorial Hours each except Cell Structure Function Reproduction and Microscopy Semester II Code Course Name LH PH CH CU NUBBS31201 Elementary Genetics* 30 10 45 03 NUBBS31202 Photosynthesis and Respiration* 30 10 45 03 NUBBS31203 Evolutionary Biology* 30 10 45 03 NUBBS31204 Basic Entomology and Parastology** 30 20 45 03 NUBBS31205 Nutrition in Plants and Animals* 30 20 45 03 NUBBS31206 Plant Animal Disease 30 20 45 03 NUBBS31207 Industrial Training I*** 00 150 00 05 * These course units have 10 Tutorial Hours each ** These course units have 5 Tutorial Hours *** This course unit has no Tutorial Hours Year 2 Semester I Code Course Name LH PH CH CU NUBBS32101 Introductory Microbiology** 30 20 45 03 NUBBS32102 Gaseous Exchange in Plants and Animals 25 20 45 03 NUBBS32103 Transport and Regulation of body fluids in plants and animals** 30 10 45 03 NUBBS32104 Biostatistics* 30 10 45 03 NUBBS32105 Preparation and preservation of Biological Specimens** 30 10 45 03 NUBBS32106 Comparative Physiology, Immunology and Pathology* 30 10 45 03 * These course units have 10 Tutorial Hours each ** These course units have 5 Tutorial Hours Semester II Code Course Name LH PH CH CU NUBBS32201 Nervous and Sensory Mechanisms and Muscles* 30 20 45 03 NUBBS32202 Ecology of Populations and Communities* 30 20 45 03 NUBBS32203 Ecosystems and Biogeography 30 20 45 03 NUBBS32204 Research Methods and Communication Skills* 30 10 45 03 NUBBS32205 Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability, Coping and Mitigation** 30 20 45 03 NUBBS32206 Human Impact on Ecosystem 30 20 45 03 NUBBS32207 Industrial Training II 00 150 00 05 * These course units have 10 Tutorial Hours each ** These course units have 5 Tutorial Hours Year 3 Semester I Code Course Name LH PH CH CU NUBBS33101 Introduction to Intellectual Property 30 50 03 03 NUBBS33102 Animal Behaviour 30 20 45 03 NUBBS33103 Economic Entomology 30 20 45 03 NUBBS33104 Limnology, Fisheries Science and Aquaculture 30 20 45 03 NUBBS33105 Applied Microbiology 20 10 45 03 NUBBS33106 Biotechnology and Bio-safety 20 10 45 03 All the course units above have 5 Tutorial Hours Semester II Code Course Name LH PH CH CU NUBBS33201 Ecological Principles, Concepts and Practices 30 20 45 03 NUBBS33202 Environmental Health and Sanitation 30 20 45 03 NUBBS33203 Environmental Protection and Impact Assessment 30 20 45 03 NUBBS33204 Horticulture 30 30 45 03 NUBBS33205 Applied Parasitology 20 10 30 02 NUBBS33206 Ethnobotany and Photochemistry 30 20 45 03 NUBBS33207 Research Project and Dissertation Writing 00 150 00 05 The course units above have 5 Tutorial Hours except Research Project
