Message from the Chairman
Welcome to the Department of Botany
I like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to you and your parents/guardians for getting admission to this department. Now, you are one of the valued members of this department.
With a wide range of courses, offered by the talent and energetic faculty members, we, here, strive to provide our students with an effective educational experience to create and apply the highest form of academic excellence. Faculty members of this department are conducting researches on UGC and government-funded projects. Some teachers are doing research leading to a Ph.D. in reputed universities of home and abroad. They have published their research findings in national and international journals. They are also actively engaged in various professional organizations to serve the society and academic community.
I encourage you to begin to consider the use of your time to flourish your talents and merits. Good grades and results are a stepping stone towards a good job and eventually living a standard life. I hope you would devote yourselves to serve your community, humanity and country. I think you will define you and write the life story of Jagannath chapter with pride and honor. I can assure that you will find your teachers, staff and senior students as passionate, friendly, and cooperative. You will be a unique example for others. I am looking forward to having your education, behavior, belongingness to a positive change.
I hope you will do your best and you will be the best.
About Department of Botany
Department of Botany has started its journey since the establishment of the University with the aim of development of highly qualified Botanists/ Plant Scientists who will be responsible for the development of environmental and social issues for our livings and surroundings. Improving crops and food products, conservation of plant and natural resources, pest control and gene-modified organisms, aquatic flora and climate related issues are the main vision of the department. Most promising aspects of plant science are covered at the department, both in education and research. We interact with scientists in the disciplines of Zoology, Chemistry, Statistics and Earth Sciences and collaborate across boundaries to design new experiments and find innovative ideas. Our premises and infrastructure are modern and include almost everything a plant scientist might need. Co-operations are available both locally and nationally in government, private industry and research facilities.
Programs
This bachelor degree programme consists of four academic years. Each academic year is divided into two semesters, eg. 1st year 1st semester (July-December), 1st year 2nd semester (January-June) etc. Duration of each semester will be six months.
Marks of each course will be divided into – (excluding viva voce)
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i. Continuous assessment : 30% marks
Two Mid Semester Examination : 67% (10 marks if the course carries 50 marks; 20 marks if the course carries 100 marks) Class attendance : 33% (05 marks if the course carries 50 marks; 10 marks if the course carries 100 marks) b) In practical course: Laboratory performance/works : 67% (10 marks if the course carries 50 marks; 20 marks if the course carries 100 marks) Class attendance : 33% (05 marks if the course carries 50 marks; 10 marks if the course carries 100 marks) ii. Semester final examination : 70% marks |
Duration of the Final Examination
For each theoretical course carrying 2 credits or 3 credits, the duration of final examination will be 2 hours or 3 hours, respectively. For each practical course, the duration of final examination will be 4 hours and 6 hours for 2 credits or 3 credits, respectively.
Class Attendance
A student will be allowed to appear at semester final examination as a regular candidate if his/her class attendance will be at least 70% on an average. Student who will have 69-60% attendance may be allowed to appear at semester final examination as irregular candidate if he/she pays penalty fees and less than 60% attendance will not be allowed to appear at semester final examination. If a student remains totally absent without any permission from all classes for 15 consecutive working days after the start of 1st year 1st semester class, his/her admission would be cancelled.
Marks allocation for class attendance will be as follows.
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Attendance |
Marks |
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|
Percentage |
Out of 5 |
Out of 10 |
|
|
95% & above |
100 % |
5 |
10 |
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90% to 94 % |
90 % |
4.5 |
9 |
|
85% to 89 % |
80 % |
4 |
8 |
|
80% to 84 % |
70 % |
3.5 |
7 |
|
75 % to 79 % |
60 % |
3 |
6 |
|
70% to 74 % |
50 % |
2.5 |
5 |
|
65% to 69 % |
40 % |
2 |
4 |
|
60% to 64 % |
30 % |
1.5 |
3 |
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Less than 60 % |
00 % |
0 |
0 |
Grading system at a glance:
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Numerical Grade (Marks obtained) |
Letter Grade (LG) |
Grade Point (GP) |
Interpretation |
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80 % and above |
A+ |
4.00 |
Outstanding |
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75 % to less than 80 % |
A |
3.75 |
Excellent |
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70 % to less than 75 % |
A- |
3.50 |
Very Good |
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65 % to less than 70 % |
B+ |
3.25 |
Good |
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60 % to less than 65 % |
B |
3.00 |
Satisfactory |
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55 % to less than 60 % |
B- |
2.75 |
Below Satisfactory |
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50 % to less than 55 % |
C+ |
2.50 |
Average |
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45 % to less than 50 % |
C |
2.25 |
Pass |
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40 % to less than 45 % |
D |
2.00 |
Poor |
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Less than 40 % |
F |
0.00 |
Fail |
Re-examination: Re-examination of any script shall not be allowed.
Promotion
All promotion will be yearly basis. Minimum required GPA / CGPA is 2.00 for promotion from 1st year to 2nd year. For promotion from 2nd year through 4th year a student shall require to earn minimum CGPA of 2.25. All promotion from first year to fourth year shall be yearly basis. A student will not be promoted to the next year if she/he fails to appear in any semester final examination (either 1st or 2nd Semester of a year) even she/he has requisite CGPA (2.00/2.25) for promotion. In such cases the student shall have to get re-admission with the same semester of the next available batch.
Improvement of grades:
A student earning ‘F’ grade in any theoretical /practical courses of any semester shall be required to improve ‘F’ grade(s) with the next available two consecutive batches. Students fail to improve the ‘F’ grade(s) within six academic years since admission thereafter shall be considered as failed to earn the degree.
Students earning the letter grade of less than ‘B’ (less than GP 3.00) in any theoretical /practical course may choose to improve the grade by appearing at the semester final examination with the next available batch. If the grade point in improvement is lower than the earlier, the earlier one shall stand. A student shall have improvement opportunity once for each course.
For improving the grade and appearing at the examination, a student shall have to pay fees two (2) times of the normal examination fee for each course.
Improvement shall be allowed for theoretical and practical courses only. However, in case of ‘F’ grade in viva-voce, a student may get the chance to improve grade through appearing at the viva voce of the next available batch. No improvement shall be allowed in continuous assessment (in such cases earlier marks will stand).
Degree requirements
For the Bachelor degree, each student requires to:
a) Earn required number of total credit points of the batch successfully;
b) Earn a minimum CGPA of 2.25 on scale of 4.
If a student fails to earn required total credit points within six academic years since admission s/he will be dropped out from the programme and will no more be allowed to continue her/his studentship with other students.
There will be 66 courses (46 theoretical, 16 practical and 4 viva-voce), carrying a total 3550 marks, 137 credits (32 credits for practical) and 2415 credit hours shall be compulsory for each student. Semester wise distribution of the total courses, marks, credits and credit hours will be as follows.
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Semesters |
Number of courses |
Credits |
Credit hours |
Marks |
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1st year 1st semester |
7 |
15 |
285 |
400 |
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1st year 2nd semester |
8 |
18 |
300 |
500 |
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2nd year 1st semester |
7 |
16 |
300 |
450 |
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2nd year 2nd semester |
9 |
18 |
300 |
450 |
|
3rd year 1st semester |
8 |
16 |
300 |
400 |
|
3rd year 2nd semester |
9 |
18 |
300 |
450 |
|
4th year 1st semester |
8 |
16 |
300 |
400 |
|
4th year 2nd semester |
10 |
20 |
330 |
500 |
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Total |
66 |
137 |
2415 |
3550 |
Brief curriculum for four years BSc Hon’s courses (eight semesters) in Botany
1st year 1st semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
Credit Hours |
Marks |
|
BOT 1101 |
Microbiology-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
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BOT 1102 |
Phycology-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 1103 |
Taxonomy of Angiosperms-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
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BOT 1104 |
History of Liberation War of Bangladesh |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 1105 |
Zoology-I (Introduction to Zoology and Non chordate animals) |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
BOTL 1106 |
Botany Practical-I: Microbiology-I, Phycology-I Taxonomy of Angiosperms-I. |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTL 1107 |
Zoology Practical-I : Introduction to Zoology and Non chordate animals |
2 |
60 |
50 |
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Total= 07 |
|
15 |
285 |
400 |
1st year 2nd semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
Credit Hours |
Marks |
|
BOT 1201 |
Mycology-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 1202 |
Bryophyta |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 1203 |
Biodiversity and Conservation |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 1204 |
Zoology-II (Chordate animals) |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
BOT 1205 |
Chemistry-I: Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
BOTL 1206 |
Botany Practical-II: Mycology-I, Bryophyta and Biodiversity and Conservation. |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTL 1207 |
Zoology Practical-II : Chordate animals |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTV 1208 |
Viva voce-I |
2 |
- |
50 |
|
Total = 08 |
|
18 |
300 |
500 |
2nd year 1st semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
Credit Hours |
Marks |
|
BOT 2101 |
Pteridophyta |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 2102 |
Cytology |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 2103 |
Fundamental Genetics-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 2104 |
Zoology-III (General and Applied Zoology) |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
BOT 2105 |
Chemistry-II: Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
BOTL 2106 |
Botany Practical-III: Pteridophyta, Cytology and Fundamental Genetics-I. |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTL 2107 |
Chemistry Practical |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
Total = 07 |
|
16 |
300 |
450 |
2nd year 2nd semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
Credit Hours |
Marks |
|
BOT 2201 |
Microbiology-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 2202 |
Phycology-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 2203 |
Mycology-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 2204 |
Gymnosperm and Palaeobotany |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 2205 |
Plant Anatomy |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 2206 |
Plant Physiology-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOTL 2207 |
Botany Practical-IV: Microbiology-II, Phycology-II, Mycology-II |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTL 2208 |
Botany Practical-V: Gymnosperm and Palaeobotany, Plant Anatomy and Plant Physiology-I and Field study report |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTV 2209 |
Viva voce-II |
2 |
- |
50 |
|
Total= 09 |
|
18 |
300 |
450 |
3rd year 1st semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
Credit Hours |
Marks |
|
BOT 3101 |
Hydrobiology and Limnology-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3102 |
Plant Ecology-I (Synecology) |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3103 |
Plant Pathology-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3104 |
Cytogenetics-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3105 |
Embryology of Angiosperms |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3106 |
Economic Botany and Ethnobotany |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOTL 3107 |
Botany Practical-VI: Hydrobiology and Limnology-I, Plant Ecology-I (Synecology) and Plant Pathology-I. |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTL 3108 |
Botany Practical-VII: Cytogenetics-I, Embryology of Angiosperms and Economic Botany and Ethnobotany. |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
Total= 08 |
|
16 |
300 |
400 |
3rd year 2nd semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
Credit Hours |
Marks |
|
BOT 3201 |
Taxonomy of Angiosperms-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3202 |
Plant Ecology-II (Autecology) |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3203 |
Environmental Science |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3204 |
Plant Pathology-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3205 |
Plant Biochemistry-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 3206 |
Biostatistics-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOTL 3207 |
Botany Practical-VIII: Taxonomy of Angiosperms-II, Plant Ecology-II (Autecology) and Environmental Science. |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTL 3208 |
Botany Practical-IX: Plant Pathology-II, Plant Biochemistry-I and Biostatistics-I |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTV 3209 |
Viva voce-III |
2 |
- |
50 |
|
Total= 09 |
|
18 |
300 |
450 |
4th year 1st semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
Credit Hours |
Marks |
|
BOT 4101 |
Plant Physiology-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4102 |
Cytogenetics-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4103 |
Biotechnology-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4104 |
Fundamental Genetics-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4105 |
Plant Breeding-I |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4106 |
Biostatistics-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOTL 4107 |
Botany Practical-X: Plant Physiology-II, Cytogenetics-II and Biotechnology-I |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTL-4108 |
Botany Practical-XI: Fundamental Genetics-II, Plant Breeding-I and Biostatistics-II |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
Total= 08 |
|
16 |
300 |
400 |
4th year 2nd semester
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
Credit Hours |
Marks |
|
BOT 4201 |
Hydrobiology and Limnology-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4202 |
Plant Biochemistry-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4203 |
Horticulture |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4204 |
Biotechnology-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4205 |
Plant Breeding-II |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4206 |
Molecular Genetics |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOT 4207 |
Evolution |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
BOTL 4208 |
Botany Practical-XII: Hydrobiology and Limnology-II, Plant Biochemistry-II and Horticulture |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTL 4209 |
Botany Practical-XIII: Biotechnology-II, Plant Breeding-II and Molecular Genetics. |
2 |
60 |
50 |
|
BOTV 4210 |
Viva voce-IV |
2 |
- |
50 |
|
Total= 10 |
|
20 |
330 |
500 |
he course of study for M.Sc. degree in Botany will be taught and the examinations will be taken over one academic year separated into two semesters namely 1st semester (July – December) and 2nd semester (January – June). The course of study will be guided and assessed by the credit system. Duration of each semester will be six months. Time distribution of each semester will be as follows.
Class room teaching : 13 weeks.
Preparatory leave for semester final examination : 2 weeks
Duration of semester final examination : 4 weeks
Result preparation : 7 weeks
There will be 12 courses (8 theoretical, 2 practical cources /2 Research proposal preparation and Dissertation/Thesis, 1 paper presentation and 1 viva-voce), carrying a total of 36 credits (8 credits for practical), 630 credit hours and 1100 marks will be compulsory for each student. Semester wise distribution of the total courses, marks and credits will be as follows.
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1st Semester |
2nd Semester |
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|
Type and no. of course |
credit |
Type and no. of course |
credit |
|
Four Theoretical Courses |
4×3= 12 |
Four Theoretical Courses |
4×3= 12 |
|
One Practical Course (General Grop) or |
04 |
One Practical/Dissertation Course |
04 |
|
Research proposal preparation (For Thesis Group) |
|
Scientific Paper Presentation |
02 |
|
|
|
Viva-voce |
02 |
|
Total: 05 courses, 16 credits |
Total: 07 courses, 20 credits |
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There will be two groups in the M.Sc. class viz. General Group and Thesis Group. Thesis discipline will be distributed to the students by the academic committee.
In 1st semester there will be Four theoretical and One practical course (for General group), or Research proposal preparation (for Thesis group) carrying 16 credits (1100 marks). Duration of final examination of each theoretical course will be 3 hours and of each practical course will be 6 hours. Course wise credits and marks distribution are shown below:
|
Course code |
Course title |
Credits |
Credit hours |
Marks |
Remarks |
|
BOT 5101 |
Angiosperm Systematics |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
|
BOT 5102 |
Advanced Plant Physiology |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
|
BOT 5103 |
Ecology and Environment |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
|
BOT 5104 |
Molecular Genetics |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
|
BOTL 5105 |
Practical-I (for General group) |
4 |
120 |
100 |
|
|
Or, BOTL 5106 |
Research proposal preparation (for Thesis group) |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
Total: |
5 Courses |
16 |
300 |
500 |
|
In 2nd semester, there will be two branches viz. Branch-I and Branch-II. The academic committee will distribute the total students into each branch considering their merit position of the last published result and their choices.
For the students of each branch there will be 4 theoretical courses, 1 paper presentation, 1 practical (for General Group)/dissertation (for Thesis Group) and 1 viva-voce courses. Total credits will be 20.
Course wise credits and marks distribution for 2nd semester General and Thesis group, Branch-I:
|
Course code |
Course title |
Credits |
Credit hours |
Marks |
Remarks |
|
BOT 5201 |
Applied Mycology |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
|
BOT 5202 |
Applied Limnology |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
|
BOT 5203 |
Advanced Plant Pathology and Crop Protection |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
|
BOT 5204 |
Microbial Biotechnology |
3 |
45 |
100 |
|
|
BOTP 5209 |
Paper presentation |
2 |
30 |
50 |
|
|
BOTL 5210
OR BOTD 5211 |
Practical-II (for General Group)
Dissertation (for Thesis Group) |
4 |
120
|
100 |
|
|
|
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|
BOTV 5212 |
Viva-voce |
2 |
- |
50 |
|
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Total: |
7 Courses |
20 |
330 |
600 |
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