Post Graduate

Programme Information(PG)

Name of the Programme: M.Sc. Microbiology
Scheme of the Programme:
Semester I

Paper Code

Title of Paper

Type of Paper

Hours/

Week

Credits

Internal

Assessment

External

Marks

Total Marks

Duration of exam (hrs)

MMB-101

Microbial World

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-102

Microbial Genetics & Molecular Biology I

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-103

Immunology & Virology 

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-104

Microbial  Physiology  Metabolism & Biochemistry

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-105

Lab Course-1

Core

8

4

20

80

100

6

MMB-106

Lab Course -II

Core

8

4

20

80

100

6

Total

24

       600

 

Semester II

Paper Code

Title of Paper

Type of Paper

Hours/

Week

Credits

Internal

Assessment

External

Marks

Total Marks

Duration of exam (hrs)

MMB-201

Biophysical & Biochemical Techniques

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-202

Microbial Genetics & Molecular Biology II

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-203

Medical Lab. Technology

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-204

Environmental Microbiology

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-205

 Credit Seminar

Core

1

1

25

1

MMB-206

General Microbiology

/MOOCs/Swayam portal

Open# Elective

2

2

10

40

50

3

MMB-207

Lab Course-III

Core

8

4

20

80

100

6

MMB-208

Lab Course-IV

Core

8

4

20

80

100

6

Total

27

    675

 

 

Project training for 2 months in various research institutes/industries etc. during Summer Vacations during break between 2nd and 3rd semester          

#This paper is meant for M.Sc. students of any department of any faculty of KUK other than Microbiology. Microbiology students will opt for ‘open elective’ from some other department of any faculty of KUK or any MOOC course available on Swayam portal

Semester III

Paper Code

Title of Paper

Type of Paper

Hours/

Week

Credits

Internal

Assessment

External

Marks

Total Marks

Duration of exam (hrs)

MMB-301

Recombinant DNA Technology

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-302

Microbial Biotechnology & Industrial Microbiology

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-303

Microbial Pathogenicity

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-304A

Agriculture Microbiology

Elective* (Any one of the two)

 

4

 

 

4

 

 

20

 

 

80

 


100

 

3

MMB-304B

Basics of Bioinformatics

 

MMB-305

Credit Seminar

Core

1

1

25

1

MMB-306

Applied Microbiology/

MOOCs

Open# Elective

2

2

10

40

50

3

MMB-307

Lab course-V

Core

8

4

20

80

100

6

MMB-308

Lab course-VI

Core

8

4

20

80

100

6

Total

27

       675

 

*Students will opt for one paper out of MMB-304A and MMB-304B

                                                            Semester IV

Paper Code

Title of Paper

Type of Paper

Hours/

Week

Credits

Internal

Assessment

External

Marks

Total Marks

Duration of exam (hrs)

MMB-401

Biostatistics and Computers

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-402

Food & Dairy Microbiology

Core

4

4

20

80

100

3

MMB-403

Seminar based on Project Report

Core

2

2

50

50

1

MMB-404A

Intellectual Property Rights& Entrepreneurship

Elective* (Any one of the two)

 

4

 

4

 

20

 

80

 

 

100

3

MMB-404B

Computational Biology

 

MMB-405

Lab Course-VII

Core

8

4

20

80

100

6

MMB-406

Project Training Report & Viva

Core

 12

6

150

150

6

Total

24

600

 

 Grand Total (Semester I-IV)

 

2550

 

*Students will opt for one paper out of MMB-404A and MMB-404B

#This paper is meant for M.Sc. students of any department of any faculty of KUK other than Microbiology. Microbiology students will opt for ‘open elective’ from some other department of any faculty of KUK or any MOOC course available on Swayam portal

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