PG COURSES – AFFILIATED COLLEGES
Course Structure for M.Sc. Biotechnology
(Choice Based Credit System)
(with effect from the academic year 2016-2017 onwards)

Sem	Sub No.	Subject status	Subject Title	Hrs/ week	Credits	Marks
						Maximum			Passing Minimum
						Int.	Ext.	Tot.	Ext.	Tot.
I	1	Core-1	Cell Biology	6	5	25	75	100	38	50
	2	Core-2	Biomolecules, Gene Organization And Expression	6	5	25	75	100	38	50
	3	Core-3	Microbial Physiology and Genetics	6	5	25	75	100	38	50
	4	Elective-1	Biopharmaceuticals From Microorganism (Or) Biomedical Technology (Or) Animal Cell Science (Or) Integrated Pest Management	6	5	25	75	100	38	50
	5	Practical	Lab In Cell Biology, Biomolecules	3	-	Practical exams in the even Semester
	6	Practical	Genetics Ane Microbial Physiology	3	-
		Subtotal		30	20	-	-	-	-	-

Sem	Sub No.	Subject status	Subject Title	Hrs/ week	Credits	Marks
						Maximum			Passing Minimum
						Int.	Ext.	Tot.	Ext.	Tot.
II	7	Core-4	Biochemistry and Instrumentation	6	4	25	75	100	38	50
	8	Core-5	Plant Biotechnology	6	4	25	75	100	38	50
	9	Core-6	Animal Biotechnology	6	4	25	75	100	38	50
	10	Elective-II	a)Tissue engineering (or) b)Nanotechnology	6	5	25	75	100	38	50
	11	Practical-I *	Cell Biology, Microbial Physiology, Genetics and Instrumentation	6	4	25	75	100	38	50
	12	Practical-II *	Biochemistry and Instrumentation, Plant and Animal Biotechnology	6	4	25	75	100	38	50

*Practical examinations are held in the even semesters (II/IV) only.
SEMESTER III

CODE	SUBJECT	HOURS	CREDIT
PGE	PROTEOMICS AND GENOMICS	6	5
BIS	BIOLOGY OF IMMUNE SYSTEM	6	5
BPT	BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY	6	5
PRO	PROJECT (Related to Biotechnology)	6	5
LAB 3	PRACTICAL (No exam in III semester)	6	5
Total (4 courses)		30	20

 
SEMESTER IV

CODE	SUBJECT	HOURS	CREDIT
BIB	BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOPHYSICS	6	4
RMB	RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS	6	4
MBT	MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY	6	4
IBT SCB	Elective (Select One) INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY STEM CELL BIOLOGY	6	5
LAB 4	PRACTICAL (2 Courses)	6	8
Total (6 courses)		30	25

 
MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY
TIRUNELVELI
UG COURSES – AFFILIATED COLLEGES
B.Sc. Biotechnology
(Choice Based Credit System)
(with effect from the academic year 2016-2017 onwards)

Sem	Pt I/ II/ III/ IV	Sub No.	Subject status	Subject Title	Hrs/ week	Credits	Marks
							Maximum			Passing minimum
							Int.	Ext.	Tot.	Ext.	Tot.
I	I	1	Language	TAMIL/OTHER LANGUAGE	6	3	25	75	100	30	40
	II	2	Language	ENGLISH	6	3	25	75	100	30	40
	III	3	Core-1	BASICS OF BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION	4	4	25	75	100	30	40
		4	Core-2	CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS	4	4	25	75	100	30	40
		5	Core Practical-I	BASICS OF BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION AND CELL BIOLOGY	2	-	Practical exams in the even semester
		6	Allied-I	BIOCHEMISTRY I	4	4	25	75	100	30	40
		7	Allied Practical-I	BIOCHEMISTRY I	2	-	Practical exams in the even semester
	IV	8	Common	ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES	2	2	25	75	100	30	40
	SUBTOTAL				30           20

Sem	Pt I/ II/ III/ IV	Sub No.	Subject status	Subject Title	Hrs/ week	Credits	Marks
							Maximum				Passing minimum
							Int.		Ext.	Tot.	Ext.	Tot.
II	I	9	Language	TAMIL/OTHER LANGUAGE	6	3	25		75	100	30	40
	II	10	Language	ENGLISH	6	3	25		75	100	30	40
	III	11	Core-3	INSTRUMENTATION	4	4	25		75	100	30	40
	III	12	Core-4	MOLECULAR BIOLOGY	4	4	25		75	100	30	40
	III	13	Major Practical-I & II	INSTRUMENTATION AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY	2	2	25		75	100	30	40
	III	14	Allied-II	BIOCHEMISTRY II	4	4	25		75	100	30	40
	III	15	Allied Practical-I& II	BIOCHEMISTRY II	2	2	25	75		100	30	40
	IV	16	Common	VALUE BASED EDUCATION/   / SOCIAL HARMONY	2	2	25		75	100	30	40
	SUBTOTAL				30       24

III SEMESTER

Components	Hours	Credits
Part I	Tamil/Other Language (1 Course)	6	3
Part II	English (1 Course)	6	3
Part III	Microbiology	4	4
	Practical 1: Microbiology	2	--
	Allied II- biophysics	4	4
	Alllied Practical II- biophysics	2	--
Part IV	Skill based Subject (1 Course) Industrial biotechnology (or) Clinical Biochemistry	4	4
	Non-Major Elective (1 Course) Nutritional Biotechnology (or) Vector born diseases	2	2
Total                              (6 Courses)		30	20

  
IVSEMESTER 

	Components	Hours	Credits
Part I	Tamil/Other Language (1 Course)	6	3
Part II	English (1 Course)	6	3
Part III	Immunology	4	4
	Practical - Immunology	2	2
	Allied Subject II: Bio statistics	4	4
	Alllied Practicals: Bio statistics	2	2
Part IV	Skill based Subject (1 Course) Floriculture (or) Vermi and Mushroom culture	4	4
	Non-Major Elective (1 Course) 1.      Genetic diseases 2.      Cancer biology	2	2
Part V	Extension activity
Total                       (6 Courses)		30	25

 
V SEMESTER

	Components	Hours	Credits
Part III	Genetic Engineering	4	4
	Plant biotechnology	4	4
	Practical- genetic engineering	2	--
	Major Elective – I (1 Course) IPR (or) Clinical Research	4	4
	Major Elective – II (1 Course) Genomics (or) Nano-biotechnology	4	4
Part IV	Skill based Subject (1 Course) Personality Development Effective Communication	4	4
Total                             (6 Courses)		30	20

 
VI SEMESTER
 

	Components	Hours	Credits
Part III	Animal Biotechnology	4	4
	Stem Cell Technology	4	4
	Bioprocess Technology	4	4
	PRACTICAL – Animal Biotechnology	2	2
	PRACTICAL – Stem Cell Technology	2	2
	PRACTICAL – Bioprocess Technology	2	2
	Project		4
Total			26