Duration: 3 years
Fee Paying: No
Admission Requirements
To be admitted into the B.Sc. Botany programme, applicants must have the G.C.E. O/Level in at least five papers including English language and Mathematics; and the G.C.E. A/Level in two papers in either Biology or Botany plus one other science subject, preferably Chemistry.
Objectives
The Botany Programme has been conceived
- To provide balanced and rigorous training in pure and applied aspects of Plant Biology, strengthened and supplemented with a Professional Minor in Horticulture and ancillary service courses from sister Departments in the Faculty of Science.
- To produce versatile and adequately equipped graduates for career opportunities in the public and private sectors and self-employment.
Graduation Requirements
To qualify for graduation, a student must satisfy all of the following conditions
- Earn at least 180 GPA Credits
- Pass in all prescribed courses
- Score a cumulative GPA of at least2.0 on a scale of4.0.
Skills Acquired
classification, physiology, evolution and uses of all categories of plants.
Employment Opportunities
Graduates of Botany can be self-employed or find employment in the public and private sectors in such areas as teaching and research, agriculture, service industries, forestry, and biodiversity and conservation biology projects, environment, among many others.
Courses
Compulsory Courses
- BCH202: Biophysical Chemistry and Bioenergetics
- BCH301: Structural Biochemistry I
- BCH302: Metabolic Biochemistry I
- BCH303: Structural Biochemistry II
- BCH310: Genetics
- BCH401: Enzymology
- BCH404: Molecular Biology
- BCH405: Metabolic Biochemistry II
- BCH412: Introduction to Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
- BIO201: Cell biology
- BIO401: Biometry and Research methods
- CHM201: General Chemistry
- CHM244: General Organic Chemistry
- CHM343: Chemistry of Organic Compounds
- MAT211: Mathematical Methods
- MCB301: General Microbiology
- MCB402: Immunology
- PHY220: GeneralPHYsics
Elective Courses
- BCH311: Tissue and Organ Biochemistry
- BCH312: Nutritional Biochemistry
- BCH409: Supra-Molecular Assembles
- BCH410: Biochemical Methods II
- BCH414: Biochemical Pharmacology
- BCH416: Clinical Chemistry
- BCH498: Research Project in Biochemistry
- BIO301: General Ecology and Conservation
- BOT201: Lower Plants
- BOT202: Higher Plants
- BOT308: Principles of Taxonomy andPHYtography
- BOT401: Plant Anatomy and Histology
- BOT412: Principles and Methods in PlantPHYsiology
- CHM312: Analytical Methods in Chemistry
- CHM325: Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM402: Chemistry and the Environment
- CHM438: Chemical Thermodynamics
- CHM441: Organic Synthesis and Reaction Mechanisms
- MLT201: Human Biology - Anatomy and physiology
- MLT202: Human Pathology
- MLT301: Haematology
- MLT302: Endocrinology
- MLT401: Clinical Biochemistry and Analytical Chemistry
- MLT402: Basic Pharmacology and Pharmacological Biochemistry
- ZOO201: Invertebrate Zoology
- ZOO202: Vertebrate Zoology
- ZOO302: AnimalPHYsiology
- ZOO402: Animal Behaviour and Evolution
- ZOO405: General Parasitology
Language Requirements
- ENG101: Use of English I
- ENG102: Use of English II
- FRE101: Functional French I
- FRE102: Functional French II