Calicut University Biotechnology Syllabus

I am planning to take admission at University of Calicut for B.Sc. Biotechnology course . Will you please provide the B.Sc. Biotechnology Syllabus for an idea ?

[Kiran Chandar]

As you are looking for the B.Sc. Biotechnology Syllabus of University of Calicut , here I am providing same for you .

Semester-I
Common Course I
Common Course II
Common Course III
Core Course I
1st Complimentary course –1
1st Pr Complimentary course acticals -1
2nd Complimentary course-1
2nd Complimentary course Practicals – 1

Semester-II
Common course IV
Common Course V
Common Course VI
Core course II
Core course Practical II
1st Complimentary Course II
1st Complimentary Practical II
2nd Complimentary Course II
2nd Pra Complimentary Course cticals II

Semester-III
Common Course VII
Common Course VIII
Core Course Biochemistry III
Core Course Practical III
1st Complimentary course III
1st Complimentary Practical III
2nd Complimentary Course III
2nd III Complimentary Practical

Semester-IV
Common Course IX
Common Course X
Core Course IV
1st Complimentary Course IV
1st Complimentary Practical IV
2nd Complimentary Course IV
2nd Complimentary Practical IV
Core Practical IV

Semester-V
Core Course V
Core Course VI
Core Course VII
Core Course Practical V
Core Course Practical VI
Open Course-1 (From other department)
Project Work/Industrial Visit

Semester-VI
Core course VIII
Core Course IX
Core Course X
Core Course VII Practical
Core Course VIII Practical
Elective Course – (from same subject/ department)
Project

I
Introduction to bioinformatics, pattern recognition and prediction, biological
databases, primary and secondary sequence databases, composite protein
sequence databases, pair wise alignment technique; database searching NCBI,
EMB, FASTA, BLAST BITS etc. algorithms and programmes, comparison of two
sequences, global and local alignment – multiple sequence alignment;
II
Phylogenetic analysis: Sequence based taxonomy, Neighbour joining method,
Parsimony tree, Computer Tools for phylogenetic analysis- eg-PHYLIP
III
DNA sequence data bases, features of DNA sequence analysis, approaches
of gene hunting, cDNA libraries, ESTs and EST analysis, general study of software
packages, primary design for molecular biology.
References
1.
Introduction to Bioinformatics: by T.K. Altwood, D.J. Parry-Smith and S.
Phukan.
2.
Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis David. W. Mount.
3.
Bioinformatics: Genes, Proteins, and Computers by C.A. Orengo, D.T. Jones
and J.M. Thornton
4. Bioinformatics ,databases, tools and algorithms, Orpita Bosu, Simminder Kaur
thukral

I.
History of Environmental Biotechnology: Role of Environmental Biotechnology
in Environment protection – Microbial interactions in the environment –
Environment and Ecosystem processes – Origin of life, Chemistry of life and
Organisation of life – Ecosystems. Pollution management: In process
treatment, End of pipe treatment, Remediation of polluted sites, etc.
II.
Microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles: carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle,
phosphorus and sulphur cycle – Plant – microbe interaction
N2 – fixation – symbiotic and non-symbiotic
(12 hrs).
III.
Water microbiology: Sources of microorganisms, E. coli as indicator, water
purification methods; sedimentation, filtration and chlorination.
Bacteriological examination of water: Presumptive, confirmed and completed
test
(12 hrs).
IV.
Vermitechnology: Role of earth worms in waste disposal and biomagnification
of nutrients
(10 hrs).
BTIC02 (P) PRACTICALS
1.
Isolation of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria from root nodule of Leguminous plants.
2.
Standard plate count of Sewage water sample.
3.
Presumptive and confirmed tests.
4.
Indole test
5.
Voger Pranokaur test
6.
Citrate utilisation test
7.
Methyl red test

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