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Department of Botany & Environment Studies Course Outcomes (COs)

Programme Name: B.Sc. (Hons.) Botany

Course Name: Algae and Microbiology

Course Code: BTN101

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Students will learn about general characters, classification, mechanism of replication and importance of viruses.

CO2

Students will acquire knowledge about characters, reproductive mechanisms and importance of bacteria.

CO3

Students will learn about the characters, ecology, classification and importance of algae.

CO4

Students will learn about the life cycles of some common alga belonging to different classes of algae.

Course Name: Mycology and Phytopathology

Course Code: BTN102

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn will about general characters and phylum of fungi

CO2

Students will acquire knowledge about characters of fungi like organisms

CO3

Students will learn about the symbiotic associations and well as importance of fungi

CO4

Students will learn about basic of phytopathology alongwith symptoms and cycle of bacterial

Course Name: Principles of Biochemistry

Course Code: BTN201

Course Outcomes:

BTN201

CO1

Understand the structure, function and characterization of carbohydrates.

CO2

Will be able to differentiate protein structures and amino acids.

CO3

Analyze the significance and importance of nucleic acid and appreciate its diversity.

CO4

Learn various classes of lipids and their utility in the biological systems.

Course Name: Archegoniate Biology

Course Code: BTN202

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the unifying features of archegoniate

CO2

Acquire Knowledge about morphology

CO3

Learn about general characteristics

CO4

Learn about general characteristics

Course Name: Morphology and Anatomy

Course Code: BTN203

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn will about Angiosperm diversity

CO2

Students will acquire knowledge about the Flower

CO3

Students will learn about the different types of Plant tissues

CO4

Students will learn about the anatomy of Stem

Course Name: Economic Botany

Course Code: BTN204

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about centres of origins of crops and practices followed for their domestication.

CO2

Acquire knowledge about the origin, plant morphology, cultivation, harvesting and their economic importance of  Cereals and Sources of Sugar.

CO3

Learn about the Spices, Beverages and different types of oils followed by their economic importance and their extraction methods.

CO4

Learn about Natural rubber and different types of plants (Drug yielding plants, Timber plants ) and gain knowledge about  the uses of that plant products in our daily life.

Course Name: Herbal Technology

Course Code: BTN 205

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the herbal medicines history and scopes in siddha systems of medicine with processing marketing.

CO2

Acquire knowledge about the pharmacognosy, systematic position and medicines uses of different types of herbs.

CO3

Learn about the phytochemistry with active principles and different methods of testing with utilization of different types of herbs.

CO4

Learn about the analytical pharmacognosy, types and methods of drug adulteration and medicinal plant banks micropropagation of different species

Course Name: Plant Systematics

Course Code: BTN206

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Analyze the evolutionary relationship between plants and their nomenclatural methodologies.

CO2

Learn about different herbarium related techniques.

CO3

Understand the developmental of classifications and different systems of classification.

CO4

Gather knowledge about different monocot and dicot families.

Course Name: Plant Ecology

Course Code: BTN 207

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the concept of ecology and ecosystem, with energy flow, models, chain pyramids and different types of cycles.

CO2

Acquire knowledge about soil, water importance with different cycles and learn about the light, temperature, wind and fire.

CO3

Learn about the community ecology succession and population ecology with different types of succession and types.

CO4

Learn about the environmental pollution, climate change, ecology landscape and habitat.

Course Name: Organic Farming

Course Code: BTN 208

Course Outcomes:

CO1

The students will be able to learn about the microbes that are used as fertilizer

CO2

The students will be able to learn about classification and characterstics of nitrogen fixing organisms.

CO3

The students will be able to learn about  mycorrhizal  association

CO4

The students will be able to learn about methods and policies of organic farming

Course Name: Mushroom Culture Technology

Course Code: BTN 209

Course Outcomes:

CO1

The students will be able learn about introduction and history of edible mushroom and types of mushroom available in India

CO2

The students will be able to learn about Cultivation technology: infractructure, pure culture and composting technology in mushroom production.

CO3

The students will be able to learn about  storage and nutrition.

CO4

The students will be able to learn about prepration of food: types of food prepared from mushroom , research centres and marketing  of musroom in India and abroad

Course Name: Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms

Course Code: BTN 301

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Students will learn about the history and contributions of embryologists

CO2

Students will acquire knowledge about anther and pollen biology by understanding the micro and megasporogenesis

CO3

Students will learn about pollen-pistil interaction through pollination

CO4

Students will learn about the structure of the embryo

Course Name: Plant Physiology

Course Code: BTN 303

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Students will learn about the interactions between plants and water, including transpiration, uptake, and root pressure.

CO2

Students will acquire Knowledge about mineral nutrition and the assimilation of mineral salt.

CO3

Students will learn about the physiology of plant blossoming and the transfer of organic solute in phloem.

CO4

Students will learn about bioassays for measuring growth, growth regulators, and related topics.

Course Name: Analytical Techniques in Plant Science

Course Code: BTN 304

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Students will learn about the importance of imaging and related different types of techniques with uses.

CO2

Students will acquire knowledge about the different techniques of cell fractionation such as centrifugation and radioisotopes.

CO3

Students will learn about the different types of chromatography techniques.

CO4

Students will learn about the different characterization of proteins and nucleic acids by using the techniques such as TLC, GLCetc.

Course Name: Plant Breeding

Course Code: BTN 305

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the introduction, objectives, brreding systems and important achievement of plant breeding

CO2

Acquire Knowledge about methods of crop improvement,

CO3

PGR, selection methods, hybridization: procedure, advantages and limitations.

CO4

Learn about quantitative inheritance and inbreeding depression and heterosis.

Course Name: Plant Metabolism

Course Code: BTN306

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Students will learn about concept of metabolism and carbon assimilation.

CO2

Students will acquire knowledge about carbohydrate metabolism and carbon oxidation.

CO3

Students will learn about the Process of ATP Synthesis and lipid metabolism.

CO4

Students will learn about metabolism of nitrogen and signal transduction in plants.

Course Name: Plant Biotechnology

Course Code: BTN 307

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the Historical perspective, media composition, organogenesis, embryogenesis, protoplast isolation, culture and fusion in plant tissue culture.

CO2

Acquire Knowledge about enzymes used in recombinant DNA technology.

CO3

Learn about gene cloning techniques, PCR and methods of gene transfer.

CO4

Learn about Molecular markers, marker assisted selection and transgenics in crop improvement .

Course Name: Natural Resource Management

Course Code: BTN 308

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Students are learn about the objectives and aims of Conservation, Conservation of Mineral Resources, Agriculture and also study the Classification and Management of Natural  Resources.

CO2

Students acquire knowledge about the Conservation of  Soil , Aquatic system and Bioremediation process.

CO3

Students will learn about the Process of  Phytoremediation and Principle and strategies for biodiversity conservation.

CO4

Students will learn  about the knowledge of Conservation of Biodiversity ,Endangered and Threatened species and  also gain a knowledge  about Conservation of Forest

Course Name: Stress Biology

Course Code: BTN309

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the environmental factors that can cause stress to the plants.

CO2

Understand the strategies adopted by the plants in order to protect themselves from the harmful conditions. 

CO3

Identify the plant modifications that be used as a protective mechanism against stresses.

CO4

Acquire knowledge about the changes made in the metabolism of the plants for protection. 

Course Name: Research Methodology

Course Code: BTN310

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn will about different types and concepts of research. Also students will learn about laboratory practices and common calculations involved in research.

CO2

Students will acquire knowledge about data collection and documentation alongwith knowledge about major research fields.

CO3

Students will learn about different methods for study, preparation and preservation of tissue.

CO4

Students will acquire information about different staining procedures, cytotechniques and basics about scientific writing.

Course Name: Biostatistics

Course Code: BTN311

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Acquire knowledge about concepts and tools of biostatistics.

CO2

Learn about descriptive analysis of statistical data.

CO3

Understand the concepts of correlation and prediction analysis.

CO4

Analyze data critically and draw inferences from the data.  

Programme Name: M.Sc. (Hons.) Botany

Course Name: Algae, Fungi and Phytopathology

Course Code: BOT521

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Acquire knowledge about the structure, growth, culture and economicimportance of algae and fungi.

CO2

Learn major classes of algae, fungi and lichens and their variations in life cycle.

CO3

Learn about different plant diseases and defense mechanisms followed by plantsto fight these conditions.

CO4

Will be able to identify different plant diseases in field conditions and will learnabout how to protect plants from those diseases.

Course Name: Approaches for Crop Improvement

Course Code: BOT527

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about objective

CO2

Acquire knowledge about plant cell and tissue culture somatic hybridization

CO3

Learn about Micropropagation

CO4

Acquire knowledge about Recombinant DNA technology

Course Name: Genetics and Cytogenetics

Course Code: BOT529

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Grasp Mendelian laws of Dominance

CO2

Learn concept

CO3

Learn organization of Genome in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

CO4

Gene Mapping methods

Course Name: Plant Cell Biology and Biochemistry 

Course Code: BOT539

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the boundaries of the cell that are responsible for making the cell a closed entity.

CO2

Understand the movement of different components into the cell and mechanisms used to send components to different cell compartments. 

CO3

Understand the mechanisms of cell cycle and the methods used for communication within the cell and between cell types.

CO4

Acquire knowledge about the different biomolecules that make the most basic building blocks of the cell. 

Course Name: Archegoniate Biology

Course Code: BOT531

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about Bryophytes: silent features of liverworts, hornworts and mosses, Substratum Ecology, Bryogeography and Conservation.

CO2

Acquire knowledge about Pteridophytes: Classification, Evolution of stellar structure, Natural and induced apogamy and apospory.

CO3

Learn about Gymnosperms: General characteristic, Brief account of families, Cytological studies in Gymnosperms.

CO4

Acquire knowledge about Ecological and economic significance of Archegoniate.

 

Course Name: Plant Physiology

Course Code: BOT533

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Comprehend the necessity of environmental factors by the plants.

CO2

Learn about nutritional relationships of the plants.

CO3

Understand the developmental patterning of the plants.

CO4

Analyze the hormonal requirements of the plants during development.

Course Name: Conservation of Natural Resources

Course Code: BOT535

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Students are learn about the objectives and aims of Conservation, Conservation of Mineral Resources, Agriculture and also study the Classification and Management of Natural  Resources.

CO2

Students acquire knowledge about the Conservation of  Soil , Aquatic systemand Bioremediation process.

CO3

Students will learn about the Process of  Phytoremediationand Principle and strategies for biodiversity conservation.

CO4

Students will learn about the knowledge of Conservation of Biodiversity ,Endangered and Threatened species and  also gain a knowledge  about Conservation of Forest.

Course Name: Evolutionary Biology of Plants

Course Code: BOT540

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the earlier form of plant life in plants and different theories that evolve in the history of plant evolution.

CO2

Acquire knowledge about the geological time scale and different evidence and evolutionary trend and mass extinction events in plants.

CO3

Learn about the different origins in plants and animal behavior with parental care.

CO4

Learn about the evolutionary development, speciation and origins of new genes.

Course Name: Scientific Writing and Research Methodology

Course Code: BOT621

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the calculation of various determinants of data commonly used in data analysis.

CO2

Understand the uses and applications of probability and regression for estimation methods. 

CO3

Learn about different forms of scientific literature and also about the preparation and writing of a research paper.

CO4

Acquire knowledge about the process of publication of articles and different metrices used for rating the journals. 

Course Name: Plant Taxonomy and Systematics

Course Code: BOT651

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the evolution of flowering plants and analysis of the characters of flowering plants for classifying them according to different classes.

CO2

Acquire knowledge on cladogram construction and molecular taxonomy

CO3

Distinguish between different plants, their classes and different classification systems proposed over the years

CO4

Understand the basic differences between different families of the flowering plants and their economic importance. 

Course Name: Plant Molecular Biology

Course Code: BOT629

Course Outcomes:

CO1

The students will be able to learn about structure of nucleic acid, genome maintenance and process of replication.

CO2

The students will be able to learn about error during replication and their repair process, also students will learn process of transcription and post-transcriptional modifications.

CO3

The students will acquire knowledge about translation and regulation of gene expression.

CO4

The students will be able to gain knowledge about techniques involved in molecular biology.

Course Name: Plant Resource Utilization

Course Code: BOT641A

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Recognize vavilov’s work

CO2

Learn sources of Gums and resins

CO3

Learn characteristics of various types of wood and beverages

CO4

Learn ethnobotany

Course Name: Agricultural ecology –principles and application

Course Code: BOT627

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Gather knowledge about the biodiversity existing today and the agent that have led to todays evolutionary scenario.

CO2

Learn about the population ecological concepts and underlying principles of population growth.

CO3

Understand the concepts of competition and existence.

CO4

Acquire knowledge of community dynamics and about plant communities.

Course Name: Advances in Plant Breeding

Course Code: BOT637A

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn aboutan introduction to Quantitative and Qualitative Characters

CO2

Acquire knowledge about Parent selection in Breeding Programme

CO3

Learn about Heterosis and plant breeding

CO4

Acquire knowledge about Hybridization

Course Name: Plant Ecology and Phytogeography

Course Code: BOT645A

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn scope of ecology and global environmental changes.

CO2

Learn Global environment protection plans and resource economics and Environment impact assessment.

CO3

Learn phytogeography and remote sensing

CO4

Understand the underlying principles of ecotoxicology and system ecology.

Course Name: Research Techniques in Botany

Course Code: BOT653

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the underlying principles of research techniques and laboratory safety.

CO2

Learn about various techniques used in plant anatomical studies.

CO3

Acquire knowledge about the underlying principles of centrifugation and spectroscopy.

CO4

Understand the separation techniques used in plant sciences.

Course Name: Advanced Plant Physiology and Metabolism

Course Code: BOT649

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Learn about the energetics

CO2

Acquire knowledge about the secondary metabolism

CO3

Learn about the metabolism

CO4

Learn about the plant different stress biology

Course Name: Plant Developmental Biology

Course Code: BOT643

Course Outcomes:

CO1

Students will learn about general pattern of development, polarity and symmetry in plants.

CO2

Students will acquire knowledge about the differentiation process, stock-scion interrelations and abnormal growth in plants.

CO3

Students will learn about the process of development in flowering plants including knowledge about palynology and ovule.

CO4

Students will learn about pollination, fertilization and embryogenesis in plants.

 

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