The University of Haripur

Layout of Courses FOR B.Sc. (Hons.) Agricultural Biotechnology 4 Years Program (GENERAL COURSES)

Semester	Course No.	Name of Subject	Credits
First	AGR-101	Basic Agriculture	3(2-1)
	ENG-101	English – I (Functional English)	3(3-0)
	AEC-101	Principles of Agricultural Economics	3(3-0)
	SES-101	Introduction to Soil & Environmental Science	3(2-1)
	BB-101/ MATH-101	Functional Biology -1 / Mathematics -1 (Algebra)	3(3-0)/ 3(3-0)
	HORT-101	Introductory Horticulture	3(2-1)
Total			18

Second	PBG-201	Introductory Genetics	3(2-1)
	AERD-201	Introduction to Agriculture Extension Education & Rural Development	2(2-0)
	IS-101	Islamic Studies	2(2-0)
	AS-301	Animal and Poultry Husbandry	2(2-0)
	IT-201	Introduction to Information & Communication technologies	3(2-1)
	ENG-201	English -II (Communication skills)	3(3-0)
	BZ-201/ MATH-201	Functional Biology - 2 / Mathematics-II (Calculus)	3(3-0)/ 3(3-0)
Total			18

Third	AGR-301	Field Crop Production	3(2-1)
	PBG-301	Introductory Plant Breeding	3(2-1)
	ENTO -401	Introductory Entomology	3(2-1)
	STAT-301	Statistics-I	3(2-1)
	PPL-301	Introductory Plant Pathology	3(2-1)
	ENG-301	English -III (Technical Writing & Presentation skills)	3(3-0)
Total			18

Fourth	PAK-401	Pakistan Studies	2(2-0)
	AGCH-401	Agricultural Chemistry	2(2-0)
	HORT-401	Horticulture Crop Production	3(2-1)
	FST-401	Introduction to Food Science and Technology	3(2-1)
	STAT-401	Statistics –II	3(2-1)
	ENTO-402	Applied Entomology	3(2-1)
	FM-401	Fundamentals of Farm Mechanization	2(1-1)
Total			18

Plant Breeding and Genetics

Semester	Course No.	Name of Subject	Credits
Fifth	PBG 501	Principles of Genetics	3(2-1)
	PBG 503	Breeding Field Crops	3(2-1)
	PBG 505	Cytogenetics	3(2-1)
	PBG 507	Experimentation in Plant Breeding	3(2-1)
	PBG 509	Breeding Cereal Crops	3(2-1)
Total			15
Sixth	PBG 502	Breeding Fiber Crops	3(2-1)
	PBG 504	Breeding Sugar Crops	3(2-1)
	PBG 506	Breeding Maize and Millets	3(2-1)
	PBG 508	Biodiversity and Plant Genetic Resources	3(3-0)
	PBG 510	Molecular Genetics	3(2-1)
Total			15
Seventh	PBG 601	Breeding Oilseed Crops	3(2-1)
	PBG 603	Breeding Pulse Crops	3(2-1)
	PBG 605	Breeding Vegetable Crops	3(2-1)
	PBG 607	Modern Techniques in Plant Breeding	3(2-1)
	PBG 609	Fundamentals of Plant Biometry	3(2-1)
	PBG 611	Preparation of Research & Scientific Writing	3(3-0)
Total			18
Eighth	PBG 602	Breeding Fodder and Forage Crops	3(2-1)
	PBG 604	Breeding Minor Crops	3(2-1)
	PBG 606	Crop Variety Registration and Intellectual Property Rights	3(3-0)
	PBG 608	Bio-safety Measures in Crop improvement	3(2-1)
	PBG 610	Internship/Research/ Survey Report and Presentation	6(0-6)
Total			18
G. Total			66

Agricultural Biotechnology

Semester	Course No.	Name of Subject	Credits
Fifth	Biotech 501	Recombinant DNA Technology-I	3(2-1)
	Biotech 503	Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture	3(2-1)
	Biotech 505	Molecular Cell Biology	3(2-1)
	Biotech 507	Methods in Molecular Biology	3(2-1)
	Biotech 509	Classical Genetics	3(3-0)
Total 15

Scheme of Studies for B. Sc (Hons) Agricultural Biotechnology

Sixth	Biotech 502	Recombinant DNA Technology-II	3(2-1)
	Biotech 504	Techniques in Biotechnology	3(1-2)
	Biotech 506	Application of Biotechnology in Agriculture	3(3-0)
	Biotech 508	Principles of Plant Molecular Physiology	3(3-0)
	Biotech 510	Plant Transformation	3(3-0)
Total 15

Seventh	Biotech 601	Fundamentals of Seed Molecular Biology	3(3-0)
	Biotech 603	Introduction to Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics	3(2-1)
	Biotech 605	Nano-biotechnology	3(3-0)
	Biotech 607	Biosafety, Bioethics and Risk Assessment	3(2-1)
	PBG 611	Preparation of Research Projects and Scientific Writing	3(3-0)
	Biotech 609	Genetic Resources & Conservation	3(3-0)
Total 18

Eighth	Biotech 602	Principles of Biochemical Engineering	3(2-1)
	Biotech 604	Genomics and Proteomics	3(3-0)
	PBG 610	Internship/Research/Survey Report and Presentation	6(0-6)
	Biotech 606	Probability and Biostatistics	3(3-0)
	Biotech 608	Food Biotechnology	3 (2-1)
Total 18
G. Total 66

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