Microbiology Departments

Program

After successful completion of the three-year B.Sc. (Honours) degree program in Microbiology, students should be able to achieve the following objectives/ outcomes:

Program Specific Outcomes (PSO): 

1. Aims at developing a concept on the diversity, structure, function of the microbial world. Helps conceptualizing the basic biochemical and biophysical process and the physico-chemical techniques and instrumentation related to the understanding of metabolic process.
2. Develops an understanding of the microbial metabolism, nutrition, mechanism of microbial reproduction and the underlying molecular and genetic regulation.
3. Nurtures basic concepts of recombinant DNA technology and biotechnological application of microbes and its ethics. An understanding of application of microbiology in food, industry and agriculture and environment. Develops an understanding on disease caused by microbes, immunological perspective, its epidemiology, pathophysiology and chemotherapy by antibiotics.
4. Develops the ability to demonstrate, understand and use the scientific method including observation, hypotheses testing related to basic microbiological, biochemical and biophysical techniques.

Course Outcomes (CO): 

CO1: Develop ideas on Microbial diversity, structural components of microbes and their specific functions.

CO2: Understanding of biomolecules, biostatistics, bioinformatics and biophysical chemistry and instrumentation

CO3: Hands-on exposure to basic microbiology techniques, qualitative and quantitative analyses of biomolecules and enzymes..

CO4: Comprehend the laws of bioenergetics, microbial metabolism, growth and reproduction

CO5: Appreciate the genetic regulation in microbes and molecular biological basis of microbial life.

CO6: Explore the basic tools and techniques related to bacterial growth, molecular biology and genetics.

CO7: Have a basic understanding of recombinant DNA technology. Gain a detailed knowledge of food and Industrial Microbiology.

CO8: Be aware of disease causing microorganisms, epidemiology, pathogenesis and control of diseases. Know the role of immune system and application of immunodiagnostics.

CO9: Conceptualize the environmental, agricultural and biotechnological application of microbes. Have a basic understanding of bioethics and Intellectual Property Rights.

CO10: Developing hands-on expertise on role of microbe in food, agriculture and Industry,

CO 11: Gaining experience on laboratory tools and techniques on medical, environmental and biotechnological role of microbes.

Name of the Course: B.Sc.(Honours) in Microbiology

Summary of the Programme:

Part-I

Paper-I

Group-A- Overview of Microbiology and Diversity of Microbes

Group-B- Microbial cell & cell components

Paper-II

Group-A- Bio-molecules and Enzymology

Group-B- Biophysico-chemical Techniques, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Paper- III

Practical (Fundamental Microbiology, Biomolecules & Enzymology )

Part-II

Paper- IV

Group-A- Bioenergetics & Microbial Metabolism

Group-B- Bacterial growth & Reproduction

Paper- V

Group-A- Microbial Genetics

Group-B- Molecular Biology

Paper- VI

Practical (Bacterial growth, Molecular Biology & Genetics)

Part-III

Paper- VII

Group-A- Recombinant DNA Technology

Group-B- Food & Industrial Microbiology

Paper- VIII

Group-A- Epidemiology & Medical Microbiology

Group-B- Immunology & Immuno-diagnostics

Paper- IX

Group-A- Environmental & Agriculture Microbiology

Group-B- Microbial Biotechnology, IPR & Bioethics

Paper- X

Practical (Food, Industrial and Agriculture Microbiology)

Paper- XI

Practical (Medical & Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology)