Botany | GCUF

Basement Liaquat Ali Block, New Campus
041-9203024
botany@gcuf.edu.pk

Scheme of Studies

Vision

Exploration of natural world of plants and allied creature for unravelling vast untapped resources of nature for the benefit of human race as well as the glorification of knowledge.

Mission

We are committed to ordain human capital with excellence in the changing scientific scenario through innovative and interactive learning and research.

Introduction

Being one of the oldest academic disciplines of this institution, the department is privileged to have a strong faculty and academic program. We are striving to nurture our industry with trained and skilled manpower and with the development of “early bird” innovative production processes. Our research activities on medicinally important plant-derived constituents, nutritional fortification of edible grains crops, development of industrially important fungal enzymes and natural pigments, edibles free from biotic contaminants, etc. are being valued by national industrial enterprises. An all-out academia-industry linkage initiative has taken off from this forum and the relevant entrepreneurs are approaching us for collaborative research ventures of mutual interest.Currently the department has signed MoUs with WWF, Pakistan, NorthWest & AF University, China for research and academic collaboration. Tohoku University, Japan has also shown interest in collaborative research ventures and an MoU of mutual partnership is likely in coming days A number of nationally and internationally funded research projects are also underway and the academia is focusing on to broaden need-based research endeavours. Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Integrative Biology, Environmental Biology, Economic Botany, Mycology, Microbiology and Biotechnology are some of the focal areas of research at this establishment. Currently research work is being carried out in the fields of plant molecular biology, fortification of cereal crops, medicinal plants and nutraceuticals, seed priming, enzymology, plant tissue culture, stress physiology, biochemistry, phytoremediation and heavy metal tolerance, improving crop acclimation to different agro-climatic zones and fungal taxonomy. Research on genetic basis of stress tolerance in different crops is also under way. The genomic resources are being utilized to enhance crop production by gene manipulation. We are proud to be the host of 1st international symposium of this University in 2006. This department organized one (01) international conference, three (03) international symposiums and national seminairs. Department of Botany at GCUF is among the top choices of students for their learning needs throughout Pakistan.Until now 06 PhD, 180 MPhil, 507 M.Sc and 233 BS (Hons) students have completed their studies. At present, 451 students are enrolled in BS (Hons), 156 in M. Sc, 135 in MPhil and 48 in Ph. D programs.

Semester 1
BOT-301	Diversity of Plants	4(3-1)
ENG-321	Functional English	3(3-0)
PST-321	Pakistan Studies	2(2-0)
MTH-321	Mathematics-I	3(3-0)
ZOL-301	Zoology-I Principals in animal life-I	3(2-1)
CHM-301	Physical Chemistry-I	3(2-1)
Semester 2
BOT-302	Systematic, Anatomy and Development	4(3-1)
ENG-322	English Comprehension & Composition	3(3-0)
ISL-321	Islamic Studies / Ethics	2(2-0)
ZOL-302	Zoology-I Principals in animal life-II	3(2-1)
CHM-302	Inorganic Chemistry-II	3(2-1)
BNB-322	Optional (Bioinformatics)	3(2-1)
Semester 3
BOT-401	Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution	4(3-1)
ENG-421	Communication Skills	3(3-0)
CSI-321	Introduction to Computing Applications	3(3-0)
ZOL-401	Zoology-III Animal diversity-1	3(2-1)
CHM-401	Organic Chemistry - I	3(2-1)
Semester 4
BOT-402	Plant Physiology and Ecology	4(3-1)
BOT-404	Biodiversity and Conservation	4(3-1)
STA-321	Introduction to Statistics Theory	3(2-1)
ZOL-402	General-VII (Zoology-IV Animal diversity-2)	3(2-1)
CHM-402	General- VIII ( Chemistry special topics)	3(2-1)
Semester 5
BOT-501	Bacteriology and Virology	3(2-1)
BOT-503	Phycology and Bryology	3(2-1)
BOT-505	Mycology and Plant Pathology	3(2-1)
BOT-507	Diversity of Vascular Plants	3(2-1)
BOT-509	Plant Systematics	3(2-1)
BOT-511	Anatomy of Vascular Plants	3(2-1)
Semester 6
BOT-502	Genetics-I	3(2-1)
BOT-504	Plant Biochemistry-I	3(2-1)
BOT-506	Plant Ecology-I	3(2-1)
BOT-508	Plant Physiology-I	3(2-1)
BOT-510	Molecular Biology	3(2-1)
POL-406	Introduction to International Relations	3(3-0)
Semester 7
BOT-601	Plant Biochemistry-II	3(2-1)
BOT-603	Plant Ecology-II	3(2-1)
BOT-605	Plant Physiology-II	3(2-1)
BOT-607	Genetics-II	3(2-1)
ENG-611	English for Employment	3(3-0)
BOT-609	Lab Techniques	2(1-1)
Semester 8
BOT-602	Environmental Biology	3(2-1)
BOT-604	Special Course* (Phytohormones)	3(2-1)
BOT-606	Special Course* (Plant Metabolism)	3(2-1)
BOT-608	Special Course* (Plant Tissue Culture)	3(2-1)
BOT-610	Special Course* (Plant Stress Physiology)	3(2-1)
BOT-612	Special Course* (Nitrogen Assimilation & Metabolism)	3(2-1)
BOT-614	Special Course* (Plant Bio-informatics)	3(2-1)
BOT-630	Thesis	6(0-6)

Semester 1
BOT-551	Diversity in Non-Flowering Plants-I (Viruses, Bacteria & Algal Protoctist)	3(2-1)
BOT-553	Cell Biology	3(2-1)
BOT-555	Plant Biochemistry-I	3(2-1)
BOT-557	Plant Ecology-I	3(2-1)
BOT-559	Plant Physiology-I	3(2-1)
BOT-561	Molecular Genetics-I	3(2-1)
Semester 2
BOT-552	Plant Anatomy	3(2-1)
BOT-554	Systematic and Plant Taxonomy	4(3-1)
BOT-556	Lab Techniques	2(1-1)
BOT-560	Environmental Biology	4(3-1)
BOT-562	Biodiversity and Conservation	3(2-1)
STA-321	Introduction to Statistical Theory	3(3-0)
Semester 3
BOT-651	Diversity in Non-Flowering Plants-II	3(2-1)
BOT-653	Plant Ecology-II	3(2-1)
BOT-655	Plant Physiology-II	3(2-1)
BOT-657	Fungi and Plant Pathology	3(2-1)
BOT-659	Molecular Genetics-II	3(2-1)
BOT-661	Plant Biochemistry-II	3(2-1)
	Semester 4
BOT-652	Plant Metabolism (Special Course*)	3(2-1)
BOT-654	Phytohormones (Special Course*)	3(2-1)
BOT-656	Plant Tissue Culture (Special Course*)	3(2-1)
BOT-658	Plant Stress Physiology (Special Course*)	3(2-1)
BOT-660	Nitrogen Assimilation & Metabolism (Special Course*)	3(2-1)
BOT-662	Plant Bio-informatics (Special Course*)	3(2-1)
BOT-680	Thesis	6(0-6)

Theory Courses
BOT-701	Enzymology and Metabolism	3(2-1)
BOT-702	Plant Growth Regulators	3(2-1)
BOT-703	Advanced Plant Physiology	3(2-1)
BOT-704	Enzyme Kinetics	3(2-1)
BOT-705	Advanced Environmental Biology	3(2-1)
BOT-706	Molecular Ecology	3(2-1)
BOT-707	Signaling in Plants	3(2-1)
BOT-708	Gene Technology	3(2-1)
BOT-709	Plant Microtechniques	3(2-1)
BOT-710	Research and Project Management	3(2-1)
BOT-711	Pants and Global Changes	3(2-1)
BOT-712	Biological Engineering	3(2-1)
BOT-713	Bioenergetics	3(2-1)
BOT-714	Metabolic Engineering in Plants	3(2-1)
BOT-715	Economic Botany	3(2-1)
BOT-716	Seed Technology	3(2-1)
BOT-717	Plant Electrophysiology	3(2-1)
BOT-718	Cell Cycle Regulation	3(2-1)
BOT-719	New Trends in Phytosociology	3(2-1)
BOT-720	Plant Water and Nutrient Acquisition	3(2-1)
BOT-721	Allelopathy	3(2-1)
BOT-722	Phytoremediation of toxicants	3(2-1)
BOT-723	Plant – microbe interactions	3(2-1)
BOT-724	Computational Plant Biology	3(2-1)
BOT-725	Evolutionary Biology	3(3-0)
BOT-726	Plant Bio-fuels and Bio-energy	3(2-1)
*The same courses will be offered to PhD but with code BOT-8--
Other Mandatory Requirements for MPhil
STA-795	Statistics for Research	3(2-1)
BOT-728	General Seminar	1(0-1)
BOT-729	Research Seminar	1(0-1)
BOT-730	Thesis	6(0-6)
Other Mandatory Requirements for PhD
*STA-895	Statistics for Research	3(2-1)
BOT-858	Seminar (General)	1(0-1)
BOT-859	Seminar (Research)	1(0-1)
BOT-860	Thesis

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