Syllabus for Master of Science (Microbiology)
Course Details
Eligibility Criteria
B.Sc. Microbiology/Biotechnology/Bioscience/Life science/Botany/Zoology/Medical technology
Intake
60 Seats
Duration
The duration of the course shall be full time two academic years. Each academic year shall be divided into two semesters.
Evaluation Scheme
- The Credit allotted for each semester as follows:
Semester 1 2 3 4 Total Credits 30 30 30 30 120 - The academic performance evaluation of a student is according to a letter grading system based on Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) and Semester End Examinations (SEE).
- Based on the performance in CIA and SEE the letter grade is awarded to a student in a course. A student should secure minimum of 50% in CIA and 50% in SEE in Theory and Practical, including Project viva, if any and minimum of 50% in CIA and SEE together.
- The distribution of weightage among different parameters of CIA is as follows:
Parameter Frequency Weightage (in each course) Internal Test Two Duration 2 hours of each test.
Internal tests have 66.66% weightage in CIA score.Unit test At least Three Duration may be from 40 to 50 minutes. Unit tests have 20% weightage in CIA score. Question paper shall include answer of descriptive nature. Questions should test analytical ability to analyze a scenario and apply theory for the solution. Any one from following parameters. Quiz At least Four Duration may be from 20 to 25 minutes. This parameter has 13.33% weightage in CIA score. It includes very short answer questions like MCQ, Fill in the blanks, Match the following, True/False, Program error and output, etc. Assignment At least Two This parameter has 13.33% weightage in CIA score. Assignment should test ability to validate statements, analyze a scenario and design solution, etc. Seminar/ Technical White Paper/ Projects/ Case Study One Presentation time must be from 20 to 25 minutes. This parameter has 13.33% weightage in CIA score. - The student shall have at least 90% attendance during the semester so as to appear in the SEE.
- SEE would be of 3 hours for theory and 2 hours for practical.
- The Question paper format for SEE for a course would be as follows:
Section- I - 35 marks Question 1: a)Short Type Question (7) [Each of 1 mark]
b)Theory Questions (4 out of 6 )[Each of 2 marks]07 marks
08 marksQuestion 2: Practical/Scenario based Problem (2) with Internal Option
[Each of 5 marks]10 marks Question 3: Theory Question (2 out of 3)
[Each of 5 marks]10 marks Section: II - 35 marks Question 4: a)Short Type Question (7) [Each of 1 mark]
b)Theory Questions (4 out of 6 )[Each of 2 marks]07 marks
08 marksQuestion 5: Practical/Scenario based Problem (2) with Internal Option [Each of 5 marks] 10 marks Question 6: Theory Question (2 out of 3) [Each of 5 marks] 10 marks - Question 1(a) and 4(a) includes very short answer questions whose answer can be given in one statement,which may also include to idenitify program error, find out program output etc.
- Question 2 and 5 includes question of short answer of 20-25 words based on the basic introductory facts, objectives, and functions to test the understanding of the subject matter. Further the question items may includes parameters like advantages, disadvantages, comparison, effectiveness, etc. of concepts.
- Question 3 and 6 include question of long answer of 150 words test the analytical ability to analyze a scenario and apply theory for the solution.
- The letter grade awarded to a student in a course shall be based on CIE and SEE. The letter grades O A B C D E F indicate level of academic achievement assessed on a 10 point scale.
Letter Grades: O A B C D E (Pass) F (Fail) Grade Points: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Raw Score: 90% and above Below 90% - 80% and above Below 80% - 70% and above Below 70% - 60% and above Below 60% - 55% and below Below 55% - 50% and above Below 50% - The overall performance of a student will be indicated by two indices:
SGPA (Semester Grade Point Average) and CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average).
SGPA is calculated on the basis of course credit and grade point of all courses in that semester. CGPA is cumulative in nature.
Curriculum
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SEMESTER - 1
| Sr.No | Subjects | Teaching Scheme | Theory (Marks) | Practical (Marks) | Total (Marks) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theory (Hours) | Practical (Hours) | Credit | CIE | SEE | CIE | SEE | ||||
| Theory | Practical | |||||||||
| 1 | 040100101-Molecular Microbiology | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 2 | 040100102-Microbial Physiology and Microbial Genetics | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 3 | 040100103-Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 4 | 040100104-Fermentation Technology | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 5 | 040100105-Practical | - | 18 | - | 9 | - | - | 60 | 140 | 200 |
| 6 | 040100106-Seminar | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 50 | - | 50 |
| 7 | 040100107-Project Work | - | 6 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 100 | 100 |
| Total | 16 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 120 | 280 | 110 | 240 | 750 | |
SEMESTER - 2
| Sr.No | Subjects | Teaching Scheme | Theory (Marks) | Practical (Marks) | Total (Marks) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theory (Hours) | Practical (Hours) | Credit | CIE | SEE | CIE | SEE | ||||
| Theory | Practical | |||||||||
| 1 | 040100201-Molecular Immunology | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 2 | 040100202-Advances in Virology | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 3 | 040100203-Advances in Microbial Genetics-II | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 4 | 040100204-Molecular Diversity & Extremophiles | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 5 | 040100205-Practical | - | 18 | - | 9 | - | - | 60 | 140 | 200 |
| 6 | 040100206-Seminar | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 100 | - | 100 |
| 7 | 040100207-Project Work | - | 6 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 50 | 50 |
| Total | 16 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 120 | 280 | 160 | 190 | 750 | |
SEMESTER - 3
| Sr.No | Subjects | Teaching Scheme | Theory (Marks) | Practical (Marks) | Total (Marks) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theory (Hours) | Practical (Hours) | Credit | CIE | SEE | CIE | SEE | ||||
| Theory | Practical | |||||||||
| 1 | 040100301-Agricultural & Dairy Microbiology | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 2 | 040100302-Mycology & Phycology | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 3 | 040100303-Medical Microbiology | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 4 | 040100304-Enzyme Technology | 4 | - | 4 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - | 100 |
| 5 | 040100305-Practical | - | 18 | - | 9 | - | - | 60 | 140 | 200 |
| 6 | 040100306-Seminar | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 50 | - | 50 |
| 7 | 040100307-Project Work | - | 6 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 100 | 100 |
| Total | 16 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 120 | 280 | 110 | 240 | 750 | |
SEMESTER - 4
| Sr.No | Subjects | Teaching Scheme | Theory (Marks) | Practical (Marks) | Total (Marks) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theory (Hours) | Practical (Hours) | Credit | CIE | SEE | CIE | SEE | ||||
| Theory | Practical | |||||||||
| 1 | 040100401-Dissertation | - | 24 | - | 16 | - | - | 120 | 280 | 400 |
| 2 | 040100402-Seminar | - | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | 55 | 120 | 175 |
| 3 | 040100403-Review Article Publication | 10 | - | 8 | - | 175 | - | - | - | 175 |
| Total | 10 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 175 | - | 175 | 400 | 750 | |
Fee Structure
1. Tuition Fee
Rs. 40,000 Per Semester.
2. Other Fee
Rs. 3,250 Per Semester
(It includes Cultural Activities, Sports Activities, Internal Examination, Laboratory support, Books support, Student Welfare, Campus Development)
3. One Time Fee
Rs. 6,150 At time of admission
(It includes College Deposit, Registration, and I-Card)
Programme Outcome (PO) & Programme Specific Outcomes (PSO)
Programme Outcome (PO)
- PO 1: Knowledge: The students acquire strong theoretical background along with necessary skills in microbiological sciences and have the ability to use this knowledge in industry, hospitals, community and institutes or any other profession they would like to pursue.
- PO 2: Core Competence: Microbiology offers challenges to human intellect to find out the cause of deadly diseases in plants and animals at large and in humans in particular. At the same time, it also provides clues for finding out the remedy for diseases in the form of medicines. Microbiology plays an important role in developing many useful products for man and cleaning the environment.
- PO 3: Breadth: Microbiology, being a specialized branch of biology deals with the effect of microorganisms on other living organisms. The health of humans and existence of life on earth largely depend on microbial interactions.
- PO 4: Preparation: In addition to the advanced aspects of enzymology, immunology, bacteriology, virology, pathology, genetic engineering, they are also introduced to the industrial aspects such as dairy technology, fermentation technology, enzyme technology and business entrepreneurial skills. During the first and second year the students are supposed to work on the research project and submit the findings in the form of dissertation.
- PEO 5: Professionalism: The career opportunities to choose from as a microbiologist are manifold. A post graduate degree in microbiology will qualify them for technical, research, and clinical positions.
- PEO 6: Evaluation: Academic performance evaluation of a student is according to a letter grading system = Total of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) + Semester End Examination (SEE).
Programme Specific Outcomes (PSO)
After successful completion of the program Graduates will be able to ;
- Find out the cause of deadly diseases in plants and animals at large and in humans in particular.
- Provide clues for finding out the remedy for diseases in the form of medicine.
- Developing many useful products for man and cleaning the environment.