MPhil Botany-Education University Lahore

Course overview:

The objectives of the Program are to:

• Enable students to be acquainted with the modern trends in plants and allied sciences.
  
• Prepare students in developing theoretical as well as practical skills
  
• Encourage students to become effective and independent learners.
  
• Develop research aptitude among students.
  
• Develop professional approach in the proposed subject.
  

  Requirements:
  

  Entry Requirements
  

1. Applicants must hold first class M.Sc./BS (Hons.) in Botany or 16 Years education from any HEC recognized university or degree awarding institution.
   
2. Applicants must have qualified GAT (General) test organized by National Testing Service (NTS) Pakistan or passed UE entry test.
   
3. Written Test (for the Subject) is necessary. The students who will qualify the test will be considered for interview.
   

   Age Limit
   

   No age limit.
   

   Merit Calculation
   

   The merit shall be determined on the basis of the following criteria:
   

   Academic qualifications	40 marks *
   Publications in HEC approved journals (2.5 marks per publication)	5 marks
   Professional experience in relevant field	5 marks (1 mark for each year of job in the relevant field)
   Discipline based test to be conducted by the relevant Campus/Division	50 marks (mandatory to pass; the minimum passing score shall be 25 out of 50)

   Academic qualifications marks distribution
   

   	Percentage	45	50	55	60	70	≥80%
   Matric	Marks	5	6	7	8	9	10
   FA/FSc	Marks	5	6	7	8	9	10
   BA/BSc	Marks	5	6	7	8	9	10
   MA/MSc	Marks	5	6	7	8	9	10
   	CGPA	2.5	3	3.4	≥3.8
   BA/BSc/BS(Hons) 4years	Marks	10	14	18	20
   MA/MSc (Semester)	Marks	5	7	9	10

   Curriculum:
   

   Compulsory Courses
   

   Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
   Environmental Pollution Control	4
   Recent Advances in Plant Physiology	4
   Physiological Embryology and Tissue Culture	4
   Ethno botany	4
   Algology (An Advanced Course)	4
   Ecology of Halophytes	4
   Water Resources and their Management in Pakistan	4
   Economic and Applied Plant Anatomy	4
   Mycosociology	4
   Horticulture-II (Applied Horticulture)	4
   Evolutionary and Ecological Plant Anatomy	4
   Soil Science	4
   Plant Transformation	4
   Horticulture-I (An Introduction to Horticulture)	4
   Lateral DNA Transfer	4
   Phylogeny and Diversification of Angiosperms	4
   Ectomycorrhizae in Forestry	4
   Polymerase Chain Reaction-The Basics	4
   Molecular Biodiversity and DNA Analysis	4