Bachelors in Biotechnology & Agro Sciences – University of South Asia – Lahore
Course name: Bachelors in Biotechnology & Agro Sciences
Course overview:
The main objective of teaching Biotechnology & Agro Sciences is to develop a generation of educated, knowledgeable and skilled scientists capable of managing all type of farms using state of the art Biotechnology thereby increasing the yield of farm products significantly and according to the human health requirements.
No. of semesters: 8 Semester
Requirements:
- Intermediate or ICS with a minimum of 50% overall marks or A level (with 3 Cs). However, for Engineering, Medical and Pharmacy programs students must have studied Physics, Chemistry and Math/Bio with a minimum of 60% marks.
- Students awaiting results of Intermediate or A Level Examinations are awarded provisional admission for one semester.
- Students with provisional admission are required to meet minimum entry requirement for the respective degree program by passing their previous qualification in order to continue studies.
- It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they pass the previous qualification exam and change their status from ‘Provisional’ to ‘Regular’.
- Students of engineering program are required to take an entry test as advised by PEC. There is no entry test for all other programs.
- An interview of every student is conducted before grant of admission.
Course duration: 4 Years
How to apply:
For admission, you can apply online at http://www.usa.edu.pk/Admission/Apply/ProgID .
Curriculum:
FIRST SEMESTER
|
SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Basic Agriculture |
3 |
|
2 |
Animal Husbandry |
3 |
|
3 |
Livestock Management & Dairy Farming |
3 |
|
4 |
Introduction to Biotechnology |
3 |
|
5 |
Plant Science & Plant Physiology |
3 |
SECOND SEMESTER
|
SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Principles of Agronomy |
3 |
|
2 |
Cell Biology & Microbiology |
3 |
|
3 |
Immunology |
3 |
|
4 |
Biological Chemistry |
3 |
|
5 |
Animal Sciences & Animal Physiology |
3 |
THIRD SEMESTER
|
SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Agriculture Economics & Marketing |
3 |
|
2 |
Waste & Water Management |
3 |
|
3 |
Preventive Medicine |
3 |
|
4 |
Agro Technology, Organic & Tunnel Farming |
3 |
|
5 |
Energy in Agriculture |
3 |
FOURTH SEMESTER
|
SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Agricultural Project Management |
3 |
|
2 |
Weed Science & Management |
3 |
|
3 |
Mol. Biology |
3 |
|
4 |
Analytical Chemistry & Instrumentation |
3 |
|
5 |
Horticulture |
3 |
FIFTH SEMESTER
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SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Enzymology |
3 |
|
2 |
Agriculture Engineering |
3 |
|
3 |
Basic Forestry & Range Management |
3 |
|
4 |
Principles of Biochemical Engineering |
3 |
|
5 |
Cell and Tissue Culture |
3 |
SIXTH SEMESTER
|
SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Microbial Biotechnology |
3 |
|
2 |
Agriculture Biotechnology |
3 |
|
3 |
Food Biotechnology |
3 |
|
4 |
Bioinformatics |
3 |
|
5 |
Mathematics & Computer |
3 |
SEVENTH SEMESTER [MODULE 1]
|
SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Health Biotechnology |
3 |
|
2 |
Recombinant DNA Technology |
3 |
|
3 |
Metabolomics, Proteomics and Genomics |
3 |
SEVENTH SEMESTER [MODULE 2]
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SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Renewable Resource Technology |
3 |
|
2 |
Industrial Biotechnology |
3 |
|
3 |
Elective-I |
3 |
EIGHTH SEMESTER [MODULE 1]
|
SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Environment Biotechnology |
3 |
|
2 |
Down Stream Technology |
3 |
|
3 |
Bio-safety & Bioethics |
3 |
EIGHTH SEMESTER [MODULE 2]
|
SERIAL NO |
COURSE NAME |
CR HOURS |
|
1 |
Waste Management Biotechnology |
3 |
|
2 |
Islamic & Pak. Studies |
3 |
|
3 |
Elective-I |
3 |