Duration: 2 years
Fee Paying: No
Admission Requirements
A minimum good Second class (Lower Division) B.Sc. degree in Botany, Biology or any other relevant Biological discipline.
Objectives
The M.Sc. programme in Botany is intended
- To deepen knowledge and skills acquired in the discipline at the undergraduate level with particular emphasis on applied aspects of the course.
- To produce more functional graduates or high-level manpower for careers/positions 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 120 GPA credits
- Pass in all prescribed courses including a successful project report defense.
- Score a cumulative GPA of at least2.0 on a scale of4.0.
Employment Opportunities
Graduates with a M.Sc. degree in Botany can be self-employed or find high-level employment in the public/private sectors in such areas as teaching and research, agriculture, industries, forestry and biodiversity and conservation biology, among many others. Many of them may hold managerial and/or decision-making positions in these areas.
Courses
Compulsory Courses
BOTMScCompulsoryCourses
- BIO601: Advanced Biometry
- BOT610: Plant Reproductive Biology
- BOT611: Principles and Techniques in Plant Systematics
- BOT622: Instrumentation and Techniques in PlantPHYsiology
- BOT623: Methods and Applications of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture
- BOT630: Plant Communities and Ecosystems
- BOT691: Research methodology and Scientific writing Skills
- BOT696: Pre-defence Seminar
- BOT698: MSc Thesis in Botany
Elective Courses
BOTMScElectiveCourses
- BOT602: Biology & Taxonomy of Eumycotic fungi
- BOT603: Advanced Techniques in Lower Plants
- BOT604: Biology & Taxonomy of Algae
- BOT613: Biology of Secondary Plant Products
- BOT615: Applied Plant Virology
- BOT620: Advanced plant growth and development
- BOT631: Ecosystem Theory and Resource Management
- BOT632: Plant Geography and Remote Sensing
- BOT633: Ecologicalphysiology